Rhyd-ddu

He twice won both the chair and the Crown at the National Eisteddfod, in 1912 and 1915.

• Country — Wales • Constituency Welsh Assembly — Arfon • Official Name — Rhyd Ddu • Static Image Name — Llyn y Dywarchen.jpg • Static Image Caption — Llyn y Dywarchen • Community Wales — Betws Garmon • Unitary Wales — Gwynedd • Lieutenancy Wales — Gwynedd • Constituency Westminster — Dwyfor Meirionnydd • Post Town — Caernarfon • Postcode District — LL54 • Postcode Area — LL • Dial Code — 01286 • Os Grid Reference — SH568485 • Population — 37 Rhyd-ddu (lang; 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 mi north of Beddgelert, 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. T. H. Parry-Williams, the poet, author and academic was born and raised at Rhyd-ddu. He twice won both the chair and the Crown at the National Eisteddfod, in 1912 and 1915.