The Pass of the Cross better known as Bwlch y Groes is one of the highest mountain passes in County Gwynedd, Wales with an elevation of 545 metres (1,788 ft) above the sea level. It links Dinas Mawddwy, Llanuwchllyn and Lake Vyrnwy. The cross, just below the summit at the junction of the roads from Vyrnwy and from Dinas Mawddwy, commemorates the place of the pass on a pilgrim route from North Wales. The pass is also known as the Hellfire pass and was used pre and post war by the Austin Motor company and the Standard Triumph Motor company as a testing ground, as the road is asphalted but extremely narrow making it one of the steepest and toughest climbs in the UK.
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Other places of interests nearby are the Cymer Abbey, a ruined Cistercian abbey near the village of Llanelltyd and Snowdonia, a mountainous region in North Wales and is the first UK National Park named in Wales.
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