Introduction
The Trawsfynydd Nuclear power station is situated adjoining a 2 square mile lake. It is undergoing decommissioning. The height of the twin reactor buildings is being reduced. The two gardens, Dragon Square and the Dame Sylvia Crowe garden are retained.Sylvia Crowe also advised the central Electricity Generating Board upon the lie of the buildings in the landscape and persuaded them to buy up large areas of surrounding land to be planted with spruce, beech, birch, rowan, sycamore and Pinus contorta. This helped provide a transition in the landscape.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Directions
The site is west of the A470 between Dolgellau and Ffestiniog.
Owners
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW (Gd)64 (GWY)
- Grade: II*
- Key Information
Principal Building
Industrial
Survival
Extant
Hectares
220
Open to the public
Yes
- References
References
- CADW, Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales:Additional and Revised Entries, Volume1 (Cardiff: CADW, 2007) 26-28 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Additional and Revised Entries, Volume 1