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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4)" title="Бала (град) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бала (град)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Bala" title="Y Bala – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Y Bala" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Bala" title="Y Bala – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Y Bala" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bala_(lungsod)" title="Bala (lungsod) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Bala (lungsod)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Bala" title="Y Bala – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Y Bala" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Bala" title="Y Bala – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Y Bala" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bala_(Gwynedd)" title="Bala (Gwynedd) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bala (Gwynedd)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1_(%CE%9F%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1)" title="Μπάλα (Ουαλία) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπάλα (Ουαλία)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bala_(Gales)" title="Bala (Gales) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bala (Gales)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bala_(Gales)" title="Bala (Gales) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bala (Gales)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%8C_%DA%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2" title="بالا، گوینز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بالا، گوینز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bala_(pays_de_Galles)" title="Bala (pays de Galles) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bala (pays de Galles)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Bala" title="Y Bala – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Y Bala" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Bala" title="Y Bala – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Y Bala" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bala_(Gwynedd)" title="Bala (Gwynedd) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bala (Gwynedd)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Bala" title="Y Bala – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Y Bala" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bala_(miestas)" title="Bala (miestas) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bala (miestas)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_(%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF)" title="بالا (جوينيد) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بالا (جوينيد)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" 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style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gwynedd_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bala is located in Gwynedd"><img alt="Bala is located in Gwynedd" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Gwynedd_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Gwynedd_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Gwynedd_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Gwynedd_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Gwynedd_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Gwynedd_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="1305" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:54.333%;left:86.483%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bala"><img alt="Bala" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Bala</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">1,999 <i>(2021)</i></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks 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<dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="List of places in Wales">Wales</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Gwynedd" title="List of places in Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bala,_Gwynedd&params=52.911_N_3.596_W_region:GB_type:city(1999)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°54′40″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°35′46″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.911°N 3.596°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.911; -3.596</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bala</b> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Y Bala</i>) is a town and <a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">community</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>. Formerly an <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">urban district</a>, Bala lies in the <a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">historic county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Merionethshire" title="Merionethshire">Merionethshire</a>, at the north end of <a href="/wiki/Bala_Lake" title="Bala Lake">Bala Lake</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Llyn Tegid</i>). According to the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021 census</a>, Bala had a population of 1,999<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 72.5 per cent of the population could speak <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Toponym">Toponym</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bala,_Gwynedd&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Toponym"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Welsh word <i>bala</i> refers to the outflow of a lake.