Betws-y-Coed,
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Betws-y-Coed, once a Victorian artists' colony, is the main village
of Snowdonia National Park, and lies twelve miles east of Snowdon
by the gorges of the River Conwy and the River Llugwy. Its name
means 'Chapel in the Wood' and the surrounding woodland and valleys,
overshadowed by the nearby peaks of Snowdonia, provide stunning
scenery for walking.
The Gwydyr
Forest Park on the northwest edge of the town has many trails
running through it, with facilities for mountain biking and pony
trekking.
A scenic lake, Llyn Elsi, lies inside the forest, or you can follow
the River Lugwy past the southern edge of the forest park to a
beautiful plunging waterfall called Swallow Falls. The Conwy Falls
and the rapids in the wooded narrow ravine known as Fairy Glen
are also close by, and can be reached by foot from the town.
In the village
of Betws-y-Coed itself there is a Railway Museum with a miniature
railway and a 14th century church known as St Michael's. There
are also many bridges nearby, including Thomas Telford's intricately
decorated cast iron Waterloo Bridge, which was constructed in
1815. Two miles from Betws-y-Coed, past Conwy Falls, is the Capel
Garmon Neolithic Burial Chamber, a 5000-year old site near a small
village of the same name which has fantastic views of Snowdonia.
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