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Bala (Welsh: Y Bala) is a town and community in Gwynedd, Wales. Formerly an urban district, Bala lies in the historic county of Merionethshire, at the north end of Bala Lake (Welsh: Llyn Tegid).
The historic market town of Bala sits at the head of Llyn Tegid, in south Snowdonia and plays an important part in Welsh history and culture. Bala, Ontario, Canada was named after it in 1868 - they have since become twin towns.
Bala is an historic market town in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales. It is surrounded by the rural region of Penllyn which has a strong and vibrant Welsh identity and culture. It is a wild area of high mountains, deep valleys, forests, fast flowing rivers, waterfalls, and many lakes and reservoirs. Penllyn’s main mountain ranges - Aran ...
Bala, market town, Gwynedd county, historic county of Merioneth (Meirionnydd), northern Wales. It lies in Snowdonia National Park at the northern end of mountain-girt Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid), the largest natural lake in Wales. The town was founded under a charter of 1324.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bala is a picturesque town of 2,000 people on the shores of Lake Bala in Gwynedd, North Wales. It lies at the south-eastern edge of the Snowdonia National Park. Excellent national centre for white water rafting and canoeing nearby. Map.
Bala, a small town, the head of a poor law union, in Merionethshire. The town is in Llanycil parish; stands at the foot of Bala Lake, 12 miles SW by W of Corwen, and has a station on the Ruabon and Dolgelly section of the G.W.R.; there is a branch line to Festiniog.
The chief rivers were the Dwyryd, the Mawddach, the Dyfi and the Dee, while in the south the Dulas formed the county boundary. Waterfalls such as Pistyll Cain and small lakes were numerous, the largest being Bala Lake (4 miles (6.4 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) broad).
