Pont Briwet, Penrhyndeudraeth

Name: Pont Briwet
Address: Penrhyndeudraeth, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Penrhyndeudraeth

Top attraction, Bridge

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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. Although it was recognised as being a Grade II listed structure, a result of it being an increasingly rare example of a surviving 19th-century wooden road and railway viaduct, the condition of the bridge had deteriorated over time and by the 21st century was posing regular and considerable inconvenience to both road and rail traffic. ()

Opened: 1867 (158 years ago)Length: 459 ftWidth: 10 ftHeight: 13 ftCoordinates: 52°55'27"N, 4°3'20"W

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Penrhyndeudraeth United Kingdom

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Pont Briwet – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Llŷn Coastal Path, St Twrog's Church, Bryn Cader Faner, Moel Ysgyfarnogod.

3.2 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Llŷn Coastal Path, Porthmadog
83 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.
3.1 miNE
Church
St Twrog's Church, Snowdonia National Park
80 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.
2.6 miSE
Memorial
Bryn Cader Faner, Snowdonia National Park
66 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.
3.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Ysgyfarnogod, Snowdonia National Park
85 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.
1.4 miSW
Area
Ynys Gifftan, Snowdonia National Park
35 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.
3.1 miNE
Nightlife
Oakeley Arms Hotel, Blaenau Ffestiniog
79 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.
3.6 miW
Church
Peniel Chapel, Tremadog
93 min walk • Peniel Chapel is a former Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Tremadog, Gwynedd. It is one of five Grade I-listed nonconformist chapels in Wales. It is in a neoclassical style inspired by mid-17th century St Paul's Church in Covent Garden, London.
2.7 miNE
Universities and schools
Plas Tan y Bwlch, Snowdonia National Park
69 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.
1.8 miN
Church, Gothic architecture
St Brothen's Church, Snowdonia National Park
47 min walk • St Brothen's Church, Llanfrothen, is a redundant church at the edge of the village of Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building because it is "a fine Medieval church retaining much of exterior and interior interest".
3.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Foel Penolau, Snowdonia National Park
87 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.
3.8 miE
Protected area
Coed y Rhygen National Nature Reserve, Penrhyndeudraeth
98 min walk • 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.