<sup id="cite_ref-gpc_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bala,_Gwynedd&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tomen_y_Bala_-_a_Norman_motte_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462982.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Tomen_y_Bala_-_a_Norman_motte_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462982.jpg/240px-Tomen_y_Bala_-_a_Norman_motte_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462982.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Tomen_y_Bala_-_a_Norman_motte_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462982.jpg/360px-Tomen_y_Bala_-_a_Norman_motte_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462982.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Tomen_y_Bala_-_a_Norman_motte_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462982.jpg/480px-Tomen_y_Bala_-_a_Norman_motte_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462982.jpg 2x" data-file-width="554" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Tomen y Bala</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Neuadd_y_Cyfnod,_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_432755.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Neuadd_y_Cyfnod%2C_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_432755.jpg/240px-Neuadd_y_Cyfnod%2C_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_432755.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Neuadd_y_Cyfnod%2C_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_432755.jpg/360px-Neuadd_y_Cyfnod%2C_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_432755.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Neuadd_y_Cyfnod%2C_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_432755.jpg/480px-Neuadd_y_Cyfnod%2C_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_432755.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Neuadd y Cyfnod (<i>English: Period Hall.</i> Formerly the grammar school)</figcaption></figure> <p>Tomen Y Bala (30 feet (9 m) high by 50 feet (15 m) diameter) is a tumulus or "moat-hill", formerly thought to mark the site of a <a href="/wiki/Roman_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman empire">Roman</a> camp. </p><p>In the 18th century, the town was well known for the manufacture of <a href="/wiki/Flannel" title="Flannel">flannel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stockings" class="mw-redirect" title="Stockings">stockings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glove" title="Glove">gloves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hosiery" title="Hosiery">hosiery</a>. </p><p>The large stone-built <a href="/wiki/Theological_college" class="mw-redirect" title="Theological college">theological college</a>, <i>Coleg y Bala</i>, of the <a href="/wiki/Calvinistic_Methodists" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinistic Methodists">Calvinistic Methodists</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Grammar_school" title="Grammar school">grammar school</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Ysgol_y_Berwyn" title="Ysgol y Berwyn">Ysgol y Berwyn</a>), which was founded in 1712, are the chief features, together with the statue of the Rev. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Charles" title="Thomas Charles">Thomas Charles</a> (1755–1814), the theological writer, to whom was largely due the foundation of the <a href="/wiki/British_and_Foreign_Bible_Society" title="British and Foreign Bible Society">British and Foreign Bible Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1800 a 15-year-old girl, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Jones_and_her_Bible" title="Mary Jones and her Bible">Mary Jones</a>, walked the 25 miles (40 km) from her home village <a href="/wiki/Llanfihangel-y-Pennant" title="Llanfihangel-y-Pennant">Llanfihangel-y-Pennant</a> to purchase a Welsh Bible in Bala. The scarcity of the Bible, along with the determination of Mary to get one (she had saved for six years), was a major factor in the foundation of the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1804. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Betsi_Cadwaladr" title="Betsi Cadwaladr">Betsi Cadwaladr</a>, who worked with <a href="/wiki/Florence_Nightingale" title="Florence Nightingale">Florence Nightingale</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Peninsula">Crimea</a>, and who gave her name to the <a href="/wiki/Betsi_Cadwaladr_University_Health_Board" title="Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board">Health Board</a>, came from Bala. Other famous people from the Bala area include <a href="/wiki/Michael_D._Jones" title="Michael D. Jones">Michael D. Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Timothy" title="Christopher Timothy">Christopher Timothy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Owen_Morgan_Edwards" title="Owen Morgan Edwards">Owen Morgan Edwards</a>, born in <a href="/wiki/Llanuwchllyn" title="Llanuwchllyn">Llanuwchllyn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/T.E._Ellis" class="mw-redirect" title="T.E. Ellis">T.E. Ellis</a>, born in <a href="/wiki/Cefnddwysarn" title="Cefnddwysarn">Cefnddwysarn</a>. </p><p>Bala hosted the <a href="/wiki/National_Eisteddfod" class="mw-redirect" title="National Eisteddfod">National Eisteddfod</a> in 1967, 1997 and 2009. The 2009 Eisteddfod was notable because the chair was not awarded to any of the entrants as the standard was deemed to be too low.