Mawddach Trail

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The Mawddach Trail is a cycle path route, part of Lôn Las Cymru, which runs for some 8 miles from Dolgellau to Morfa Mawddach railway station, by …

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Jan 26, 2025
Visited on Thursday 2nd January for a winter walk into Barmouth. Pros - Free parking at Penmaenpool, well surfaced footpath, nice flat route, plenty of benches to rest along the route, great for wal…Full review by TermitePhotography
Sep 18, 2024
visit 3-4 times a year so here are a few tips.... first section from the Dolgellau roundabout is all in forest and a bit dull. Better to park at Penmaenpool and go from there; this is a beautiful spo…Full review by fr0mtheb0rders
Aug 9, 2024
Me and my boys (8 & 10) did this! Based on the reviews expected it to take 2:30 or 3 tops! We stopped off for fish and chips, ice creams and the arcade at Barmouth. We also had a few breaks along the…Full review by Michael G

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Does anyone know where there may be a suitable place to store bikes whilst exploring the town and beach?
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Unfortunately there isn't anywhere really suitable. When we cycyle into Barmouth we chain our bikes to the fence near to The Last Haul Sculpture.
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Answer by Geoff H · Jul 9, 2021
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Can you cycle the trail and get the bus or train back? Can anyone help
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Hi, don’t think you can take bikes on the bus but when we did it with 2 small children we left our bikes in Dolgellau, drove to Barmouth, returned to Dolgellau via bus then cycled to …
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Hi, don’t think you can take bikes on the bus but when we did it with 2 small children we left our bikes in Dolgellau, drove to Barmouth, returned to Dolgellau via bus then cycled to Barmouth. Was a bit of a faff but the children loved it and it meant we could ride the whole of the trail.
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Hi can you take your dogs on the bus back to Dolgellau thanks
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Sorry cannot help as we did not use any buses
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Answer by Geoff H · May 25, 2019
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Hello, is the trail suitable for road bikes?
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It's not a great surface so, if on a road bike, I would suggest plenty of padding and a spare tyre / puncture repair kit
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