Attractions around Porthmadog

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Porthmadog Attractions

A selection of attractions in and around Porthmadog:

Ffestiniog Railway, Porthmadog (< 1 Mile)

The Ffestiniog Railway was built in 1836 to carry slates from the mines down to the harbour at Porthmadog and claims to be the oldest...

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Welsh Highland Railway, Porthmadog (1.2 Miles)

The Welsh Highland Railway is a friendly and intimate piece of transport history, offering visitors the chance to travel through some of the most charming...

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Portmeirion Village, Portmeirion (2.4 Miles)

From murals to colonades, pantheons to piazzas, Portmeirion has something for everyone. See the original Golden Buddha from the Ingrid Bergman film - ‘The Inn...

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Llandecwyn, Penrhyndeudraeth (4.8 Miles)

In a beautiful setting overlooking Tremadog Bay, Llandecwyn is a small pilgrim place for quiet prayer, simple hospitality, and thoughtful conversation. Individuals and groups of...

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Harlech Castle, Harlech (6.1 Miles)

Harlech Castle is one of the four great castles in Wales that was constructed for Edward I. It is a World Heritage site and was...

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Lloyd George Museum, Criccieth (6.1 Miles)

Lloyd George, the first World War prime minister, lived as a boy in the little village of Llanystumdwy. His mother brought her family to live...

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Plas Tan y Bwlch Gardens, Blaenau Ffestiniog (8.3 Miles)

Plas Tan y Bwlch and its historical gardens overlook the River Dwyryd in the beautiful Vale of Maentwrog. The mansion, which dates from the 17th...

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Sygun Copper Mine, Beddgelert (9.6 Miles)

Sygun Mine was one of several copper mines worked around Beddgelert during the 18th and 19th Centuries. Sygun closed in 1903 and, after restoration work,...

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Bryn y Castell, Blaenau Ffestiniog (14.9 Miles)

Bryn y Castell is an Iron Age hillfort perched on a small hill in remote moorland above the Roman Road known as Sarn Helen. Excavations...

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Blaenau Ffestiniog, Blaenau Ffestiniog (15.1 Miles)

Tomen y Mur is a Norman earthwork castle built on the site of a Roman fort. Conspicuous for miles around, the mound offers great views...

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Llyn Cwmorthin, Blaenau Ffestiniog (15.1 Miles)

Llyn Cwmorthin lies in a high, glaciated valley above the village of Tanygrisiau. Slate quarries were once worked in the surrounding Moelwyn mountains, and a...

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Llyn Stwlan, Blaenau Ffestiniog (15.1 Miles)

Llyn Stwlan was a small, corrie lake until the late 1950s when the dam was built as part of the Ffestiniog Hydro-Electric pumped storage scheme....

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Llyn y Manod, Blaenau Ffestiniog (15.1 Miles)

Llyn y Manod is a sheltered, lonely lake nestling at 1,400 feet in a hollow between Manod Bach and Manod Mawr, the mountains on the...

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Nefyn Beach, Pwllheli (15.4 Miles)

Nefyn Beach lies in a north-facing bay on the Lleyn peninsula, with fine views to the north-east of the triple peaked Yr Eifl mountain. It...

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Porth Dinllaen, Pwllheli (15.4 Miles)

Porth Dinllaen is a picturesque, tiny, coastal hamlet on the Lleyn peninsula. Now owned by the National Trust, there were plans in the early 1800s...