Opened in 1948, the Catholic Church in Bala is the first church outside of Portugal to be dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima. Previously, Bala did not have a Catholic Church in the town centre, and the little white-washed church,...

Llyn Tegid is the largest natural lake in Wales. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and attracts many different kinds of birds. The unique Gwyniad, a fish left over from the Ice Age, is found only in Llyn...

Thomas Charles was a great religious reformer who came to Bala in the 1780s and became immersed in Welsh Methodism. He pioneered a system of Sunday Schools and published religious books. There was a great need for Welsh Bibles and,...

Tomen y Bala is a conspicuous mound, clearly visible from the car park at the north-east end of the town, near the River Tryweryn. It is thought to be a late Norman motte, which would have had a wooden tower...