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Photo of Plas Tan y Bwlch, a garden near Maentwrog in Eryri, Gwynedd, north Wales.

© Mark Percy / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plas Tan y Bwlch

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Plas Tan y Bwlch is the old Oakeley estate house above the Vale of Ffestiniog, near Maentwrog, its wealth built on the slate quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog. The nineteenth-century gardens climb the hillside in terraces, thick with rhododendrons and specimen trees, with woodland paths and long views down the valley. Grade II* listed. For years the national park’s environmental study centre; the grounds are open to walk.

More places to visit near Plas Tan y Bwlch

Photo of Eryri, a National Park in north Wales.Iconic

Eryri

You’re inside itNational Park near Trawsfynydd

Wales at its wildest — Yr Wyddfa and the highest ridges south of Scotland, above slate valleys and glacial lakes.

Photo along the Cambrian Way, a 298-mile long-distance path running from Cardiff to Conwy, Wales.Highlight

Cambrian Way

Long-distance path

The mountain connoisseur's route over the roof of Wales — Cardiff to Conwy by way of the Bannau, the Cambrian wilderness and Eryri.

0.8 km NE · spans 9 counties

Photo of Maentwrog, a village in Eryri, Gwynedd, north Wales.

Maentwrog

Village

Wooded Vale of Ffestiniog village on the Afon Dwyryd, beside the Plas Tan y Bwlch estate.

1 km E · Gwynedd

Photo along the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Queensferry, Wales.Highlight

Wales Coast Path

Long-distance path

Walk the outline of a whole nation — 870 miles of cliff, estuary and beach from Chepstow round to Queensferry.

4.2 km SW · spans 16 counties

Photo of Go Below Underground Adventures, a visitor attraction near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, north Wales.Highlight

Go Below Underground Adventures

Attraction near Blaenau Ffestiniog

Guided adventure trips through old slate mine workings at Cwmorthin, with zip lines, abseils and boat crossings deep underground.

6 km NE

Photo of Portmeirion, a garden near Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, north Wales.Iconic

Portmeirion

Garden near Penrhyndeudraeth

Clough Williams-Ellis's Italianate coastal village and subtropical woodland gardens on the Dwyryd estuary.

7.5 km SW