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Our Food:
We pride ourselves in using the best locally produced and healthy food for our menus. That’s why our bread and cakes come from local bakers or from our own kitchen, our meat is supplied local and our venison burgers come from within Coed y Brenin Forest itself.
Fairtrade:
Of course some produce cannot be found locally so wherever possible we try to purchase Fairtrade products such as our Coffee, which is barista made by trained staff.
Green Initiative:
In order to encourage ‘greener’ visits we offer a 10% discount to anyone travelling to Coed y Brenin by public transport. Just show your valid ticket to the café staff.
Coed y Brenin Venison:
Support sustainable forest management and try one of our venison burgers.
Our venison is Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified as it comes from a sustainable source. Our own Wildlife/Conservation Ranger, Iori Jones, manages the fallow deer population here at Coed y Brenin to ensure that the trees are able to grow naturally without being over nibbled by the deer. This produces plenty of venison which is butchered at Bala and sold here in our café. As the deer are from our own forest, our burgers are very low in "food miles" which means that there is very little greenhouse gas emission produced in their transportation.
Venison is also very low in cholesterol compared with other types of red meats so is good for you. But most of all, the Coed y Brenin venison burger, with mozzarella and cross hatch bun is delicious. Vegetarian and Vegan Food We also offer vegetarian and vegan dishes including breakfasts, baguettes and jacket potatoes with fillings.
Vegetarian & Vegan Food:
We also offer vegetarian and vegan choices, including breakfasts and jacket potatoes with fillings,
Daily specials board.
Coed y Brenin visitor centre The Visitor Centre has the following facilities: Toilets (including accessible toilets) Showers (in male, female and accessible rooms) Café (see above) Shop Information desk Picnic sites and BBQ There are a number of picnic tables around the main car parks within Coed y Brenin Forest Park plus many more on the waymarked walking trails. Some of the picnic tables have metal frames for holding disposable barbeques. There are also stone BBQ plinths in Glasdir and Ty'n y Groes picnic sites. Please ensure all fires are extinguished and tidied up after use.
Opening Details
Open all the time
Summer opening times:
9.30am - 5.00pm every day
Winter opening times:
9.30am - 4.30pm from Monday to Friday
9.30 - 5pm Saturdays and Sundays
Prices
Free entry
Car parking charges for the visitor centre are:
Up to one hour £1.00
Up to three hours £3.00
All day £5.00
Blue Badge Parking is also available (3 bays in front of the centre)
A 'Discovery Pass' for the year costs £30.
Also at this Venue
Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre
Mountain Biking
Meeting Room
Ty'n y Groes
Glasdir
Tyddyn Gwladys
Pandy
Cae'n y Coed
Pont Llam yr Ewig
Afon Eden Trail
Gain Waterfall Trail
Waterfalls and Goldmines Trail
The King's Guards Trail
Penrhos Mountain Trail
Glasdir Copper Trail
Volcano Trail
Puzzle Trail
Forest Garden Discovery Trail
Cefndeuddwr Trail
MinorTaur Mountain Bike Trail
The Dragon's Back Mountain Bike Trail
Cyflym Coch Mountain Bike Trail
Beast Mountain Bike Trail
Temtiwr Mountain Bike Trail
Tarw Ddu Mountain Bike Trail
MBR Mountain Bike Trail
Yr Afon Mountain Bike Trail
Events at this Venue
date | event |
---|---|
Sat 21 Apr | Goldrush Trail |
Wed 30 May | Junior Rangers |
Sat 16 Jun | Salomon Trail Marathon Wales |
Wed 18 Jul | Junior Rangers |
Wed 25 Jul | Junior Rangers |
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Address
Ganllwyd,
Dolgellau,
Gwynedd,
LL40 2HZ
Directions
Map reference: SH 723268 Lat: 52.82356 Long: -3.89658
East off the A470, 8 miles North of Dolgellau just North of Ganllwyd, South of Trawsfynydd/Porthmadog. Follow the brown tourist signs.
Local public transport is available, however the nearest train station is Barmouth.
Cycle Network: NCN route 82, Lon Las (North) and Lon Las Cymru all pass through the centre.
www.traveline-cymru.info
www.sustrans.org.uk
Parking charges:
1 hour - £1
up 3 hours - £3.00
All day - £5.00
Blue Badge Parking is also available (4 bays in front of the centre)
Parking: with charge
Accessible by Public Transport: 15 miles from Barmouth station
Facilities
Baby changing facilities
Coach parties accepted
Disabled toilets
Facilities for groups
Gift shop
On-site catering
On-site light refreshments
Picnic site
Public toilets
Accepts groups
Facilities for conferencing
Children welcome
Disabled access
Dogs accepted
Facilities for hearing impaired
Facilities for visually impaired
Coed y Brenin visitor centre The Visitor Centre has the following facilities: Toilets (including accessible toilets) Showers (in male, female and accessible rooms) Café (see above) Shop Information desk Picnic sites and BBQ There are a number of picnic tables around the main car parks within Coed y Brenin Forest Park plus many more on the waymarked walking trails. Some of the picnic tables have metal frames for holding disposable barbeques. There are also stone BBQ plinths in Glasdir and Ty'n y Groes picnic sites. Please ensure all fires are extinguished and tidied up after use.