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bala hosted the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Urdd Gobaith Cymru, National Eisteddfod for the Welsh League of Youth, in 2014. On 16 June 2016, Bala's name was changed to Bale temporarily in honour of <a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Madrid">Real Madrid</a> forward <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Bale" title="Gareth Bale">Gareth Bale</a>. This was only for the duration of <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016" title="UEFA Euro 2016">UEFA Euro 2016</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twinning">Twinning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bala,_Gwynedd&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Twinning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bala,_Ontario" title="Bala, Ontario">Bala, Ontario</a>, Canada, was named after the town in 1868. They have become <a href="/wiki/Town_twinning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town twinning">twin towns</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bala,_Gwynedd&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bala,_Gwynedd&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021 United Kingdom census</a>, 72.5 per cent of all usual residents aged 3+ in Bala can speak Welsh.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_census" title="2011 United Kingdom census">2011 census</a> noted 78.5 per cent of all usual residents aged 3 years and older in the town could speak Welsh. The Welsh-language skills of Bala residents were as follows in 2011 and 2021: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Welsh language skill<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Number and % of persons aged 3+ <p>(2011) </p> </th> <th>Number and % of persons aged 3+ <p>(2021) </p> </th> <th>Change <p>(percentage points) </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td>One or more Welsh language skills </td> <td>1,607 (85.1%) </td> <td>1,550 (79.6%) </td> <td>-5.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Can understand spoken Welsh </td> <td>1,472 (77.9%) </td> <td>1,424 (73.2%) </td> <td>-4.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Can speak, read or write Welsh </td> <td>1,503 (79.6%) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Can speak Welsh </td> <td>1,482 (78.5%) </td> <td>1,410 (72.5%) </td> <td>-6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Can read Welsh </td> <td>1,367 (72.4%) </td> <td>1,294 (66.5%) </td> <td>-5.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Can write Welsh </td> <td>1,287 (68.1%) </td> <td>1,256 (64.6%) </td> <td>-3.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Can speak, read and write Welsh </td> <td>1,271 (67.3%) </td> <td>1,209 (62.1%) </td> <td>-5.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total aged 3+</b> </td> <td>1,889 </td> <td>1,945 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Identity">Identity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bala,_Gwynedd&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Identity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 2011 census, 70.5 per cent of the population noted that they had Welsh-only national identity, with 22.2 per cent noting that they had no Welsh national identity at all.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the 2021 census, 64.8 per cent of the population noted that they had Welsh-only national identity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bala,_Gwynedd&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Set within the <a href="/wiki/Bala_Fault" title="Bala Fault">Bala Fault</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bala_Lake" title="Bala Lake">Bala Lake</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Llyn Tegid</i>) is the largest <a href="/wiki/Natural_lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural lake">natural lake</a> in Wales at 3.7 miles (6.0 km) in length and 800 metres (870 yards) wide. At 35 metres (115 feet), its depths could hide the tower of <a href="/wiki/St_Giles%27_Church,_Wrexham" title="St Giles' Church, Wrexham">St Giles Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wrexham" title="Wrexham">Wrexham</a> and still have 1 metre (3.3 feet) of water above. The lake has occasionally been known to freeze over, most recently in the severe winters of 1947 and 1963. The rare <a href="/wiki/Gwyniad" title="Gwyniad">Gwyniad</a> fish—trapped in the lake at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period" title="Last Glacial Period">last ice age</a>, some 10,000 years ago—is in danger because its natural home is increasingly unsuitable.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A member of the whitefish family, it is found only in the lake. </p><p>Cwm Hirnant, a valley running south from Bala, gives its name to the <a href="/wiki/Hirnantian" title="Hirnantian">Hirnantian</a> Age in the <a href="/wiki/Ordovician" title="Ordovician">Ordovician</a> Period of geological time. </p><p>The closest major urban areas to Bala are <a href="/wiki/Wrexham" title="Wrexham">Wrexham</a> at 30 miles (48 km), <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a> at 40 miles (64 km), and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, 52 miles (84 km) to the northeast. Nearby villages include <a href="/wiki/Llanfor" title="Llanfor">Llanfor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llandderfel" title="Llandderfel">Llandderfel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanycil" title="Llanycil">Llanycil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llangywer" title="Llangywer">Llangower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanuwchllyn" title="Llanuwchllyn">Llanuwchllyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhyd-uchaf" title="Rhyd-uchaf">Rhyd-uchaf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rhos-y-gwaliau" title="Rhos-y-gwaliau">Rhos-y-gwaliau</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bala,_Gwynedd&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As with the rest of the UK, Bala benefits from a <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">maritime climate</a>, with limited seasonal temperature ranges, and generally moderate rainfall throughout the year. