Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre at Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre (NRW)

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Coed y Brenin visitor centre is the gateway to Coed y Brenin Forest Park. Try world-class mountain bike trails, family walks, café, cycle shop, all-ability play area and an easy access trail.

The Cafe uses the best locally produced and healthy food with bread and cakes from local bakers or from the cafe's own kitchen. Meat is supplied using local suppliers and venison burgers come from within Coed y Brenin Forest itself.

The Visitor Centre is the starting point for 8 mountain bike trails including MinorTaur (9km), Tarw Du (20.2km), Beast (35km) and other technical trails. Y Ffowndri, a skills area, is also present on site. All trails are waymarked. There are 4 way-marked walk trails ranging from 1 to 5 miles, and 5 waymarked running trails ranging from 1 mile to 13.5 miles 'half marathon'.

Audio trails are available so download onto your mobile phone and take with you when you walk around this beautiful forest area.

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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

The Visitor Centre and Cafe are open 7 days per week, throughout the year (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day).
Summer opening times (1 April - 4 November): Daily 9.00am to 5.00pm.
Winter opening times (5 November - 31 March) Daily 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Prices

Free entry

Parking charges:
Free for the first 20 minutes, £2 for 2 hours, 40p for every additional 20 minutes. Maximum charge is £7 per day; overnight parking is not permitted.

Car parking is free for Blue Badge holders. Please note: you need to register for free parking by presenting your vehicle log book (V5 document) or Blue Badge at the visitor centre welcome desk,

You can buy a season ticket for £40 to cover car parking charges for 12 months from the visitor centre reception.

Contact

Enquiries

Address

Ganllwyd,
Dolgellau,
Gwynedd,
LL40 2HZ

Location and nearby places

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Directions

Plan route using Google maps

Map reference: SH 723268 Lat: 52.82356 Long: -3.89658

What3words:

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.