Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a local authority area in North Wales.

Cities

• Bangor GPS: 53.228,-4.128 - location of Penrhyn Castle, a National Trust mock-Norman edifice of the 19th century and The Spinnies, splendidly situated bird hides with the chance to see little egrets and kingfishers.

Towns

• Bala GPS: 52.911,-3.596 (Welsh: Y Bala) — the glacial lake and surrounding mountains provides an excellent location for many activities.
• Barmouth GPS: 52.722,-4.055 (Abermaw or Y Bermo) — seaside town with an 820 metre bridge offering stunning views of the Mawddach Estuary.
• Blaenau Ffestiniog GPS: 52.994,-3.939 — old slate mining village, with opportunity to go down the slate caverns as well as ride a narrow-gauge railway.
• Caernarfon GPS: 53.14,-4.27 — impressive castle.
• Dolgellau GPS: 52.743,-3.885 — small town at the foot of Cadair Idris.
• Harlech GPS: 52.86,-4.105 — castle is a must visit, as long as you have a head for heights.
• Porthmadog GPS: 52.927,-4.132 — take the narrow gauge train to Blaenau Ffestiniog
• Pwllheli GPS: 52.887,-4.418 — traditional market-town of the beautiful Llyn Peninsula

Villages

• Aberdaron GPS: 52.808,-4.71 — visit Plas yn Rhiw, a beautiful, though not large, National Trust property in nearby Rhiw.
• Aberdyfi GPS: 52.544,-4.044 — village with opportunities for leisure and sport activities.
• Abersoch GPS: 52.823,-4.506 — popular sailing destination.
• Beddgelert GPS: 53.011,-4.102 — picturesque village, renowned for the grave of Prince Llywelyn's dog Gelert.
• Bethesda (Wales) | Bethesda GPS: 53.179,-4.06 — try the longest zip line in Europe and the fastest in the world.
• Criccieth GPS: 52.916,-4.236 (Cricieth) — remains of castle with massive twin-towered gatehouse
• Corris GPS: 52.653,-3.841 — King Arthur's Labyrinth slate quarry tour and craft shops.
• Dinas Mawddwy GPS: 52.719,-3.691 — chance to buy woollen items and other traditional goods from mill outlet.
• Dinas Dinlle GPS: 53.086,-4.336 — remains of an Iron age fort on the coast, a great beach and in land, Parc Glynllifon an arboretum and a modern amphitheatre worth seeing.
• Fairbourne GPS: 52.697,-4.053 — small steam railway and a starting point to walk along the Mawddach Trail
• Llanberis GPS: 53.119,-4.131 — National Slate Museum and start point for the train up Snowdon
• Nefyn GPS: 52.935,-4.524 — village on the Llyn Peninsula
• Penmaenpool GPS: 52.747,-3.936 (Pwll Penmaen) — walk the Mawddach Way along the estuary.
• Rhyd Ddu GPS: 53.054,-4.136 — starting point for walks up Snowdon
• Tywyn GPS: 52.582,-4.089 — seaside resort

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More Destinations

• Bardsey Island GPS: 52.76,-4.79 (Ynys Enlli)
• Snowdonia National Park GPS: 52.9,-3.85 (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
• Llyn GPS: 52.9092,-4.4614 (Penrhyn Llyn) — spelled 'Lleyn' in the English language, a peninsula whose name is derived from the same Celtic root as the Irish province of Leinster
• Portmeirion GPS: 52.912,-4.099 — reconstruction of an Italian renaissance style village, famous for featuring in the 1960s cult science fiction TV series The Prisoner.

Local Language in Gwynedd

You may encounter people who only speak Welsh, although most local people are bilingual and can speak Welsh and English including all tourist shops and popular restaurants.

Travel to Gwynedd

Rent a Car or Limousine in Gwynedd

A5 from Shrewsbury then the A470 and A494, or from Shrewsbury the A458 via Welshpool.

The A55 North Wales Expressway connects Chester to Holyhead via Bangor.

Travel by train to Gwynedd

The northern part of the county including Bangor can be visited with the North Wales Coast Line from Crewe and Chester, while the Cambrian Line connects the west coast including Barmouth and Pwllheli from Shrewsbury and Birmingham (England). Note the Birmingham/Shrewsbury train splits at Dovey Junction after Machynlleth part going to Aberystwyth, make sure you are in the correct carriage.

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Take a bus to Gwynedd

National Express have services to Caernarfon and Bangor from England.

How to get around in Gwynedd

• Car is the easiest and most flexible means of transport. The A487 and A470 are the main trunk roads through the region. The A493 (Dolgellau to Machynlleth) and A496 (Blaenau Ffestiniog to Dolgellau, via Harlech) coast roads as well as the A494 (through Bala) provide scenic and interesting routes.
• There are Gwynedd local buses but are not too regular.
• Cambrian Coastliner

• Cambrian Line - Cambrian Line Connects the coastal towns and villages by rail from the Dyfi estuary from Aberdyfi up to Pwllheli.

What to see in Gwynedd

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Travel Next

• Conwy (county)
• Anglesey
• Powys
• Ceredigion

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