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Rhyd Ddu
Llyn y Dywarchen
Rhyd Ddu Location within Gwynedd
Population	37
OS grid reference	SH568485
Community	Betws Garmon
Principal area	Gwynedd
Preserved county	Gwynedd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Caernarfon
Postcode district	LL54
Dialling code	01286

Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh

UK Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Arfon
List of places UK Wales Gwynedd 53°03′14″N 4°08′10″W / 53.054°N 4.136°W / 53.054; -4.136

Rhyd-ddu (/ˌriːdˈðiː/; Welsh: [ˌr̥iːdˈðiː]; lit. 'black ford') is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon (via the Rhyd Ddu Path), Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge.

It lies on the A4085 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Beddgelert,^[1] at its junction with the B4418 to Nantlle and Penygroes.

Rhyd Ddu railway station is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.^[2]

T. H. Parry-Williams, the poet, author and academic was born and raised at Rhyd-ddu.^[3] He twice won both the chair and the Crown at the National Eisteddfod, in 1912 and 1915.^{[citation needed]}

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↑ Nuttall, John (1989). The mountains of England and Wales. Vol. 1; Wales. Milnthorpe: Cicerone Press. p. 66. ISBN 1852840366.
↑ Holland, Julian; Spaven, David (2012). Britain's scenic railways: exploring the country by rail from Cornwall to the Highlands. London: Times Books. p. 136. ISBN 9780007478798.
↑ Evans, D. Ellis (23 September 2004). "Williams, Sir Thomas Herbert Parry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37835. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

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