Coed y Rhygen National Nature Reserve, Penrhyndeudraeth

#2 among attractions in Penrhyndeudraeth

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Coed y Rhygen National Nature Reserve is located on the western shore of Llyn Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd, North Wales. As an example of Atlantic Rainforest, it is very wet and the are many different examples of mosses and liverworts that cover the ground and the trees. The reserve covers 2.78 hectares, is privately owned and is not open to the public. ()

Coordinates: 52°54'50"N, 3°57'54"W

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Penrhyndeudraeth United Kingdom

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Coed y Rhygen National Nature Reserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Twrog's Church, Tomen y Mur, Pont Briwet, Bryn Cader Faner.

2.4 miNW
Church
St Twrog's Church, Snowdonia National Park
62 min walk • Saint Twrog's Church is in the village of Maentwrog in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, lying in the Vale of Ffestiniog, within the Snowdonia National Park. It is in the Deanery of Ardudwy. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade II listed building. A church was founded on the current site in the 6th century by Saint Twrog.
1.9 miNE
Archaeological site
Tomen y Mur, Snowdonia National Park
49 min walk • Tomen y Mur is a First Century AD Roman fort in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales. The fortification, which lies on the slope of an isolated spur northeast of Llyn Trawsfynydd, was constructed during the North Wales campaigns of governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola in AD 78.
3.8 miW
Bridge
Pont Briwet, Penrhyndeudraeth
98 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.
2.2 miSW
Memorial
Bryn Cader Faner, Snowdonia National Park
57 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.
2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Ysgyfarnogod, Snowdonia National Park
50 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.
4.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moelwyn Bach, Snowdonia National Park
112 min walk • Moelwyn Bach is a mountain in Snowdonia, northern Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. It is connected to its parent peak Moelwyn Mawr via the Craigysgafn ridge. It overlooks the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog and the Vale of Ffestiniog.
2.7 miNW
Nightlife
Oakeley Arms Hotel, Blaenau Ffestiniog
70 min walk • The Oakeley Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed hotel near Maentwrog in North Wales. The original building dates back to the 17th century, and was once part of the nearby Tan-y-Bwlch Estate.
2.7 miNW
Universities and schools
Plas Tan y Bwlch, Snowdonia National Park
70 min walk • Plas Tan y Bwlch in Gwynedd, Wales, is the Snowdonia National Park environmental studies centre, administered by the National Park Authority. It is located approximately 6 miles east of the coastal town of Porthmadog, overlooking the valley of the River Dwyryd and the village of Maentwrog.
4.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Oernant, Snowdonia National Park
111 min walk • Moel Oernant is a 503 metres high hill in the community of Trawsfynydd in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales. It has a number of western tops, the highest of which reaches a height of 466 metres overlooking the waterbody known as Llyn Gelli-Gain and another at Frîdd Wen exceeds 410 metres.
1.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Foel Penolau, Snowdonia National Park
45 min walk • Foel Penolau is a mountain close to Moel Ysgyfarnogod in Snowdonia, North Wales and is the northernmost summit of the Rhinogydd, and overlooks Llyn Trawsfynydd. From the summit it is possible to see the towns of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog.
3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Mair, Snowdonia National Park
78 min walk • Llyn Mair is a 14-acre artificial lake near Maentwrog, in Gwynedd in North Wales. It lies in the area of Tan-y-Bwlch, a little above Plas Tan-y-Bwlch, and is in the catchment area of the River Dwyryd.