← Back✦ Historic site

Gelli

0 ha

WildlifeBirdsInsects

Dogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

52.64729, -4.07989

Open directionsv

Google Maps↗Driving directions Apple Maps↗Driving directions Waze↗Live driving navigation Google Transit↗Bus, rail or tram Apple Transit↗Bus, rail or tram

Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Small Fan-footed Wave +40 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Small Fan-footed Wave +40 more · last seen 2021

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Rhododendron, Flat-leaved Bog-moss, Black Rock-moss +2 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Rhododendron, Flat-leaved Bog-moss, Black Rock-moss +2 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mynydd Moel-Tyrrau Mawr ridge walkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wales Coast Path (Meirionnydd)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network National Route 82Cycling route

Named routeRef 82National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route3.6 km

Named routeRef 82Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface rocky

Main RouteCycling route1.3 km

Named routeRef 82Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route674 m

Named routeRef 82Length 674 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route5.3 km

Named routeRef 82Length 5.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.9 km

Named routeRef 82Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

845 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

845 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

summerautumn

2025

Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Magpie · Blackbird +50

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RookCorvus frugilegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RavenCorvus corax
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SwallowHirundo rustica
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
HoopoeUpupa epops
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
GannetMorus bassanus2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2019
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SwiftApus apus
CuckooCuculus canorus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
TealAnas crecca2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2022
RazorbillAlca torda2021
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
Mute SwanCygnus olor2019
LinnetLinaria cannabina2019
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2018
House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
CurlewNumenius arquata2018
GreenfinchChloris chloris2018

🐝

Insects36 species

summer

2021

Small Fan-footed Wave · Rosy Footman · Small White · Snout · Yellow-tail +31

Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2018
Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2018
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2018
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2018
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2018
FlameAxylia putris2018
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2018
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
WallLasiommata megera2015
Delia platuraDelia platura
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Netted PugEupithecia venosata2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2018
Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2018
Marsh Oblique-barredHypenodes humidalis2018
Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2018
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2018
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2018
Red Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe spadicearia2018
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2018
Fan-footHerminia tarsipennalis2018
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2018
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2018
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2018
RivuletPerizoma affinitata2018
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2017
Garden TigerArctia caja2015
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2015

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2024

Rhododendron

RhododendronRhododendron ponticum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

845 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

summerautumn

2025

Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Magpie · Blackbird +50

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RookCorvus frugilegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RavenCorvus corax
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SwallowHirundo rustica
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
HoopoeUpupa epops
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
GannetMorus bassanus2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2019
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SwiftApus apus
CuckooCuculus canorus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
TealAnas crecca2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2022
RazorbillAlca torda2021
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
Mute SwanCygnus olor2019
LinnetLinaria cannabina2019
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2018
House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
CurlewNumenius arquata2018
GreenfinchChloris chloris2018

🐝

Insects36 species

summer

2021

Small Fan-footed Wave · Rosy Footman · Small White · Snout · Yellow-tail +31

Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2018
Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2018
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2018
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2018
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2018
FlameAxylia putris2018
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2018
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
WallLasiommata megera2015
Delia platuraDelia platura
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Netted PugEupithecia venosata2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2018
Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2018
Marsh Oblique-barredHypenodes humidalis2018
Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2018
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2018
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2018
Red Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe spadicearia2018
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2018
Fan-footHerminia tarsipennalis2018
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2018
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2018
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2018
RivuletPerizoma affinitata2018
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2017
Garden TigerArctia caja2015
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2015

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2024

Rhododendron

RhododendronRhododendron ponticum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Lucas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Stile near Fign Oer

1 / 19

Events & activities nearby

Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.

Bookable tours

Weather for this location

Next 14 days

Loading local forecast…

Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪Capel BethlehemReligious grounds4.5 km→✦Pant-gwynHistoric site700 m→⛪St Celynin's ChurchReligious grounds1.8 km→⛪St Celynin's ChurchReligious grounds2.3 km→🪦FriendsCemetery2.6 km→⛪St Mary and St Egryn's ChurchReligious grounds1.8 km→

Own or manage this place?

Claim this listing to keep details accurate, add photos, and highlight what makes it special — free.

Claim this page

How was your visit?

How useful was the information on this page?

id: abade88a-8ea1-4444-9c46-7cf1347d0016