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Telephone 01248 713 177 NORTH WALES SO MUCH TO EXPLORE & DISCOVER... THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER To the east, in contrast you will experience a gentler landscape of heather moorlands, green vales and the rolling hills of Wales’ TIME TO VISIT NORTH WALES. Border Counties. Here you can visit one of the many interesting market towns, walk the hills of the Clwydian Range and quiet forest trails or soak up the atmosphere of historic stately homes This Go North Wales Pocket Guide features a range of and gardens. accommodation establishments and attractions. The freedom of self-catering in cottages or caravans has an appeal all of its own, For families and adults alike we have lively Coastal Resorts or if you prefer, bring your own caravan or tent… the choice is offering a wide range of exciting and fun filled attractions, a haven yours, there is something for everyone. for children of all ages. North Wales is not just a place to visit, it’s a place to explore, Travelling to North Wales has never been easier whether you let discover and re-visit time and time again, it’s ease of access the train take the strain, hop on a coach, fly in style or journey by makes it the ideal short break or additional holiday destination. car. If you are travelling from overseas, airports at Manchester and Liverpool are the closest with excellent car hire and rail services To the west lies Snowdon, the highest peak in England and to get to your destination. Wales which dominates a rocky mass of mountains, a magnet for climbers and walkers. An area of outstanding natural beauty, Snowdonia offers much diverse landscapes from the highest mountain ranges, tranquil lakes, fast flowing rivers and a wealth of forest trails to miles of golden sandy beaches on the Llyn Peninsula. Once here, there are so many ways to explore, you will be spoilt for choice, so why not visit Visit an island by crossing one of the two historical bridges over our website www.gonorthwales.co.uk for more inspiration or call to book your the Menai Strait to Ynys Mon, the Isle of Anglesey – with its 125 holiday break today on 01248 713177. miles of coastline, a paradise of wild flowers and birdlife – not to Alternatively you can scan our QR code! mention all types of watersports. A TASTE OF WALES DID YOU KNOW... The Welsh Lovespoon North Wales is home to three of Wales’ five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty including the Lleyn Peninsula, the Clwydian Range A handcrafted gift made of a solid block of wood, the and the Isle of Anglesey tradition of a male admirer crafting a lovespoon for a young woman indicated to the woman’s family that he There are 6 cities in Wales, 2 of which are in North Wales – Bangor was skilled and capable with his hands. The oldest and St Asaph existing lovespoon in Wales dates back to 1667. Each specific carving on the spoon is symbolic, from the At 1085 metres high, Mount Snowdon is the highest mountain in eternal love of the Celtic knot, to the twisted stem Wales and it surpasses the heights of any mountain in indicating togetherness neighbouring England and Ireland Snowdonia National Park is an International Dark Sky reserve, only the tenth place in the World to gain this status St David – Patron The Harp King Arthur Legend of the Sword (2017) was filmed in the area around Llyn Ogwen Saint of Wales The harp is the only traditional instrument On 1 March each year we The historic South Stack Lighthouse is located on a small island in Wales with an celebrate our patron Saint, reached via a descent of 400 steps down the steep mainland cliffs unbroken history up Dewi Sant or St David who died to the present day. It It was in Llandudno that CL Dodgson (also known as Lewis on that day in 589AD is also the instrument Carroll) created and set Alice in Wonderland most often cited in The longest and fastest zip wire rides in Europe are in Bethesda, Welsh literature North Wales through the ages 7 Wonders of Wales can be found in the North East Pistyll Rhaeadr and Wrexham steeple Snowdon's mountain without its people What’s in a Name? Overton yew trees, St Winefride's well Llangollen bridge and Gresford bell 59 letters actually!! In the 19th century a joker was responsible for naming this town in Anglesey (deep breath) The longest running Punch and Judy show in the world is the one on Llandudno’s promenade. Passed down through the generations, LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH this show has been running for over 150 years Built in 1805 by Thomas Telford, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is the It is the longest name in Europe and the second longest official one tallest aqueduct in the UK. It was once the tallest boat crossing word place name in the world in the world St Dwynwen's