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Caernarfon Walk This document is a snapshot of content from a discontinued BBC website, originally published between 2002-2011. It has been made available for archival & research purposes only. Please see the foot of this document for Archive Terms of Use. 15 March 2012 Accessibility help Text only BBC Homepage Wales Home Caernarfon walk more from this section Caernarfon walk - where to start BBC Local Victoria Dock North West Wales The Promenade Slate Quay Things to do Castle Hill People & Places Castle Square A world heritage site, Caernarfon is rightly famous for its Nature & Outdoors The Castle castle, but there's a lot more to the history of the town, from Eastgate History Roman times to recent years. Take a look round. Northgate Street Religion & Ethics Guided walk event Arts & Culture TV programme: series 1 Video clips: series 1 Music TV programme: series 2 TV & Radio Start point: Galeri, Victoria Dock Local BBC Sites panoramics News Distance: Under two miles Tour of Caernarfon Sport Time: One hour Can't get there? Take a virtual walk Weather with our 360 pics. Travel Advice: There are several car parks close to the Neighbouring Sites start. The route is all hard-surfaced and Mid Wales has one short, steepish hill. North East Wales Print map Print this page Related BBC Sites Extra info: Print the entire walk Wales Health and Safety tips To see what the Cymru symbols mean, Gogledd Orllewin please visit the key related bbc.co.uk links UK Coast homepage Walks in North West Wales Other coastal walks in Wales related www links Sea Britain 2005 National Trust RNLI Coast on open2.net more from North West Wales Arts Be inspired Release your creativity with a look at local art and artists. Weather What's forecast? Check out today's weather conditions for North West Wales. Newsletter Sign up for weekly updates to find out what's new on the site. have your say What's your view of Caernarfon? We'd like to hear from you, 22 February 2012 Accessibility help Text only BBC Homepage Wales Home Victoria Dock Last updated: 06 May 2008 The 19th century dock now provides a berth for yachts, more from this section while many buildings around the area are enjoying a new Caernarfon walk - where to start BBC Local Victoria Dock lease of life. North West Wales The Promenade NB. Since this walk was Slate Quay Things to do compiled there has been a Castle Hill People & Places considerable amount of new Castle Square Nature & Outdoors development at Victoria Dock. The Castle Eastgate History Northgate Street Religion & Ethics Guided walk event Arts & Culture More on Victoria Dock TV programme: series 1 Video clips: series 1 Music TV programme: series 2 TV & Radio The Victoria Dock was built at the instigation of forward- thinking mayor Llewelyn Turner in the 1870s when the Local BBC Sites panoramics News thriving slate industry also led to a flourishing shipping Tour of Caernarfon Sport sector. Can't get there? Take a virtual walk Weather with our 360 pics. Travel It later went into decline and has only in recent years benefitted from a regeneration programme. It now houses Neighbouring Sites the Gwynedd Archives, the Seiont II Maritime Museum and Mid Wales Galeri, a newly-built arts and creative business centre which North East Wales Print map opened in Spring 2005. Print this page Related BBC Sites Print the entire walk Wales You can call into the Galeri Health and Safety tips Cymru reception to pick up a special Gogledd Orllewin mobile phone to give you a related bbc.co.uk links running commentary as you Towns & Villages: Caernarfon follow the walk. There are Great Outdoors: Walks also toilets and refreshments Local History there. Other points of interest at Victoria Dock include the anchor from the training ship HMS Conway and the clay pipe- lined holes built into the walls of the chandlery building. The pipes date back to when this building was a warehouse used for drying out timber floated ashore from ships anchored in the Strait. The building was subsequently used by Breton onion sellers to store their stock. Under the footbridge is the Patent Slip, which pre-dates the dock and could haul quite large boats out of the water for repairs. If you stand on the dock facing the sea, to your right is the turquoise-painted pier on the site of a former oil terminal. Beyond that is the start of the Lon Las Menai cyclepath, heading along the Menai Strait towards Bangor. A plaque outside the Maritime Museum commemorates Ellen Edwards who, unusually for a woman of that time, ran a successful navigation school in the 19th century, teaching vital skills to mariners. To start the walk, head for the seafront near the Maritime Museum and set off along the Promenade with the sea on your right and the town