Corris Uchaf

Corris Uchaf (English: Upper Corris) is a village lying in the south of the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The slate quarries that surround Corris Uchaf are its most prominent feature.

Corris Uchaf
Corris Uchaf
Corris Uchaf is located in Gwynedd
Corris Uchaf
Corris Uchaf
Location within Gwynedd
OS grid referenceSH743088
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMACHYNLLETH
Postcode districtSY20
Dialling code01654
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament

Description

The village lies in the valley of the Afon Deri (English: River Deri), and is threaded by the A487 road, a trunk road between Dolgellau and Machynlleth. The Afon Deri runs into the Afon Dulas

The quarries around the village are Abercwmeiddaw and Abercorris, Gaewern and Braichgoch. The quarry operations were owned by the Lloyd Family and Wincilate Welsh Slate/Inigo Jones were and are still run by John Lloyd. [1][2]

The narrow-gauge horse-drawn Upper Corris Tramway was part of the infrastructure which carried slate from the quarries to Machynlleth.[3]

Corris Uchaf has a garden of Italian Follies or Folly built by Mark & Muriel Bourne, A trust was recently set up to care for the site.[4]

The village also contains a local authority homeless and probation hostel in the large building known as Rhianfa. [5]

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

Corris Uchaf is also part of what is known as "The Mach Loop", a low fly zone for military aircraft with the military prefix reference LFA7.[6][7]

In the 2010s, approximately 100 abandoned cars were discovered in the Cavern of Lost Souls.[8]

Government

The village has a community council. The current representatives are Marit Olsson, Sharon Wells and the local councillor who often attends is John Pughe Roberts. The community council system replaced the old parish council system and tackles local issues, acts as a contact point between local government and residents for information and resource on many environmental, equality, ethnicity and gender issues and other problems.

Notable residents

References
  1. "John Lloyd". Archived from the original on 15 August 2018.
  2. "John Lloyd 2".
  3. "history aberlleffenni corris". Archived from the original on 15 August 2018.
  4. Forgrave, Andrew (29 May 2021). "The 'national treasure' hidden in North Wales woods and in danger of vanishing". North Wales Live. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  5. "Appendix 4: Hostel Visits" (PDF). Homelessness Scrutiny Investigation (Report). Gwynedd Council. August 2015.
  6. "Military low flying: RAF operational low flying training timetable". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  7. "Mach Loop - UK Low Level Flying by Military aircraft - Mach Loop Wales - MachLoop.co.uk". machloop.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  8. Forgrave, Andrew (20 June 2021). "The underground 'car cave' hidden in abandoned North Wales mine that stunned urban explorers". North Wales Live. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  9. Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press.
  10. International Who's who in Classical Music. Europa Publications Limited. 2007. ISBN 978-1-85743-416-3.
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