Bwlch Mawr

#5543 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Bwlch Mawr is a hill near the northeastern corner of the Llŷn Peninsula in the community of Clynnog in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales. ()

Elevation: 1673 ftProminence: 476 ftCoordinates: 53°0'18"N, 4°20'47"W

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Bwlch Mawr – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Criccieth Golf Course, Tre'r Ceiri, Llyn Nantlle Uchaf, Yr Eifl.

7.2 miSE
Golf
Criccieth Golf Course, Criccieth
184 min walk • Criccieth Golf Club was a golf club based just outside Criccieth at Gwynedd, Wales. A 5787-yard-long, 18 hole hilltop course with par 69 and SSS of 68. The club opened in 1905. In 2015 the club was named among Bryn Terfel's favourite courses in the “Wales Golf Annual Brochure”. This club has a "members only" policy.
3.8 miSW
Archaeological site
Tre'r Ceiri
97 min walk • Tre'r Ceiri is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age. The name means 'town of the giants', from cewri, plural of cawr, 'giant'.
6.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Nantlle Uchaf, Snowdonia National Park
162 min walk • Llyn Nantlle Uchaf is a lake in the Nantlle Valley, Gwynedd, Wales. The lake forms the foreground in Richard Wilson's painting "Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle". Llyn Nantlle Isaf no longer exists as it was drained to protect the slate works.
4.3 miSW
Natural attraction, Mountain, Park
Yr Eifl
110 min walk • Yr Eifl, sometimes called the Rivals in English, is a group of hills on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales.
4.9 miNE
Park
Glynllifon, Dinas Dinlle
125 min walk • Glynllifon is the name of the old estate which belonged to the Barons Newborough, near the village of Llandwrog on the main A499 road between Pwllheli and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales.
7.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Tryfan
192 min walk • Moel Tryfan is a small mountain near the villages of Rhosgadfan, Y Fron and Betws Garmon, in northern Gwynedd. The higher and more famous peak of Tryfan above Dyffryn Ogwen has also sometimes been referred to as "Moel Tryfan" in the past.
4.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Graig Goch, Snowdonia National Park
111 min walk • Mynydd Graig Goch is the western end peak of the Nantlle Ridge, and is a subsidiary summit of Craig Cwm Silyn. It is also the most westerly 2000 ft peak in Wales.
5.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Garnedd Goch, Snowdonia National Park
136 min walk • Garnedd Goch is a top of Craig Cwm Silyn in Snowdonia, north Wales. It is one of the peaks that forms the Nantlle Ridge. It is the third highest point. The summit is strewn with rock debris and has a trig point and a cairn. The panorama includes the Nebo TV mast.
5.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Craig Cwm Silyn, Snowdonia National Park
136 min walk • Craig Cwm Silyn is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales which forms the highest point on the celebrated Nantlle Ridge. The steep northern face is popular with climbers.
3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Nantlle Valley
76 min walk • The Nantlle Valley is an area in Gwynedd, North Wales, characterised by its numerous small settlements.
5.1 miSW
Historic walking areas, Neighbourhood, Scenic walking areas
Nant Gwrtheyrn, Pwllheli
130 min walk • Nant Gwrtheyrn is a Welsh Language and Heritage Centre, located near the village of Llithfaen on the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, in northwest Wales.