Dinas Mawddwy is a village in Gwynedd, north Wales, just to the side of the A470 so that most visitors pass the village by. History Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th Century when it was conquered and subjugated by England North Wales (Gogledd Cymru is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. The A470 is a major long-distance connective spine road in Wales, running from Cardiff on the south coast to Llandudno on the north coast The village marks the junction of the unclassified road to Llanuwchllyn which climbs up through the mountains to cross Bwlch y Groes at its highest point, the highest road pass in Wales. Llanuwchllyn is a Village in Gwynedd, North Wales, near the southern end of Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid Bwlch y Groes ( Pass of the Cross) is the highest public road mountain pass in Wales, with a summit altitude of 545 metres (1788 feet This minor road also provides the closest access to the mountain Aran Fawddwy. Aran Fawddwy is a Mountain in southern Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom.
The village was served by the standard gauge Mawddwy Railway which connected with the Cambrian Railways at Cemmaes Road Station. The Mawddwy Railway was a rural line in the Dovey Valley in mid- Wales that connected Cemmaes Road and the Cambrian Railway with Dinas Cambrian Railways owned 230 miles of track over a large area of mid- Wales. Cemmaes Road is a Village community in Powys, Mid Wales, in English the village was named after the now-closed Cemmaes Road railway station. This was built to serve the slate quarries at Minllyn and Aberangell. Aberangell is a Village in Gwynedd, Wales. It stands at the Confluence of the River Angell and the River Dyfi and was the terminus
In the 16th century, the Mawddwy area was the home of the Red Bandits of Mawddwy (Gwylliaid Cochion Mawddwy), which is remembered in the village pub, The Brigands in the nearby village of Mallwyd. The Red Bandits of Mawddwy ( Welsh: Gwylliaid Cochion Mawddwy) were a band of robbers from the area of Mawddwy in Mid Wales in the 16th century Mallwyd is a small village at the most southern end of the county of Gwynedd in North Wales in the valley of the River Dyfi.