Big Bunkhouse

Big Bunkhouse is a hostel in Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, Wales. Big Bunkhouse is situated nearby to the evergreen forest Nant y Betws, as well as near the peak Bryn Cwellyn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Llyn Cwellyn and Snowdon Ranger railway station.

Llyn Cwellyn

Reservoir

Photo: Velela, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Llyn Cwellyn is a reservoir in North Wales which supplies drinking water to parts of Gwynedd and Anglesey. It lies on Afon Gwyrfai in Nant y Betws between Moel Eilio and Mynydd Mawr in the northern part of Snowdonia National Park.

Snowdon Ranger railway station

Railway station

Photo: Vanoord, Public domain.

Snowdon Ranger is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1878 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking, to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the LNWR. Snowdon Ranger railway station is situated 3,300 feet north of Big Bunkhouse.

Rhyd Ddu railway station

Railway station

Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rhyd Ddu is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1881 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the LNWR. Rhyd Ddu railway station is situated 1 mile south of Big Bunkhouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhyd Ddu and Nantlle.

Rhyd Ddu

Photo: RICHARD OUTRAM, CC BY 2.0.

Rhyd-ddu is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon, Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 4 miles north of Beddgelert, at its junction with the B4418 to Nantlle and Penygroes. Rhyd Ddu railway station is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.

Nantlle

Village

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nantlle is a small village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the north shore of Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and is part of the community of Llanllyfni. The population was 228 in 2011 with 42% born in England. Nantlle is situated 3½ miles west of Big Bunkhouse.

Y Fron

Village

Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Y Fron, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of Moel Tryfan, overlooking the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales, near Rhosgadfan and Carmel, on the tail of Mynydd Mawr, with epic views of Trum Y Ddysgl and Craig Cwm Silyn. Y Fron is situated 3½ miles west of Big Bunkhouse.

Big Bunkhouse

Type: Hostel
Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
Location: Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.06481° or 53° 3′ 53″ north

Longitude

-4.14192° or 4° 8′ 31″ west

Operator

Cwellyn Arms

Open location code

9C5Q3V75+W6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 110347955

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=hostel

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