Centre for Alternative Technology, Snowdonia National Park

Name: Centre for Alternative Technology
Address: Pantperthog, Machynlleth, Snowdonia National Park, United Kingdom

#41 among attractions in Snowdonia National Park

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The Centre for Alternative Technology is an eco-centre in Powys, mid-Wales, dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development. CAT, despite its name, no longer concentrates its efforts exclusively on alternative technology, but provides information on all aspects of sustainable living. It is open to visitors, offers postgraduate degrees as well as shorter residential and one day courses; and publishes information on renewable energy, sustainable architecture, organic farming, gardening, and sustainable living. CAT also runs education programmes for schools and sells environmentally friendly items through its on site shop, restaurant and mail order department. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°37'23"N, 3°50'24"W

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Pantperthog, MachynllethSnowdonia National Park United Kingdom

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Centre for Alternative Technology – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glyndŵr's Way, MOMA, Hughes Memorial, Owain Glyndŵr's Parliament House.

4.6 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Glyndŵr's Way
118 min walk • Glyndŵr's Way is a serene and picturesque hiking trail that weaves through the rolling hills and pastoral landscapes of mid-Wales, United Kingdom. Named after Owain Glyndŵr, the legendary Welsh prince and a national hero who led a rebellion against English rule in...
2.2 miS
Theater, Art museum, Museum
MOMA, Machynlleth
57 min walk • MOMA Machynlleth or Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth is an arts centre and gallery adjacent to Y Tabernacl in Machynlleth, Powys, Wales. The Tabernacle was converted in the mid-1980s from a Wesleyan chapel into a centre for the performing arts. Since then the Museum of Modern Art has grown up alongside it, with six exhibition spaces.
2.1 miN
Memorial
Hughes Memorial, Corris
54 min walk • The Hughes Memorial in Corris is a memorial obelisk commemorating Alfred W Hughes, who served as a surgeon in the Second Boer War. He died of fever in South Africa in 1900. In 2013, Professor Chris Williams of Swansea University described it as one of the most important objects in Welsh history.
2.3 miS
Specialty museum, Museum, Vernacular architecture
Owain Glyndŵr's Parliament House, Machynlleth
59 min walk • Owain Glyndŵr's Parliament House was traditionally the building where Owain Glyndŵr held a parliament after being crowned Prince of Wales in 1404. However the origin of the building is probably later.
2.2 miN
Classes and workshops, Arts and crafts
Corris Craft Centre, Corris
57 min walk • Corris Craft Centre is a craft and leisure complex in Corris, on the A487 near Machynlleth, mid-Wales. It is sometimes referred to as King Arthur's Labyrinth, one of the attractions on the site. Celebrating 40 years in 2022.
4.2 miSW
Church
St Peter ad Vincula, Pennal
109 min walk • The parish church of St Peter ad Vincula in the village of Pennal in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, is notable as the site of the last senate meeting held by the Welsh prince, Owain Glyndŵr. It was founded in the 6th century, supposedly by St Tannwg and St Eithrias, and is the only church in Wales with this dedication.
4.3 miN
Mountain
Mynydd Cambergi, Corris
109 min walk • Mynydd Cambergi or Mynydd Cam-bergi is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales. It is a summit on a long ridge between Mynydd y Waun to the north and Foel Grochan to the east.
2.8 miN
Rock
Broad Vein Mudstone Formation, Corris
71 min walk • The Broad Vein Mudstone Formation is an Ordovician lithostratigraphic group in Mid Wales. The rock of the formation is silty mudstone, intensely bioturbated in places. It varies in colour from a pale to a medium blue. This formation has been commercially quarried as slate in several locations along its length.
2.5 miS
Park, Music venue
Plas Machynlleth, Machynlleth
63 min walk • Plas Machynlleth is the former Welsh residence of the Marquesses of Londonderry. It is situated in the market town of Machynlleth in Powys, Wales.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Tal-y-llyn Lake, Snowdonia National Park
107 min walk • Tal-y-llyn Lake, also known as Talyllyn Lake and Llyn Myngul, is a large glacial ribbon lake in Gwynedd, North Wales. It is formed by a post-glacial massive landslip damming up the lake within the glaciated valley. The hamlet of Talyllyn lies at the west end of the lake.
3.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Graig Goch, Snowdonia National Park
92 min walk • Graig Goch is a 586m high hill in the Gwynedd area in Wales and lying within Snowdonia National Park. The hill falls within the communities of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant and Corris, the summit being located in the former.