Day It’s language This is celebrated in Wales on 25 January each year. But who was St Dwynwen? St Dwynwen is the Welsh English Pronounce it Welsh patron saint of lovers, which makes her the Bore da Good morning Boh-reh dah Welsh equivalent of St Valentin Prynhawn da Good afternoon Prin-houn dah Noswaith dda Good evening Noss-why-th tha Nos Da Good night Noss dah Croeso Welcome Croy-so Os gwelwch yn dda Please Os gwel oowch un tha Welsh National Flag Diolch Thank you Dee-olch Sut mae? How are things? See-my It took until 1959 for the Welsh national flag to Da Good Dah be officially unfurled for the first time. The Da iawn Very good Dah ee-awn significance of the dragon in Welsh culture is Da iawn diolch Very well thank you Dah ee-awn dee olch believed to date back to Arthurian legend when Iechyd da! Good health/cheers! Yeh-chid dah Merlin had a vision of a red dragon (representing Bendigedig Great Ben-dee-ge dig native Britons) fighting a white dragon (the Coffi Coffee Coffee Saxon invaders). The use of green and white refer to the colours of the Te Tea Teh House of Tudor, the 15th century royal family of Welsh origin. The red Hwyl fawr Good bye Hoo-il vowr dragon won the battle just in case you were wondering… PLAN IT THEY SAY WE ARE WHAT WE EAT... Focus Wales North Wales Garden Festival Real Ale Trail Food & Drink Festival May | Wrexham June | North Wales April & September | Flintshire May | Wrexham www.focuswales.com www.gardensnorthwales.co.uk www.realaletrail.co.uk www.wrexhamfoodfest.wordpress.com International Eisteddfod Anglesey Agricultural Show Conwy Honey Fair Beaumaris Food Festival September | Conwy July | Llangollen August | Anglesey www.conwybeekeepers.org.uk/ September | Beaumaris www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk www.angleseyshow.org.uk fairs-festivals/ www.beaumarisfoodfestival.co.uk Festival No 6 Wales Rally GB Mold Food & Drink Festival Denbigh Beer Festival September | Portmeirion October | North Wales September | Mold September | Denbigh www.festivalnumber6.com www.walesrallygb.com www.moldfoodfestival.co.uk www.denbighbeerfestival.org North Wales Choral Festival Santa Trains Llangollen Hamper Gwledd Conwy Feast November | Llandudno December | Porthmadog October | Llangollen October | Conwy www.northwaleschoralfestival.com www.festrail.co.uk www.llangollenfoodfestival.com www.conwyfeast.co.uk For further information on events taking place in North Wales please visit our website www.gonorthwales.co.uk Llandudno Christmas Fayre Portmeirion Food & Craft Fair THEATRES November | Llandudno December | Portmerion www.llandudnochristmasfayre.co.uk www.portmeirion-village.com Venue Cymru | Llandudno Galeri | Caernarfon 01492 872000 01286 685250 www.venuecymru.co.uk www.galericaernarfon.com Which explains why we’re a happy lot here in North Wales. Our Pavilion Theatre | Rhyl Theatr Clwyd | Mold fruit and veg are as fresh as the air. Our meat and dairy as 01745 330000 01352 701521 health as the grass our herds chew on. Food has rarely tasted www.rhylpavilion.co.uk www.theatrclwyd.com this good! But like all good hosts, we like to share. There are Pontio | Bangor Stiwt Theatre | Wrexham just so many great local flavours to tickle the taste buds so 01248 382828 01978 841300 www.pontio.co.uk www.stiwt.com why not come and visit and see for yourself. ISLE OF ANGLESEY Beyond the mountains of Snowdonia lie two famous bridges AMLWCH 3DUBLIN across the Menai Strait to the Isle of Anglesey where peaceful B5111 LIVERPOOL A41 MOELFRE PRESTATYN CAERGYBI LLANDUDNO lanes wind to lakes, forests and long sandy beaches beside the 51125 HOLYHEAD B5109 M53 A5 LLANGEFNI Irish Sea. Who can resist a stunning stretch of coast. Much of RHUDDLAN A55 ABERGELE FLINT the 125 miles of beautiful coastline has been designated an Area RHOSNEIGR B5381 HOLYWELL M56 LLANFAIRPWLL LLANFAIRFECHAN ST ASAPH A55 BANGOR A55 B5106 TAL-Y-CAFN QUEENSFERRY A470 of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The island is famed for B5393 BATHESDA CHESTER B5113 A5 DENBIGH TREFRIW MOLD A41 its history and outstanding natural beauty. A55 CAERNARFON LLANRWST LLANBERIS B4501 A483 A494 RHUTHUN GROESLON BETWS-Y-COED RUTHIN B5130 A B4418 B5105 The only way to experience this and everything else Anglesey has RHYD-DDU A487 WRECSAM A470 PENTREFOELAS PENMACHNO WREXHAM to offer is to come and stay. Spend a few nights in an Anglesey CERRIGYDRUDION A5 BLAENAU B4407 FFESTINIOG hotel or a week in a cottage. Take time to relax into the island’s A5 NEFYN B4391 B4501 CORWEN PORTHMADOG LLANGOLLEN slower pace and be taken in by its easy charm. Whether you’re a B4354 Y WAUN PENRHYNDEUDRAETH B4401 CHIRK Y BALA A495 B4417 TRAWSFYNYDD PWLLHELI BALA B4500 A5 beach-lover, a watersports enthusiast, a cyclist or an explorer, the A494 HARLECH B4391 Isle of Anglesey will make a memorable impression on you.