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Bala - Climate Station (1991–2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6<br />(45.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5<br />(49.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2<br />(54.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.3<br />(59.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.9<br />(62.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6<br />(45.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(34.5) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2<br />(34.2) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(37.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8<br />(42.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6<br />(47.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(38.3) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #1AFF1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">153.6<br />(6.05) </td> <td style="background: #2AFF2A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">130.1<br />(5.12) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">100.9<br />(3.97) </td> <td style="background: #87FF87; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.4<br />(3.05) </td> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.4<br />(3.05) </td> <td style="background: #8AFF8A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.8<br />(2.98) </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.4<br />(2.97) </td> <td style="background: #7CFF7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.5<br />(3.44) </td> <td style="background: #69FF69; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.8<br />(3.81) </td> <td style="background: #2FFF2F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">139.4<br />(5.49) </td> <td style="background: #20FF20; color:#000000;" class="notheme">144.6<br />(5.69) </td> <td style="background: #00F600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">176.6<br />(6.95) </td> <td style="background: #56FF56; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,335.5<br />(52.58) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #2E2EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.9 </td> <td style="background: #4444FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.8 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.0 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.3 </td> <td style="background: #5B5BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.8 </td> <td style="background: #3E3EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.6 </td> <td style="background: #1D1DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.7 </td> <td style="background: #1D1DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18.3 </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">170.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #383838; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">31.0 </td> <td style="background: #6B6B6B; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">53.5 </td> <td style="background: #AAAAA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.8 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href="/wiki/Trawsfynydd" title="Trawsfynydd">Trawsfynydd</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Porthmadog" title="Porthmadog">Porthmadog</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Criccieth" title="Criccieth">Criccieth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pwllheli" title="Pwllheli">Pwllheli</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Caernarfon" title="Caernarfon">Caernarfon</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Bangor,_Gwynedd" title="Bangor, Gwynedd">Bangor</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frongoch" title="Frongoch">Frongoch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llyn_Celyn" title="Llyn Celyn">Llyn Celyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blaenau_Ffestiniog" title="Blaenau Ffestiniog">Blaenau Ffestiniog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betws-y-Coed" title="Betws-y-Coed">Betws-y-Coed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanrwst" title="Llanrwst">Llanrwst</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conwy" title="Conwy">Conwy</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Llandudno" title="Llandudno">Llandudno</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Llangwm,_Conwy" title="Llangwm, Conwy">Llangwm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cerrigydrudion" title="Cerrigydrudion">Cerrigydrudion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llyn_Brenig" title="Llyn Brenig">Llyn