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3 unusual facts about Snowdon


Nick Harper

In 2007, 2008 and 2010, he climbed Snowdon with the Love Hope Strength Foundation to play near the summit and then played at evening gigs, all in aid of cancer charities in the surrounding area.

Queen Mary Road

This addition increased vehicular traffic in the neighbourhood of Snowdon.

Woodsia alpina

The first reference to this species came in John Ray's 1690 Synopsis, which recorded the discovery of a rare fern near the summit of Snowdon in Wales by Edward Lhwyd.


Andrew Snowdon

Snowdon's brother, Michael, made a single List A appearance for Cornwall during the 1975 season.

Black Combe

On the seaward side views extend from the Cumbrian coast, and from Criffel, 49 miles to the north, a mountain on the Scottish coast near Dumfries, round to the Isle of Man, 45 miles due west, then round to Snowdon which may be seen on days of exceptionally good visibility, 85 miles to the south, to the coast of Lancashire.

Cambrian Way

It traverses Wales from the north coast to its south coast and is purposely routed over the highest upland and mountainous terrain including Cadair Idris, Snowdon, the Cambrian Mountains and the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Eugene J. Martin

As a child, Eugene ran away on several occasions, was placed in reform school at six years of age, and eventually spent the remainder of his childhood on a farm in Clarksburg, Maryland where his foster parents were Franie and Madessa Snowdon.

Geology of Wales

Purple and green slates of Cambrian age were worked at vast quarries on the flanks of Snowdon and at Bethesda, Dinorwig, Corris and Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Kenny Stuart

Stuart was also British champion in 1984 and 1985 and among the records he set in those years were 1:02:18 at Skiddaw, 1:25:34 at Ben Nevis, and 1:02:29 at Snowdon, which still stand as of 2011.

Michael Snowdon

Snowdon's brother, Andrew, made a single List A appearance for Cornwall during the 1986 season.

Plas y Brenin

The inn wasn't built on the road (now the A5), but some distance from it on the present site to facilitate enjoyment of the superb view of Llynnau Mymbyr (the lakes) and the Snowdon horseshoe.

Richard Massingham

He was the son of Emma Jane née Snowdon, the daughter of Henry Snowdon of St. Leonard's Priory, Norwich.

Robin Kevan

In 2007 he appeared on the BBC's documentary series Mountain presented by Griff Rhys Jones in which it highlighted his work in cleaning up Snowdon in Wales.

He has become famous throughout the United Kingdom for his efforts to clean up the countryside, most notably on Ben Nevis in Scotland, Snowdon in Wales and Scafell Pike in England.

Vortigern

Other fortifications associated with Vortigern are at Arfon in Gwynedd, Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, Carn Fadrun in Gwynedd, Clwyd in Powys, Llandysul in Dyfed, Old Carlisle in Cumberland, Old Sarum in Wiltshire, Rhaeadr Gwy in Powys, Snowdon, and Stonehenge in Wiltshire.


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