Mawddach Trail
A 9-mile walk in Gwynedd, Wales, traveling from Barmouth to Dolgellau along the edge of the Afon Mawddach Estuary. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SH 617 155
Distance: 9 miles (14 km)
Time: 4–5 hours
Duration: 1 day
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL18 Harlech, Porthmadog and Y Bala
OL23 Cadair Idris and Llyn Tegid
Summary
The Mawddach Trail (Welsh: Llwybr Mawddach) is a walking and cycle route — and part of Lôn Las Cymru — that runs for some 8 to 9 miles (13–14 km) from Dolgellau to Morfa Mawddach railway station by Barmouth Bridge on the Cambrian coast. It can be walked or cycled in either direction (note: the included route files are for making the journey from Barmouth to Dolgellau).
Maintained by the Snowdonia National Park, the Mawddach Trail is popular with walkers and cyclists alike. It passes estuarine areas important for water birds, and the RSPB Information Centre at Penmaenpool occupies the old signal box as an observation center overlooking the estuary. The route is a rail trail running along the former trackbed of the Ruabon to Barmouth branch line of the Great Western Railway, which closed under the Beeching Axe in the 1960s. (Source: Wikipedia)