Brenig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruthin" title="Ruthin">Ruthin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denbigh" title="Denbigh">Denbigh</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Asaph" title="St Asaph">St Asaph</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Rhyl" title="Rhyl">Rhyl</a></b></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Llangower" class="mw-redirect" title="Llangower">Llangower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bala_Lake" title="Bala Lake">Bala Lake</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div 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href="/wiki/Lake_Vyrnwy" title="Lake Vyrnwy">Lake Vyrnwy</a><i></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Llangynog" title="Llangynog">Llangynog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pen-y-bont-fawr" class="mw-redirect" title="Pen-y-bont-fawr">Pen-y-bont-fawr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant" title="Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant">Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanfyllin" title="Llanfyllin">Llanfyllin</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Oswestry" title="Oswestry">Oswestry</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Welshpool" title="Welshpool">Welshpool</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a></b></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bala_Mill_Falls_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1231649.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Bala_Mill_Falls_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1231649.jpg/220px-Bala_Mill_Falls_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1231649.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Coleg_y_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_572350.jpg/220px-Coleg_y_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_572350.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Coleg_y_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_572350.jpg/330px-Coleg_y_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_572350.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Coleg_y_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_572350.jpg/440px-Coleg_y_Bala_-_geograph.org.uk_-_572350.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Coleg y Bala</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Building_on_Bala_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1426193.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Building_on_Bala_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1426193.jpg/220px-Building_on_Bala_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1426193.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Building_on_Bala_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1426193.jpg/330px-Building_on_Bala_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1426193.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Building_on_Bala_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1426193.jpg/440px-Building_on_Bala_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1426193.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bala_Town_Hall" title="Bala Town Hall">Bala Town Hall</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Afon_Tryweryn" title="Afon Tryweryn">Afon Tryweryn</a>, a river fed from <a href="/wiki/Llyn_Celyn" title="Llyn Celyn">Llyn Celyn</a> which runs through Bala, is world-famous for its <a href="/wiki/White_water" class="mw-redirect" title="White water">white water</a> <a href="/wiki/Kayak" title="Kayak">kayaking</a>. International governing bodies, the <a href="/wiki/International_Canoe_Federation" title="International Canoe Federation">International Canoe Federation</a>, the European Canoe Union and the <a href="/wiki/British_Canoe_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="British Canoe Union">British Canoe Union</a> all hold national and international events there. The <a href="/wiki/Canolfan_Tryweryn" title="Canolfan Tryweryn">Canolfan Tryweryn</a> National Whitewater Centre has its home in Bala. There are at least three local <a href="/wiki/Campsite" title="Campsite">campsites</a> that cater for the influx of canoeists from many parts of the world. </p><p>An annual <a href="/wiki/Music_festival" title="Music festival">music festival</a> known as 'Wa Bala' is also held in the town. The venue hosts local Welsh bands and is similar in format to <a href="/wiki/Dolgellau" title="Dolgellau">Dolgellau</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sesiwn_Fawr_Dolgellau" title="Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau">Sesiwn Fawr</a>. </p><p>Nearby are the mountains <a href="/wiki/Aran_Fawddwy" title="Aran Fawddwy">Aran Fawddwy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arenig_Fawr" title="Arenig Fawr">Arenig Fawr</a>. </p><p>Coleg y Bala is at the top of the hill on the road towards <a href="/wiki/Llyn_Celyn" title="Llyn Celyn">Llyn Celyn</a>. The Victoria Hall is a small old cinema, that had been a community hall. There are several chapels: notably Capel Mawr and Capel Bach. The livestock market on Arenig Street is still going strong. 