Dyffryn Mymbyr, Snowdonia National Park
#103 among attractions in Snowdonia National Park
Facts and practical information
Dyffryn Mymbyr is a valley in Snowdonia, in north-west Wales, approximately 5 miles in length, and leading up from Capel Curig to the Pen-y-Gwryd hotel. ()
Snowdonia National Park United Kingdom
Dyffryn Mymbyr – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Plas y Brenin, Tryfan, Llynnau Mymbyr, Glyder Fach.
- 1.4 miEOutdoor activities, Climbing
Plas y Brenin, Capel Curig
36 min walk • Plas y Brenin, located in Conwy County Borough, Wales, is a National Outdoor Centre owned by Sport England. The centre is situated in Dyffryn Mymbyr, the Mymbyr Valley, in Snowdonia and is less than a quarter of a mile south-west of the centre of Capel Curig on the A4086 road.
- 2.3 miNWNature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tryfan, Snowdonia National Park
60 min walk • Tryfan is a mountain in the Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia, Wales. It forms part of the Glyderau group, and is one of the most recognisable peaks in Britain, having a classic pointed shape with rugged crags.
- 0.8 miENature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llynnau Mymbyr, Snowdonia National Park
21 min walk • Llynnau Mymbyr are two lakes located in Dyffryn Mymbyr, a valley running from the village of Capel Curig to the Pen-y-Gwryd hotel in Snowdonia, north-west Wales. The A4086 runs along their northern banks.
- 2.5 miWNature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Glyder Fach, Snowdonia National Park
64 min walk • Glyder Fach is a mountain in Snowdonia, north-west Wales, and is the second highest of the Glyderau and the sixth highest in Wales.
- 1.7 miSENatural attraction, Mountain
Moel Siabod, Capel Curig
45 min walk • Moel Siabod, is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, which sits isolated above the village of Dolwyddelan. At 872 metres, it is the highest peak in the Moelwynion mountain range.
- 3.3 miWNature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Glyder Fawr, Snowdonia National Park
84 min walk • Glyder Fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, Wales, the highest peak in the Glyderau range at just over 1,000 metres, having had its height recalculated in 2010 using GPS.
- 2.6 miWNature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Castell y Gwynt, Snowdonia National Park
67 min walk • Castell y Gwynt is a top of Glyder Fach in Snowdonia, north-west Wales. It has the merit of being the only 3000 ft Welsh summit classed as only a Nuttall, hence it is not included in the Welsh 3000s.
- 3 miNWNature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Ogwen, Snowdonia National Park
76 min walk • Llyn Ogwen is a ribbon lake in north-west Wales. It lies alongside the A5 road between two mountain ranges of Snowdonia, the Carneddau and the Glyderau.
- 2.1 miWLake
Llyn Bochlwyd, Snowdonia National Park
54 min walk • Llyn Bochlwyd is a lake in Snowdonia, Wales, in Conwy County Borough. It lies in Cwm Bochlwyd, near Llyn Ogwen in the Glyderau mountain range.
- 2.9 miWNature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Cwm-y-ffynnon, Snowdonia National Park
75 min walk • Llyn Cwm-y-ffynnon is a lake in Snowdonia, below the summit of Moel Berfedd in Cwmffynnon. The lake's original name was Fynnon Mymbyr as outlined in Llywelyn ap Iorwerth's charter of 1198. As the name suggests, the lake nestles in a short valley, a cwm, high above the Pen-y-Gwryd hotel.
- 3.1 miEArchaeological site
Caer Llugwy, Snowdonia National Park
80 min walk • Caer Llugwy, or Bryn-y-Gefeiliau, is the site of a Roman fort in a loop of the Afon Llugwy near Capel Curig in Conwy, Wales. It is notable in that there has been little development in the surrounding landscape: the valley in which it is situated being much as it was 2,000 years ago.