Walking in North Wales

4 : Nantlle Slate Trail

Nearest Town : Bontnewydd

In the Nantlle Valley the development of the slate industry was hampered initially by poor transport links. With the opening of a horse drawn tramway to the quay at Caernarfon in 1828, Dorothea, Cilgwyn and Pen-y-bryn quarries grew quickly. In 1848 the tramway was adapted for use by a steam engine. In the 1860s much of the earlier tramway was incorporated into the new Caernarfon to Afonwen main line, now the Lôn Eifion cycle route.

Other Walks Nearby

• The Four Valleys Path (~0 miles away)

Attractions Nearby

• Inigo Jones Slate Works (~2 miles)
• Caernarfon Castle (~5.4 miles)
• Gypsy Wood Park (~5.4 miles)
• Redline Indoor Karting (~5.4 miles)
• The Fun Centre Caernarfon (~5.9 miles)
• Plas Menai Watersport Centre (~5.9 miles)
• Beddgelert Bikes (~6.3 miles)
• Electric Mountain and Dinorwig Power Station (~6.3 miles)
• Llanberis Lake Railway (~6.3 miles)
• National Slate Museum Llanberis (~6.3 miles)

Accommodation Nearby

• Plas Dinas Country House - Caernarfon (~2 miles)
• YHA Snowdon Ranger - Caernarfon (~2.2 miles)
• Plas y Nant - Caernarfon (~2.2 miles)
• Muriau Park Guest House - Caernarfon (~5.4 miles)
• Coed Gelert Holiday Cottages - Beddgelert (~5.9 miles)
• YHA Llanberis - Llanberis (~5.9 miles)
• YHA Pen-y-Pass - Caernarfon (~5.9 miles)
• YHA Bryn Gwynant - Caernarfon (~5.9 miles)
• River Garden Restaurant & Guest House - Beddgelert (~6.3 miles)
• Plas Tan y Graig - Beddgelert (~6.3 miles)