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title="Bala and Dolgelly Railway">Bala and Dolgelly Railway</a></i></div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Corwen_and_Bala_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Corwen and Bala Railway">Corwen and Bala Railway</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 3px 0 0;"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="padding:0 0 0 3px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Bala has been served by various <a href="/wiki/Railway_stations" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway stations">railway stations</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bala_Lake_Halt_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Bala Lake Halt railway station">Bala Lake Halt railway station</a> was Bala's first station, on the <a href="/wiki/Ruabon_Barmouth_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruabon Barmouth Line">Bala and Dolgelly Railway</a> (open 1868 to 1882; 1934 to 1939) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bala_(Penybont)_railway_station" title="Bala (Penybont) railway station">Bala (Penybont) railway station</a> is the name of the <a href="/wiki/Bala_Lake_Railway" title="Bala Lake Railway">Bala Lake</a> <a href="/wiki/Heritage_railway" title="Heritage railway">heritage railway</a>'s station on the site of the Bala Lake Halt</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bala_(New)_railway_station" title="Bala (New) railway station">Bala (New) railway station</a> - Bala's second station, on the <a href="/wiki/Festiniog_and_Blaenau_Railway" title="Festiniog and Blaenau Railway">Festiniog and Blaenau Railway</a> (open 1882 to 1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bala_Junction_railway_station" title="Bala Junction railway station">Bala Junction railway station</a> - The meeting point of the <a href="/wiki/Bala_and_Dolgellau_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Bala and Dolgellau Railway">Bala and Dolgellau Railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corwen_and_Bala_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Corwen and Bala Railway">Corwen and Bala Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bala_and_Festiniog_Railway" title="Bala and Festiniog Railway">Bala and Festiniog Railway</a> (open 1882 to 1965)</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bala_Lake_Railway" title="Bala Lake Railway">Bala Lake Railway</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid</i>) runs for 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from <a href="/wiki/Llanuwchllyn_railway_station" title="Llanuwchllyn railway station">Llanuwchllyn</a> to the edge of the town, along a section of the former trackbed of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway">line</a> between <a href="/wiki/Ruabon_Barmouth_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruabon Barmouth Line">Ruabon and Barmouth</a>. It terminates at <a href="/wiki/Bala_(Penybont)_railway_station" title="Bala (Penybont) railway station">Bala (Penybont) railway station</a>, which opened in 1976 on the site of the former Lake Halt station. As of 2020, work is being undertaken to extend the line along the <a href="/wiki/Bala_Lake" title="Bala Lake">lake</a> foreshore to a new station in the town centre.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bus services are provided by <a href="/wiki/Lloyds_Coaches" title="Lloyds Coaches">Lloyds Coaches</a>, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a> funded <a href="/wiki/TrawsCymru" title="TrawsCymru">TrawsCymru</a> network. Services operate westbound to <a href="/wiki/Barmouth" title="Barmouth">Barmouth</a> via <a href="/wiki/Dolgellau" title="Dolgellau">Dolgellau</a>, and eastbound to <a href="/wiki/Wrexham" title="Wrexham">Wrexham</a> via <a href="/wiki/Corwen" title="Corwen">Corwen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Llangollen" title="Llangollen">Llangollen</a>. Through ticketing is available for onward connections at Dolgellau, to <a href="/wiki/Bangor,_Gwynedd" title="Bangor, Gwynedd">Bangor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Machynlleth" title="Machynlleth">Machynlleth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aberystwyth" title="Aberystwyth">Aberystwyth</a>. </p><p>The town lies on the <a href="/wiki/A494_road" title="A494 road">A494</a>, a major <a href="/wiki/Trunk_road" title="Trunk road">trunk road</a> that leads to <a href="/wiki/Dolgellau" title="Dolgellau">Dolgellau</a>, 18 miles to the southwest, and to <a href="/wiki/Ruthin" title="Ruthin">Ruthin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mold,_Flintshire" title="Mold, Flintshire">Mold</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queensferry,_Flintshire" title="Queensferry, Flintshire">Queensferry</a> to the northwest. The <a href="/wiki/A4212" class="mw-redirect" title="A4212">A4212</a> starts in the town, and crosses the <a href="/wiki/Migneint" title="Migneint">Migneint</a> to <a href="/wiki/Trawsfynydd" title="Trawsfynydd">Trawsfynydd</a>. Heading southeast, the <a href="/wiki/Milltir_Cerrig" title="Milltir Cerrig">B4391</a> crosses the <a href="/wiki/Berwyn_range" title="Berwyn range">Berwyn range</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Wales-England_border" class="mw-redirect" title="Wales-England border">English border</a> and the town of <a href="/wiki/Oswestry" title="Oswestry">Oswestry</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bala,_Gwynedd&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bala is home to <a href="/wiki/Cymru_Premier" title="Cymru Premier">Cymru Premier</a> football club <a href="/wiki/Bala_Town_F.C." title="Bala Town F.C.">Bala Town F.C.</a> who play at <a href="/wiki/Maes_Tegid" title="Maes Tegid">Maes Tegid</a>. Bala's local rugby club is <a href="/wiki/Bala_RFC" title="Bala RFC">Bala RFC</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bala,_Gwynedd&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bala_-_The_Rev._Thomas_Charles_B.A._-_geograph.org.uk_-_408431.