Diffwys, Snowdonia National Park

Name: Diffwys
Address: Snowdonia National Park, United Kingdom

#136 among attractions in Snowdonia National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Diffwys is a mountain in Snowdonia, Wales, near Barmouth and forms part of the Rhinogydd. On the north side is an exposure of the Caerdion Syncline. It is technically a subsidiary summit of Y Llethr, missing Marilyn status by 2m. It is therefore like Rhinog Fach a sub Marilyn. ()

Elevation: 2461 ftProminence: 486 ftCoordinates: 52°47'30"N, 3°59'13"W

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Diffwys – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Barmouth Bridge, Mawddach Trail, Cymer Abbey, Moelfre Hill.

5.8 miS
Bridge
Barmouth Bridge
148 min walk • Barmouth Bridge, or Barmouth Viaduct is a Grade II* listed single-track wooden railway viaduct across the estuary of the Afon Mawddach near Barmouth, Wales. It is 820 metres long and carries the Cambrian Line. It is the longest timber viaduct in Wales and one of the oldest in regular use in Britain.
5.3 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Mawddach Trail, Dolgellau
136 min walk • The Mawddach Trail is a cycle path route, part of Lôn Las Cymru, which runs for some 8 miles from Dolgellau to Morfa Mawddach railway station, by Barmouth bridge on the Cambrian coast.
4.4 miSE
Historic walking areas, Sacred and religious sites, Church
Cymer Abbey, Dolgellau
114 min walk • Cymer Abbey is a ruined Cistercian abbey near the village of Llanelltyd, just north of Dolgellau, Gwynedd, in north-west Wales, United Kingdom.
2.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moelfre Hill, Snowdonia National Park
59 min walk • Moelfre is a hill in Wales on the far western edge of the Snowdonia National Park, 3 miles from the village of Dyffryn Ardudwy, 5 miles from the village of Llanbedr and about 10 miles from the town of Harlech. It forms part of the Rhinogydd range. Moelfre reaches a height of 589 metres.
4.7 miW
Church
St Dwywe's Church, Snowdonia National Park
120 min walk • St Dwywe’s Church is a Grade II* listed church in Llanddwywe, Gwynedd, North Wales. It has a curvilinear churchyard and farm buildings on its west. Its structure, of rubble stone construction, is mainly of late medieval and early modern date, the church having first been mentioned in documents dating to 1292–1293.
4.4 miNW
Church
Capel Salem, Snowdonia National Park
112 min walk • Capel Salem is a Grade II listed building in the hamlet of Pentre Gwynfryn, near Llanbedr, Gwynedd, Wales. This Baptist chapel building is located about a mile up river of Llanbedr, on a ridge between the two valleys. It is just 300 yards upstream from where the two rivers meet.
3.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhinog Fawr, Snowdonia National Park
88 min walk • Rhinog Fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Rhinogydd range. It is the third highest summit of the Rhinogydd, losing out to Y Llethr and Diffwys respectively.
4.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhinogydd, Snowdonia National Park
113 min walk • The Rhinogydd are a range of mountains located east of Harlech in North Wales. The name Rhinogydd derives from the names of two of the more famous peaks, Rhinog Fawr and Rhinog Fach, although the greatest elevation in the range is reached by Y Llethr, 756 m.
5.1 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture
St Mary and St Bodfan Church, Snowdonia National Park
130 min walk • St Mary's Church or its full name St Mary and St Bodfan Church is a church located in the village of Llanaber in Wales. St Mary and Bodfan is a Grade I listed building, which despite substantial restoration work in 1860, is a well-preserved 13th-century building with lancet windows and arch-braced collar beams to the chancel roof.
1.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Y Llethr, Snowdonia National Park
38 min walk • Y Llethr is the highest mountain in the Rhinogydd range of Snowdonia, in north Wales. The summit consists of a flat grassy top marked only by a small cairn. The summit is more in keeping with its southern flanks than its rugged northern approach.
2.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhinog Fach, Snowdonia National Park
58 min walk • Rhinog Fach is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Rhinogydd. Technically, Rhinog Fach is a subsidiary summit of Y Llethr, but is a Marilyn.