Corris Uchaf

The slate quarries that surround Corris Uchaf are its most prominent feature.

[1] The narrow-gauge horse-drawn Upper Corris Tramway was part of the infrastructure which carried slate from the quarries to Machynlleth.

[2] Corris Uchaf has a garden of Italian follies built by Mark and Muriel Bourne.

[4][5] In the 2010s, approximately 100 abandoned cars were discovered in a flooded chamber of Gaewern quarry nicknamed the "Cavern of Lost Souls".

[6] The village has two representatives on Corris Community Council, currently Marit Olsson and Sharon Wells.

Corris Uchaf around 1885, with the Upper Corris Tramway running below the road and the tips of Abercwmmeidaw quarry on the right