walls on your left. 22 February 2012 Accessibility help Text only BBC Homepage Wales Home The Promenade Last updated: 31 March 2006 This broad walkway provides a pleasant stroll away from the more from this section traffic and extensive views out across the Menai Strait to Caernarfon walk - where to start BBC Local Victoria Dock Anglesey. North West Wales The Promenade Slate Quay Things to do Castle Hill People & Places Castle Square Nature & Outdoors The Castle More on the Romans and the Menai Strait Eastgate History Northgate Street Religion & Ethics Caernarfon was one of the most westerly points the Roman Guided walk event Arts & Culture occupation reached and the ruins of their fort, Segontium, TV programme: series 1 Video clips: series 1 Music can still be visited a little way outside the town centre. TV programme: series 2 TV & Radio Local BBC Sites To complete their invasion of North West Wales they had to panoramics News overcome the major obstacle presented by the Menai Strait Tour of Caernarfon Sport to reach Anglesey. Can't get there? Take a virtual walk Weather with our 360 pics. Travel The treacherous nature of the water and the ferocity of the forces amassed on the shore opposite Caernarfon resulted in Neighbouring Sites Mid Wales a difficult and bloody episode. Read more. North East Wales Print map Ferries plied their trade Print this page Related BBC Sites between the mainland and Print the entire walk Wales Anglesey at various points Health and Safety tips Cymru along the Strait until 1930, Gogledd Orllewin despite the building of the related bbc.co.uk links Menai Suspension Bridge by Towns & Villages: Caernarfon Thomas Telford at Bangor in Great Outdoors: Walks 1826, and Stephenson's Local History Britannia Bridge in 1850 for trains (and now road traffic, more from North West too). Wales The ancient town walls are on your left (more on these later Entertainment in the walk) and the green area ahead is Coed Helen Park, a Days and nights out reminder of Helen, the wife of Roman general Magnus Find events for all ages, Maximus, also known as Maxen (Macsen in Welsh). indoors and out, all year round. Continue along the Promenade as far as the Anglesey History Arms and then onto the footbridge on your right. The Romans Find out what the empire- building legions got up to. Your Say Talking points Share your views, gripes and passions and make your voice heard. 22 February 2012 Accessibility help Text only BBC Homepage Wales Home Slate Quay Last updated: 31 March 2006 Standing on the bridge, looking upstream, imagine this more from this section area bustling with industry as slate from the Snowdonia Caernarfon walk - where to start BBC Local Victoria Dock quarries was transferred to North West Wales The Promenade ships which packed the quay. Slate Quay Things to do Castle Hill People & Places Castle Square Nature & Outdoors The Castle Slate Quay memories Eastgate History Northgate Street Religion & Ethics The Aber Swing Bridge allows pedestrians across the River Guided walk event Arts & Culture Seiont to the Aber Foreshore and opens to let boats through. TV programme: series 1 Video clips: series 1 Music It was built in the 1970s to replace the first bridge which had TV programme: series 2 TV & Radio opened in 1900. Before that, people crossed by ferry at a Local BBC Sites halfpenny each way. panoramics News Tour of Caernarfon Sport From the bridge you get an excellent view inland along the Can't get there? Take a virtual walk Weather slate quay, with the Welsh Highland Railway situated at the with our 360 pics. Travel far end. Neighbouring Sites Mid Wales Relatively quiet now, with tourism and leisure the chief North East Wales Print map activities, the Slate Quay had Print this page Related BBC Sites its heyday in Victorian times Print the entire walk Wales when this part of Wales was Health and Safety tips Cymru supplying the roofing material Gogledd Orllewin for Britain's rapidly expanding related bbc.co.uk links towns and cities, as well as to Towns & Villages: Caernarfon other countries. Great Outdoors: Walks Local History: Slate industry Ships filled the river mouth and maritime businesses flourished. Some of the premises, like the De Winton related www links engineering workshops (now a plumbing business), can still be Welsh Slate Museum seen today, as well as the sturdy Harbour Trust Offices built in 1840. more from North West Wales To continue to the next point, don't cross the bridge, but carry on along the slate quay towards the car park Activities entrance and Harbour Trust Offices. Head for adventure Your guide to pursuits on mountains, rivers and at sea. Traffic and Travel Getting around Take the train, boat or plane, or hit the region's roads.
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