Rhaiadr y Wenol near Capel Curig circa 1850


Capel Curig meaning "Curig's Chapel" is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, in Wales. It lies in the heart of Snowdonia, on the River Llugwy, and has a population of 226. It is at the junction of the A5 road from Bangor and Bethesda to Betws-y-Coed with the A4086 road from Caernarfon, Llanberis, Pen-y-Pass and Pen-y-Gwryd. Capel Curig is recorded as being the wettest place in the British Isles , although the weather station is in Dyffryn Mymbyr, a couple of miles out of the village, in the direction of Snowdon.


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