Gwaith Powdwr, Snowdonia National Park

Name: Gwaith Powdwr
Address: Snowdonia National Park, United Kingdom

#194 among attractions in Snowdonia National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area

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Gwaith Powdwr, situated in Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales, is a decommissioned explosives works now managed as a Nature Reserve by the North Wales Wildlife Trust. ()

Coordinates: 52°55'55"N, 4°3'16"W

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Snowdonia National Park United Kingdom

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Gwaith Powdwr – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Llŷn Coastal Path, St Twrog's Church, Pont Briwet, Bryn Cader Faner.

3.3 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Llŷn Coastal Path, Porthmadog
84 min walk • The Llŷn Coastal Path is a waymarked 146-kilometre long-distance footpath running along the coast of the Llŷn Peninsula from Caernarfon to Porthmadog in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. A large part of the Llŷn Peninsula is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
2.9 miE
Church
St Twrog's Church, Snowdonia National Park
73 min walk • Saint Twrog's Church is in the village of Maentwrog in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, lying in the Vale of Ffestiniog, within the Snowdonia National Park. It is in the Deanery of Ardudwy. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade II listed building. A church was founded on the current site in the 6th century by Saint Twrog.
0.5 miS
Bridge
Pont Briwet, Penrhyndeudraeth
14 min walk • Pont Briwet refers to the road and railway bridges that cross the River Dwyryd, near Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd in North Wales. The first bridge was a Victorian road and railway viaduct that was constructed entirely from timber by the Cambrian Railways company.
2.9 miSE
Memorial
Bryn Cader Faner, Snowdonia National Park
75 min walk • Bryn Cader Faner is a Bronze Age round cairn which lies to the east of the small hamlet of Talsarnau in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd in Wales. The diameter is 8.7 metres and there are 18 thin jagged pillars which jut upwards from the low cairn. It is thought to date back to the late third millennium BC.
3.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Ysgyfarnogod, Snowdonia National Park
94 min walk • Moel Ysgyfarnogod is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and is the northernmost of the Rhinogydd. Rhinog Fawr lies directly south. It overlooks Llyn Trawsfynydd, and from the summit it is possible to see the towns of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog. It may be climbed from Trawsfynydd in the east, or from Talsarnau in the west.
3.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moelwyn Bach, Snowdonia National Park
97 min walk • Moelwyn Bach is a mountain in Snowdonia, northern Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. It is connected to its parent peak Moelwyn Mawr via the Craigysgafn ridge. It overlooks the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog and the Vale of Ffestiniog.
1.8 miSW
Area
Ynys Gifftan, Snowdonia National Park
46 min walk • Ynys Gifftan is an island near the south east shore of Traeth Bach, the Dwyryd estuary near Portmeirion in Gwynedd, north Wales. There is a public footpath to it across the estuary marked on Ordnance Survey maps but has no definable marks that make it obvious; it can be reached on foot at low tide and is 38 metres high.
2.8 miNE
Nightlife
Oakeley Arms Hotel, Blaenau Ffestiniog
71 min walk • The Oakeley Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed hotel near Maentwrog in North Wales. The original building dates back to the 17th century, and was once part of the nearby Tan-y-Bwlch Estate.
3.6 miW
Church
Peniel Chapel, Tremadog
92 min walk • Peniel Chapel is a former Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Tremadog, Gwynedd. It is one of five Grade I-listed nonconformist chapels in Wales. It is in a neoclassical style inspired by mid-17th century St Paul's Church in Covent Garden, London.
2.4 miNE
Universities and schools
Plas Tan y Bwlch, Snowdonia National Park
61 min walk • Plas Tan y Bwlch in Gwynedd, Wales, is the Snowdonia National Park environmental studies centre, administered by the National Park Authority. It is located approximately 6 miles east of the coastal town of Porthmadog, overlooking the valley of the River Dwyryd and the village of Maentwrog.
1.3 miN
Church, Gothic architecture
St Brothen's Church, Snowdonia National Park
33 min walk • St Brothen's Church, Llanfrothen, is a redundant church at the edge of the village of Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building because it is "a fine Medieval church retaining much of exterior and interior interest".