Tan-y-Bwlch, Maentwrog

Tan-y-Bwlch, Maentwrog

"For Tan-y-Bwlch near Aberystwyth, go to Tan-y-Bwlch, Aberystwyth"

Tan-y-Bwlch (Welsh for "Under the pass/gap") lies in the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales and is primarily known as the location of Tan-y-Bwlch railway station, a halt on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway.

Llyn Mair, an artificially created lake, is a popular picnic place, and there is a walk around it.

Nearby is Plas Tan-y-Bwlch, which today is the Snowdonia National Park environmental studies centre, administered by the National Park Authority.


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