Friog

Friog (Welsh: Y Friog) is a small village in North Wales, near Fairbourne.

Friog Welsh: Y Friog
The road south of Y Friog. The railway passes through an avalanche shelter below and to the left of the road
Friog Location within Gwynedd
OS grid reference	SH618125
Community	Arthog
Principal area	Gwynedd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FAIRBOURNE
Postcode district	LL38
Dialling code	01341
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
List of places UK Wales Gwynedd 52.693°N 4.044°W / 52.693; -4.044

Rock avalanche shelter over the railway line, Friog

Track repairs, Friog

Its lake and beach are a tourist attraction to over 1,000 visitors a year.

Friog is notable for a rockfall-prone section of railway track, scene of two fatal accidents in 1883 and 1933 on the Cambrian Line. In both incidents, the only deaths were of the crew when the locomotives toppled over the edge of the cliffs after striking landslides with the coaches remaining on the track. In response, the Great Western Railway constructed a concrete avalanche shelter over the line in 1940.^[1]