Vale of Ffestiniog

The Vale of Ffestiniog is a valley in the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, North Wales.

It stretches from Ffestiniog in the east and runs in a westerly direction towards Tremadog Bay, terminating near Porthmadog.

The Afon Dwyryd runs through the Vale;[1] pastoral farming is practised along its length.

The Vale is chiefly famous for the Ffestiniog Railway,[2] a narrow gauge railway running from Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Once used for transporting slate mined in Blaenau to docks on the coast, the line is now a major tourist attraction.