Where the Afon Conwy drops through a rocky wooded gorge near Betws-y-Coed, with an old fish pass cut into the rock
Approximate location — this spot is pinned to the nearest village, so the exact point may be a little way off.
A short way south of Betws-y-Coed the Afon Conwy — afon is Welsh for river — spills over a broad rock shelf and plunges into a dark, tree-lined gorge close to where it meets the Afon Machno. A viewing area reached on a short woodland path lets you look down on the falls, and admission is charged through the café at the top. Cut into the rock beside the fall is a fish pass, a stepped channel that lets salmon and sea trout work their way upstream past the drop. The water is at its most powerful after heavy rain. The falls sit within Eryri, the Welsh name for Snowdonia, and the smaller Fairy Glen and the well-known Swallow Falls are both a short way off.