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Bala_-_The_Rev._Thomas_Charles_B.A._-_geograph.org.uk_-_408431.jpg/170px-Bala_-_The_Rev._Thomas_Charles_B.A._-_geograph.org.uk_-_408431.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Bala_-_The_Rev._Thomas_Charles_B.A._-_geograph.org.uk_-_408431.jpg/255px-Bala_-_The_Rev._Thomas_Charles_B.A._-_geograph.org.uk_-_408431.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Bala_-_The_Rev._Thomas_Charles_B.A._-_geograph.org.uk_-_408431.jpg/340px-Bala_-_The_Rev._Thomas_Charles_B.A._-_geograph.org.uk_-_408431.jpg 2x" data-file-width="426" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Rev. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Charles" title="Thomas Charles">Thomas Charles</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Actavia" title="Actavia">Actavia</a>, drag queen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Charles" title="Thomas Charles">Thomas Charles</a> (1755 – 1814 in Bala), a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist clergyman.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betsi_Cadwaladr" title="Betsi Cadwaladr">Betsi Cadwaladr</a> (1789–1860), nurse, eponym for <a href="/wiki/Betsi_Cadwaladr_University_Health_Board" title="Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board">Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_D._Jones" title="Michael D. Jones">Michael D. Jones</a> (1822 in Llanuwchlyn – 1898), a Welsh Congregationalist minister, principal of Bala theological college, a founder of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia and one of the fathers of modern Welsh nationalism</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hugh_Jones" title="John Hugh Jones">John Hugh Jones</a> (1843–1910) a Welsh Roman Catholic priest, translator and tutor.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_John_Lloyd_Price" title="Richard John Lloyd Price">Richard John Lloyd Price</a> (1843–1923), squire, journalist, author and judge at field trials</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._E._Ellis" title="T. E. Ellis">T. E. Ellis</a> (1859–1899), politician and leader of <a href="/wiki/Cymru_Fydd" title="Cymru Fydd">Cymru Fydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Thomas_Jenkins" title="Robert Thomas Jenkins">Robert Thomas Jenkins</a> (1881–1969), historian and academic, brought up in Bala.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Evans_(footballer,_born_1889)" title="Jack Evans (footballer, born 1889)">Jack Evans</a> (1889–1971), footballer, played 354 games for <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Timothy" title="Christopher Timothy">Christopher Timothy</a> (born 1940), actor</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bala,_Gwynedd&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 114px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 112px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eglwys_Crist,_y_Bala_Christ_Church,_Bala,_Gwynedd_North_Wales_04.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Christ Church"><img alt="Christ Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Eglwys_Crist%2C_y_Bala_Christ_Church%2C_Bala%2C_Gwynedd_North_Wales_04.JPG/168px-Eglwys_Crist%2C_y_Bala_Christ_Church%2C_Bala%2C_Gwynedd_North_Wales_04.JPG" decoding="async" width="112" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Eglwys_Crist%2C_y_Bala_Christ_Church%2C_Bala%2C_Gwynedd_North_Wales_04.JPG/252px-Eglwys_Crist%2C_y_Bala_Christ_Church%2C_Bala%2C_Gwynedd_North_Wales_04.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Eglwys_Crist%2C_y_Bala_Christ_Church%2C_Bala%2C_Gwynedd_North_Wales_04.JPG/337px-Eglwys_Crist%2C_y_Bala_Christ_Church%2C_Bala%2C_Gwynedd_North_Wales_04.JPG 2x" 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href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> team.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bala_RFC" title="Bala RFC">Bala RFC</a>, local <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> club.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bala,_Gwynedd&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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title="Abertrinant">Abertrinant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afon_Wen" title="Afon Wen">Afon Wen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anelog" class="mw-redirect" title="Anelog">Anelog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthog" title="Arthog">Arthog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beddgelert" title="Beddgelert">Beddgelert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethania,_Gwynedd" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethania, Gwynedd">Bethania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel,_Gwynedd" title="Bethel, Gwynedd">Bethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Gwynedd" title="Bethesda, Gwynedd">Bethesda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betws_Garmon" title="Betws Garmon">Betws Garmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodferin" title="Bodferin">Bodferin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boduan" title="Boduan">Boduan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bontddu" title="Bontddu">Bontddu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bontnewydd,_Gwynedd" title="Bontnewydd, Gwynedd">Bontnewydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botwnnog" title="Botwnnog">Botwnnog</a></li> <li><a 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