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    Full House Manual for: Treehouse, Barn Hall & Bunkhouse Welcome to Foel Ortho! Most answers are at: www.farmhouseinwales.com These documents are all available on our website in the download section. Contents 1 A few links to guest favourites. 2 Where to eat. 3 Top activities in the area. 4 Maps. 5 Wi-Fi. www.farmhouseinwales.com A few links to guest favourites. A few links to guest ‘favourite things’ Railway Inn, Penybontfawr - 01691 860447 Map Location to front door: https://map.what3words.com/candles.suspended.spike Lake Vyrnwy Hotel Brasserie Bar - 01691 870692 Map Location of bar entrance: https://map.what3words.com/good.collected.paid Pistyll Rhaeadr Waterfall Wales' highest waterfall and one of the Seven Wonders of Wales. An enchanting natural temple nestling in the Berwyn Mountains in Wales - with cafe and B&B. Map Location to waterfall car park: https://map.what3words.com/verb.goal.fewer Waterfall Website: www.pistyllrhaeadr.co.uk/ Cadair Berwyn Walk (walk from waterfall) Map Location of summit of Cadair Berwyn https://map.what3words.com/exit.emotional.blackbird Cadair Berwyn 5 mile walk (8 km) Climb to the highest point in the Berwyn range on this challenging walk in North East Wales. The walk starts from Pistyll Rhaeadr Waterfall. 832 m (2,730 ft) summit of Cadair Berwyn. Google: ‘Foel Ortho Youtube Playlist’ for videos of routes or use QR code below. Rhiwargor Waterfall Walking Route Visit these beautiful falls near Lake Vyrnwy on this short walk Map location to the entrance of the car park from the lakeside road: https://map.what3words.com/civil.bridge.joystick Map Location of the falls: https://map.what3words.com/chestnuts.hungry.bliss Google: ‘Foel Ortho Youtube Playlist’ for videos of routes or use QR code below.
  • 29) Blaenau Ffestiniog and District the Town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Until

    29) Blaenau Ffestiniog and District the Town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Until

    29) Blaenau Ffestiniog and district The town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, until recently carefully avoided by tourists and neatly excluded by the National Park boundary, was the third great centre of the slate quarrying industry in Gwynedd. Indeed the town owes its existence entirely to this industry; the former rural community was centred on the old village of Llan Ffestiniog 3½ miles to the south. The earliest quarry workings were started at what became the Diphwys Casson Quarry in about 1765, and the giants of Oakeley, Llechwedd and Maenofferen were soon well established or amalgamated from several smaller concerns. Some of the quarries are still in operation whilst others have only recently closed, and only now is some attempt being made to reclaim the desolation produced by continuous indiscriminate tipping of the mountains of grey slate waste which surrounded the town. Our plan shows the locations and their railway connections……. This picture looks out southwards over the town from high up in the Oakeley Slate Quarry workings; The L&NWR station and yard is at centre left, with the GWR premises in the distance above it. Across the fore- ground run the various narrow gauge Dinas branch routes. The former main route of the Festiniog Railway is rejoined by the new deviation line, described in the previous section, in the vicinity of Tan-y-Grisiau. The old station building here is largely demolished, but the goods shed with its wagon turntables adjacent may be noted. At the north end a branch diverges to the left up an incline, whence it can be followed to the lakeside slate quarries of Cwmorthin (680465) and Conclog higher up the valley.