Pen y Pass

Pen y Pass is a parking area in Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales. Pen y Pass is situated nearby to the peak Moel Berfedd, as well as near Carreg Gwalch.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include YHA Snowdon Pen-y-Pass and Llyn Teyrn.

YHA Snowdon Pen-y-Pass

Ranger station

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

YHA Snowdon Pen-y-Pass is a ranger station.

Llyn Teyrn

Lake

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llyn Teyrn is a lake.

Pen-y-Gwryd is a pass at the head of Nantygwryd and Nant Cynnyd rivers close to the foot of Snowdon in Gwynedd, Wales. The area is located at the junction of the A4086 from Capel Curig to Llanberis and Caernarfon and the A498 from Beddgelert and Nant Gwynant about a mile from the head of the Llanberis Pass. Pen-y-Gwryd is situated 4,200 feet east of Pen y Pass.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cwm Idwal and Nant Peris.

Cwm Idwal

Locality

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cwm Idwal is a cirque in the Glyderau range of mountains in northern Snowdonia, the national park in the mountainous region of North Wales. Its main interest is to hill walkers and rock climbers, but it is also of interest to geologists and naturalists, given its combination of altitude, aspect and terrain. Cwm Idwal is situated 2½ miles north of Pen y Pass.

Nant Peris

Village

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nant Peris is a village, which is situated 3 miles northwest of Pen y Pass.

Capel Curig

Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Capel Curig is a village in the county borough of Conwy, popular with climbers and hillwalkers due to its location in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park.

Pen y Pass

Type: Parking area
Parking: surface
Category: transportation
Location: Beddgelert, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.08037° or 53° 4′ 49″ north

Longitude

-4.02091° or 4° 1′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C5Q3XJH+4J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 124449365

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=parking

OpenStreetMap attribute

parking=surface

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