Y Bala
Y Bala is a Town in the county of Gwynedd.
Y Bala postcode: LL23 7UU
There are great places to visit near Y Bala including some great towns, ancient sites, mountains, lakes, historic monuments, old mines and ruins.
There are a number of towns near Y Bala including Pwllheli, and Barmouth.
There are a several good ancient sites in the area around Y Bala like St. Cybi's Well.
The area around Y Bala boasts some of the best mountains including Y Garn, Arenig Fawr, Snowdon, and Cnicht.
Y Bala has some unmissable lakes nearby like Llyn Ogwen, and Llyn Arenig fawr.
Arenig Fawr is one of Y Bala's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Y Bala.
Croesor Quarry is a great place to visit close to Y Bala if you like old mines.
Croesor Quarry is one of Y Bala's best, nearby ruins to visit in Y Bala.
Y Bala History
There are some historic monuments around Y Bala:
Places to see near Y Bala
History of Y Bala
The large stone-built theological college, Coleg Y Bala, of the Calvinistic Methodists and the grammar school, which was founded in 1712, are the chief features, together with the statue of the Rev. Thomas Charles (1755-1814), the theological writer, to whom was largely due the foundation of the British and Foreign Bible Society. In 1800 a 15-year-old girl, Mary Jones, walked the 25 miles (40 km) from her home village Llanfihangel-y-Pennant to purchase a Welsh bible in Bala. The scarcity of the Bible, along with the determination of Mary to get one (she had saved for six years), was a major factor in the foundation of the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1804. Betsi Cadwaladr, who worked with Florence Nightingale in the Crimea, and who gave her name to the Health Board, came from Bala. Other famous people from the Bala area include Michael D. Jones, Christopher Timothy, Owen Morgan Edwards, born in Llanuwchllyn, and T.E. Ellis, born in Cefnddwysarn.
