Corris Uchaf

Corris Uchaf
Upper Corris
Corris Uchaf; Upper Corris
	Corris Uchaf
	Corris Uchaf; Upper Corris Location within Gwynedd
OS grid reference	SH743088
Community	Corris;
Principal area	Gwynedd;
Preserved county	Gwynedd;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MACHYNLLETH
Postcode district	SY20
Dialling code	01654
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy;
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd;
	List of places UK Wales Gwynedd 52°39′43″N 3°51′32″W / 52.662°N 3.859°W

Corris Uchaf, also known as Upper Corris, is a village in the south of Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The slate quarries that surround Corris Uchaf are its most prominent feature. It lies about 1.5 miles north of Corris.

Description

The village lies in the valley of the Afon Deri (River Deri), and is threaded by the A487 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.^[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. A trust has been set up to care for the site.^[3]

Corris Uchaf is under the route of what is known as the Mach Loop, a low-fly zone for military aircraft with the military prefix reference LFA7.^[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]

Government

The village has two representatives on Corris Community Council, currently Marit Olsson and Sharon Wells.^[7] The council is responsible for addressing the local community's needs and maintaining community resources.^[8]

Corris Uchaf is part of the Corris a Mawddwy electoral ward, currently represented at Gwynedd Council by John Pughe Roberts.^[9]

Notable residents

Writer Geraint Goodwin lived in the village in 1938 and 1939.^[10]
Classical composer Otto Freudenthal lived in the village from 2006 to 2017.^[11]

References

^ "John Lloyd". Archived from the original on 15 August 2018.
^ "history aberlleffenni corris". Archived from the original on 15 August 2018.
^ 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.
^ "Military low flying: RAF operational low flying training timetable". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ "Mach Loop - UK Low Level Flying by Military aircraft - Mach Loop Wales - MachLoop.co.uk". machloop.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ 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.
^ "Cynghorwyr / Councillors". Cyngor Cymuned Corris Community Council. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ "Cyngor Cymuned Corris Community Council". Cyngor Cymuned Corris Community Council. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ "Councillor details - John Pughe Roberts". democracy.gwynedd.llyw.cymru. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press.
^ International Who's who in Classical Music. Europa Publications Limited. 2007. ISBN 978-1-85743-416-3.

External links

[1] "John Lloyd". Archived from the original on 15 August 2018.

[2] "history aberlleffenni corris". Archived from the original on 15 August 2018.

[3] 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.

[4] "Military low flying: RAF operational low flying training timetable". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

[5] "Mach Loop - UK Low Level Flying by Military aircraft - Mach Loop Wales - MachLoop.co.uk". machloop.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

[6] 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.

[7] "Cynghorwyr / Councillors". Cyngor Cymuned Corris Community Council. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[8] "Cyngor Cymuned Corris Community Council". Cyngor Cymuned Corris Community Council. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[9] "Councillor details - John Pughe Roberts". democracy.gwynedd.llyw.cymru. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[Stephens1986-10] Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press.

[11] International Who's who in Classical Music. Europa Publications Limited. 2007. ISBN 978-1-85743-416-3.

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