River Machno ( cy, Afon Machno) is a river in
Snowdonia
Snowdonia or Eryri (), is a mountainous region in northwestern Wales and a national park of in area. It was the first to be designated of the three national parks in Wales, in 1951.
Name and extent
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in north-west
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
. It is the first major tributary of the
River Conwy
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, which it joins south of
Betws-y-coed
Betws-y-coed (; '' en, prayer house in the wood'') is a village and community in the Conwy valley in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located in the historic county of Caernarfonshire, right on the boundary with Denbighshire, in the Gwydir Forest. ...
, past the Pandy Falls and the Machno Falls.
It has its source in the slopes at the head of the Machno valley, and flows through the villages of
Cwm Penmachno
Cwm Penmachno (historically called Tre-Gynwal) is a village at the head of Cwm Machno in North Wales.
History
The village was built in the 1860s as a quarry settlement. The Penmachno quarry lay immediately south and above the settlement. High ...
and
Penmachno
Penmachno is a village in the isolated upland Machno valley, south of Betws-y-Coed in the county of Conwy, North Wales. The B4406 road runs through part of the village. The village is at the confluence of the Glasgwm and Machno rivers. It has ...
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Bro Machno
Machno
Machno
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