Ffordd Pen Llech, Snowdonia National Park

#168 among attractions in Snowdonia National Park

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Ffordd Pen Llech is a public road in the town of Harlech which lies within Snowdonia National Park, North Wales. It was once considered the steepest street in the world, although that title reverted to the previous holder Baldwin Street on 8 April 2020. ()

Alternative names: Length: 1056 ftCoordinates: 52°51'39"N, 4°6'25"W

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Ffordd Pen Llech – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Harlech Castle, Llŷn Coastal Path, St Tanwg's Church, Pont Briwet.

~600 ftSW
Imposing medieval stronghold of Edward I
Harlech Castle, Harlech
3 min walk • Harlech Castle is a majestic medieval fortification located in the coastal town of Harlech, within the scenic landscape of North Wales, United Kingdom. Perched high on a rocky outcrop, it offers breathtaking views of the Irish Sea and the surrounding countryside...
4.7 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Llŷn Coastal Path, Porthmadog
119 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.
2.1 miS
Church
St Tanwg's Church, Snowdonia National Park
54 min walk • St Tanwg's Church, Llandanwg, also known as "the church in the sand", is an early medieval church dedicated to St Tanwg in the village of Llandanwg, Gwynedd, Wales. The church is a Grade I listed building.
4.9 miNE
Bridge
Pont Briwet, Penrhyndeudraeth
124 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.
4.7 miNE
Memorial
Bryn Cader Faner, Snowdonia National Park
121 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.
5.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Ysgyfarnogod, Snowdonia National Park
131 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.
5.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel y Gest, Tremadog
131 min walk • Moel y Gest is a 263 m hill to the west of Porthmadog in North Wales. It is a very rocky hill with high topographic prominence because of the lower land that surrounds it on all sides, and qualifies as a Marilyn.
5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moelfre Hill, Snowdonia National Park
127 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.
3.7 miN
Area
Ynys Gifftan, Snowdonia National Park
95 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 miSE
Church
Capel Salem, Snowdonia National Park
71 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.
5.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhinog Fawr, Snowdonia National Park
134 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.

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Train

Harlech (4 min walk)