{{Short description|Village in Wales}} {{Refimprove|date=March 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Wales | welsh_name = | constituency_welsh_assembly = Arfon | official_name = Rhyd Ddu | static_image_name = Llyn y Dywarchen.jpg | static_image_caption = Llyn y Dywarchen | coordinates = {{coord|53.054|-4.136|display=inline,title}} | community_wales = Betws Garmon | unitary_wales = Gwynedd | lieutenancy_wales = Gwynedd | constituency_westminster = Dwyfor Meirionnydd | post_town = Caernarfon | postcode_district = LL54 | postcode_area = LL | dial_code = 01286 | os_grid_reference = SH568485 | population = 37 }}

'''Rhyd-ddu''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|r|iː|d|ˈ|ð|iː}}; {{IPA|cy|ˌr̥iːdˈðiː|lang}}; {{literally|black ford}}) is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon (via the Rhyd Ddu Path), Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge.

It lies on the A4085 {{convert|4|mi}} north of Beddgelert,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nuttall |first1=John |title=The mountains of England and Wales. Vol. 1; Wales |date=1989 |publisher=Cicerone Press |location=Milnthorpe |isbn=1852840366 |page=66}}</ref> at its junction with the B4418 to Nantlle and Penygroes.

Rhyd Ddu railway station is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holland |first1=Julian |last2=Spaven |first2=David |title=Britain's scenic railways: exploring the country by rail from Cornwall to the Highlands |date=2012 |publisher=Times Books |location=London |isbn=9780007478798 |page=136}}</ref>

T. H. Parry-Williams, the poet, author and academic was born and raised at Rhyd-ddu.<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=D.&nbsp;Ellis|last=Evans|title=Williams, Sir Thomas Herbert Parry|id=37835|date=23 September 2004}}</ref> He twice won both the chair and the Crown at the National Eisteddfod, in 1912 and 1915.{{cn|date=March 2026}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category}} {{Wikivoyage}} *[http://www.walkeryri.org.uk/Routes/starts/rhyd_ddu.html Walks from Rhyd Ddu and local information] *[http://www.walkingenglishman.com/snowdonia3.htm The Rhyd-Ddu and Y Garn Walk] *[https://snowdoniatourism.co.uk/rhyd-ddu/ Rhyd-Ddu Guide] *[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3494153 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Rhyd Ddu and surrounding area] *{{oscoor gbx|SH568528}}

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Category:Villages in Gwynedd Category:Villages in Snowdonia Category:Betws Garmon

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