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Getting here
53.11882, -4.12222
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Coffee Pot — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Coffee Pot — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Wren +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Wren +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Western Earwort, Taylor's Flapwort, Prickly Featherwort +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Gorse Weevil, Valenzuela flavidus, Pterostichus nigrita +3 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Welsh Three ThousandsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Llanberis PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Snowdon Ranger PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Snowdonia Slate TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pyg TrackWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lôn Las PerisCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network National Route 82Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 82National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 82Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route68 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 68 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 82Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 82Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
36,512 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,512 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Dunnock · Mallard +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
Gorse Weevil
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Western Earwort · Taylor's Flapwort · Prickly Featherwort · Leucobryum glaucum · Tamarisk Scalewort +40
- Western EarwortScapania gracilis
- Taylor's FlapwortMylia taylorii
- Prickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosa
- Leucobryum glaucumLeucobryum glaucum
- Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
- Greater WhipwortBazzania trilobata
- Mougeot's Yoke-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,512 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Dunnock · Mallard +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
Gorse Weevil
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Western Earwort · Taylor's Flapwort · Prickly Featherwort · Leucobryum glaucum · Tamarisk Scalewort +40
- Western EarwortScapania gracilis
- Taylor's FlapwortMylia taylorii
- Prickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosa
- Leucobryum glaucumLeucobryum glaucum
- Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
- Greater WhipwortBazzania trilobata
- Mougeot's Yoke-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Amphidium mougeotii
Amphidium mougeotii
Juniper ProngwortHerbertus hutchinsiaeJuniper ProngwortHerbertus hutchinsiaeLustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitensLustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitensBristly Swan-neck MossCampylopus atrovirensBristly Swan-neck MossCampylopus atrovirensStraggling PouchwortSaccogyna viticulosaStraggling PouchwortSaccogyna viticulosaLadder FlapwortNardia scalarisLadder FlapwortNardia scalarisTumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosaTumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosaSlender Fringe-mossRacomitrium sudeticumSlender Fringe-mossRacomitrium sudeticumNotched PouchwortCalypogeia argutaNotched PouchwortCalypogeia argutaBlack Rock-mossAndreaea rupestrisBlack Rock-mossAndreaea rupestrisOverleaf PelliaPellia epiphyllaOverleaf PelliaPellia epiphyllaNarrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticumNarrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticumLesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloidesLesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloidesCrenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimumCrenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimumHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberiRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberiRock Pocket-mossFissidens dubiusRock Pocket-mossFissidens dubiusFive-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefariumFive-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefariumNotched RustwortMarsupella emarginataNotched RustwortMarsupella emarginataRiver Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulareRiver Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulareRusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosusRusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosusCreeping FingerwortLepidozia reptansCreeping FingerwortLepidozia reptansStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumMarsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrumMarsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrumFountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontanaFountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontanaCommon PawwortOrthocaulis floerkeiCommon PawwortOrthocaulis floerkeiLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusSoft Bog-mossSphagnum tenellumSoft Bog-mossSphagnum tenellumGreen Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculareGreen Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculareLesser NotchwortIsopaches bicrenatusLesser NotchwortIsopaches bicrenatusChalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscumChalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscumGreater Fork-mossDicranum majusGreater Fork-mossDicranum majusGolden-head MossBreutelia chrysocomaGolden-head MossBreutelia chrysocomaNut-mossDiphyscium foliosumNut-mossDiphyscium foliosumCommon PouchwortCalypogeia fissaCommon PouchwortCalypogeia fissaNarrow-fruited Crisp-mossChionoloma tenuirostreNarrow-fruited Crisp-mossChionoloma tenuirostreElegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegansElegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegansClaw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochraceaClaw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochraceaWood-rustCephalozia curvifoliaWood-rustCephalozia curvifolia