Streetmap<\/a> has Ordnance-Survey maps for the whole area<\/p>\n Snowdonia National Park information site<\/a> and Booking a space in the Snowdon (Pen-y-Pass) car park<\/a>.<\/p>\n Attractions North Wales site<\/a><\/p>\n The Snowdonia Slate Trail<\/a><\/p>\n see separate page<\/a><\/p>\n Exhilarating activities including Europe’s longest zip wire and trampolining at three locations across Snowdonia (Blaenau Ffestiniog, Betws-y-Coed and Bethesda). \u00a0“Fly, climb and traverse your way through our unique underground course in a disused slate\u00a0mine”.<\/p>\n website<\/a><\/p>\n “Surf in the Mountains! \u00a0Our man-made waves roll in beginner, intermediate and advanced zones. A safe, fun, friendly environment for surfers of all abilities”<\/p>\n website<\/a><\/p>\n Based in Capel Curig, Plas y Brenin provides all kinds of outdoor activities, whether out on the hills, paddling about in the lake, dry-slope skiing or climbing on their indoor rock wall.<\/p>\n \u201cAt Plas y Brenin we like to think that we offer training opportunities that give you the best opportunity to make the most of your skills and ambitions. Our staff are amongst the most experienced, committed and competent outdoor enthusiasts you could ever hope to meet and it is their unique talents that make a visit to Plas y Brenin so special.<\/p>\n Whether you want a residential course, an update on the weather and climbing conditions, a bar meal and a chat or a qualification that could help you in your work you will find it here at the National Mountain Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n Website<\/a><\/p>\n Beddgelert bikes\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Beddgelert Forest\u00a0cycling map<\/a><\/p>\n BeicsBrenin<\/a>\u00a0(bike hire & trails near Betws-y-Coed)<\/p>\n Snowdonia Marathon<\/a><\/p>\n International Snowdon Race<\/a><\/p>\n National Park list of riding stables<\/a><\/p>\n Plas Menai<\/a>\u00a0National Watersports Centre, Caernarvon (Sailing and sea canoeing)<\/p>\n National Park\u00a0list of water sports centres<\/a><\/p>\n Dinorwig is the largest pumped storage power station in Europe.\u00a0\u00a0 During the night, when other power stations produce more electricity than the country needs, electric pumps move water from the bottom lake to one near the top of a mountain. Each evening when there is a surge in electrical demand, the water flows back down through turbines. The whole of the top lake is drained down in about 16 minutes. \u00a0Information<\/a>.<\/p>\n The machinery is hidden in huge underground caverns linked by 10 miles of tunnels (1 million cubic metres of rock were excavated for them). You travel down the tunnels in electric minibuses and can walk around and see the shafts rotating etc. (n.b. this is an industrial site, visitors must wear proper shoes \u2013 no high heels, flip-flops etc).\u00a0\u00a0 There is a visitor centre and an audio-visual show too (terribly noisy!).<\/p>\n It makes you think!<\/em>\u00a0If we generated all of our electricity from wind turbines, we would need the equivalent of 400 Dinorwig-sized pumped storage systems to survive a 2-day lull in the wind, or 3500 to cope with a 17 day mid-winter lull.<\/p>\n The\u00a0National Slate Museum<\/a>\u00a0is located in\u00a0Dinorwig quarry, next door to the Dinorwig power station (above).<\/p>\n (From Llanberis\u00a0take the road across the lake \u2013 right is Dinorwig, left is the slate museum).<\/p>\n Tours down into the mine in a little train.\u00a0 Hear how the miners worked and lived!<\/p>\n Miners at Llechwydd took all day to bash a hole to a stick of dynamite. \u00a0Compare this with the fearsome\u00a0Kellow drill<\/a>\u00a0used at the Croesor mine which would drill a 2.5″ diameter, 7 foot deep hole in 90 seconds. \u00a0The drill was powered by high pressure water, using 20 litres\/second at 500 psi.<\/p>\n Dave Sallery’s website has beautiful pictures of old slate mines:<\/p>\n Shell Island<\/a>\u00a0is a private beach & camp site (\u00a35 entry), good for a picnic amongst the sand dunes, looking at starfish etc.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Two miles from Llanbedr, LL45 2PJ.<\/p>\n Portmeirion<\/a>\u00a0is a huge \u201cfolly\u201d \u2013 a village built by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis as a personal exercise in Italianate architecture.\u00a0 Sign-posted off the main road at Minffordd.\u00a0\u00a0 140 acres of gardens, park and woodland, 4 restaurants.<\/p>\n A picturesque Victorian coastal village complete with castle and ice cream shops, also Dylan’s restaurant<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cPete\u2019s Eats<\/strong><\/a>\u201d in the back streets of Llanberis (well known for spag. bol., egg&chips etc after a hard day\u2019s climbing).<\/p>\n The\u00a0Pen-y-Pass cafe<\/strong>\u00a0(at the highest point on the road past Snowdon), also the\u00a0caf\u00e9 at the top of Snowdon<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hafod y Rhedrwydd sits between three great areas: the heart of Snowdonia (Snowdon and surrounding mountains, Capel Curig, Beddgelert etc); The Migneint and Arenig hills, stretching down towards Bala The Conwy valley, running from Betws-y-Coed up past Trefiw and the Bodnant Gardens to Conway and Llandudno Streetmap has Ordnance-Survey maps for the whole area Snowdonia National Park information site and Booking a space in the Snowdon (Pen-y-Pass) car park. Attractions North Wales site The Snowdonia Slate Trail Steam Railways see separate page Activity Centres Zip World Surf Snowdonia Plas y Brenin Bicycle hire and mountain bike routes Horse riding Water sports and sea canoeing Places to see in wet weather The “Electric mountain” (Dinorwic power station, Llanberis) The National Slate Museum Llechwedd Slate Cavens, Blaenau Ffestiniog Shell Island Criccieth Caernarvon Castle Zip World Exhilarating activities including Europe’s longest zip wire and trampolining at three locations across Snowdonia (Blaenau Ffestiniog, Betws-y-Coed and Bethesda). \u00a0“Fly, climb and traverse your way through our unique underground course in a disused slate\u00a0mine”. website Surf Snowdonia “Surf in the Mountains! \u00a0Our man-made waves roll in beginner, intermediate and advanced zones. A safe, fun, friendly environment for surfers of all abilities” website Plas y Brenin Based in Capel Curig, Plas y Brenin provides all kinds of outdoor activities, whether out on the hills, paddling about in the lake, dry-slope skiing or climbing on their indoor rock wall. \u201cAt Plas y Brenin we like to think that we offer training opportunities that give you the best opportunity to Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hafodyr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hafodyr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hafodyr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hafodyr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hafodyr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hafodyr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"https:\/\/www.hafodyr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hafodyr.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Steam Railways<\/h3>\n
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Activity Centres<\/h3>\n
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Places to see in wet weather<\/h3>\n
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\nZip World<\/h3>\n
\nSurf Snowdonia<\/h3>\n
\nPlas y Brenin<\/h3>\n
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\nBicycle Hire<\/h3>\n
\nRunning<\/h3>\n
Horse riding<\/h3>\n
\nWater sports<\/h3>\n
\nThe “Electric Mountain” (Dinorwig Power Station, Llanberis).<\/h3>\n
\nThe National Slate Museum<\/h3>\n
\nLlechwydd Slate Caverns<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nShell Island<\/h3>\n
\nPortmeirion<\/h3>\n
Criccieth<\/h3>\n
Climbers’ places to eat<\/h3>\n