Bluebird House - Porthmadog

The Area

Activity

Climbing
Bouldering
Sailing
Fishing
Hill & Coastal Walking
Jet Skiing
Wind Surfing
kayaking
Quadbiking, Pony Trekking etc
Golf
Pot Holing
Sightseeing

Castles
Slate Mines/Caverns
Scenery
Craft Centers
Fantastic Beaches
Potteries
Architecture
Small gauge steam railways
Llanberris & Snowdon Railways
Electric Mountain, Llanberis
And of-course Mount Snowdonia!
The list is endless so we suggest that you discover for yourself by following the links below...

Attractions Within 8 Miles

  • Portmeirion (6 miles) Official Portmeirion Village website - A must visit local attraction
  • Ffestiniog Railway (5 Miles) The Ffestiniog Railway is the Oldest Independent Railway Company in the World
  • Criccieth Castle (100 Yards) The Welsh castle at Criccieth is a wonderful sight to behold.
  • Welsh Highland Railway (4.7 Miles) Information about the Welsh Highland Railway - Homepage includes events
  • TY Newydd Writer's Centre (5.5 Miles) Ty Newydd is the National Writing Centre of Wales
  • Bron Eifion Fishing Lake (1/2 Mile) The 6 acre Coarse Lake is classed as a commercial fishery featured regularly on TV and in National Fishing Magazines

More Attractions

    Llechwedd Slate Caverns (17 Miles) Possibly the most popular visitor attraction in North Wales!
  • Electric Mountain (28 Miles) One of the world's most imaginative engineering and environmental projects
  • Bodnant Garden (40 Miles) Bodnant Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens in the UK, spanning some 80 acres
  • Harlech Castle (15 miles) A mighty castle superbly situated on a rocky crag
  • Penrhyn Castle (35 Miles)This enormous neo-Norman castle sits between Snowdonia and the Menai Strait
  • Beaumaris Castle (34 Miles) Begun in 1295, last and largest of the castles to be built by King Edward I in Wales
  • Anglesey Sea Zoo (34 Miles) The Sea Zoo is an exhibition of living sealife from around the coast of Anglesey.
  • Pili Palas Butterfly World (31 Miles) (Butterfly Palace). Hundreds of butterflies from all over the world can be seen here.
  • Colwyn Bay Zoo (50 Miles) Set in a lovely location here on the North Wales Coast
  • Centre for Alternative Technology (50 Miles) A solutions driven organisation, offering practical solutions to environmental problems.
  • Snowdonia National Park The authority homepage - With useful information about Snowdonia
  • Sygun Copper Mine (16 Miles) Family attraction situated in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park - Open most of the year.
  • