Visit Llanberis Places

Welcome to Visit Llanberis Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Llanberis

  

Llanberis Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Llanberis

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Llanberis history

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The ruins of Dolbadarn Castle were painted by Richard Wilson and J. M. W. Turner. The 13th century fortress was built by Llywelyn the Great and is a grade I listed building.

You can visit Llanberis places with Walkfo Llanberis to hear history at Llanberis’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Llanberis has 26 places to visit in our interactive Llanberis map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Llanberis, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Llanberis places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Llanberis & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 26 audio facts unique to Llanberis places in an interactive Llanberis map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Llanberis Places Map
26 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Llanberis historic spots	Llanberis tourist destinations	Llanberis plaques	Llanberis geographic features
Walkfo Llanberis tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Llanberis

  

Best Llanberis places to visit

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Llanberis has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Llanberis’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Llanberis’s information audio spots:

Elidir Fawr Elidir Fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, north Wales, the northernmost peak in the Glyderau. Lake Marchlyn Mawr is the upper reservoir for Dinorwig power station, a pump-storage power station hidden inside the mountain.

Dinorwig Dinorwig is a small village located high above Llyn Padarn, near Llanberis, in Wales. Dinorwic is a Welsh village located in the Welsh mountains.

Llanberis Llanberis is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. It is a centre for outdoor activities in Snowdonia, including walking, mountaineering, climbing, mountain biking and pony trekking. It takes its name from Saint Peris, an early Welsh saint.

Bangor University Boat Club The club’s home water is Llyn Padarn in the nearby village of Llanberis, approximately 20 minutes outside Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. BUBC competes in BUCS events throughout the year.

National Slate Museum The National Slate Museum is located at Gilfach Ddu, the 19th-century workshops of the now disused Dinorwic quarry. The museum is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) and part of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales.

Dinorwig Power Station The Dinorwig Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric scheme. It can supply a maximum power of 1,728-megawatt (2,317,000 hp) and has a storage capacity of around 9.1 GWh (33 TJ)

Snowdon Mountain Railway The Snowdon Mountain Railway (SMR) is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales. The SMR was the inspiration for the fictional Culdee Fell Railway, appearing in the book Mountain Engines.

Gilfach Ddu Gilfach Ddu (also known as Dinorwic Slate Quarry Quarry Workshops) are a series of well preserved Grade I listed industrial buildings. The complex includes saw sheds, patternmaking shops, foundry with copula, blacksmiths shops, fitting shops, stores, engine sheds, a canteen, the chief engineers house, a hand operated crane and two waterwheels which provided the site with its power.

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