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Corris Uchaf

Village in Gwynedd, Wales

Field	Value
country	Wales
coordinates
static_image_name	Corris Uchaf (geograph 2641138).jpg
static_image_caption	Corris Uchaf
official_name	Corris Uchaf
Upper Corris
community_wales	Corris
unitary_wales	Gwynedd
lieutenancy_wales	Gwynedd
constituency_westminster	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
constituency_welsh_assembly	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
post_town	MACHYNLLETH
postcode_district	SY20
postcode_area	SY
dial_code	01654
os_grid_reference	SH743088

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

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.

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

In the 2010s, approximately 100 abandoned cars were discovered in a flooded chamber of Gaewern quarry nicknamed the "Cavern of Lost Souls".

Government

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

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

Notable residents

Writer Geraint Goodwin lived in the village in 1938 and 1939.
Classical composer Otto Freudenthal lived in the village from 2006 to 2017.

References

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Forgrave, Andrew. (2021-06-20). "The underground 'car cave' hidden in abandoned North Wales mine that stunned urban explorers".
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"Cyngor Cymuned Corris Community Council".
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Meic Stephens. (April 1986). "The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales". Oxford University Press.
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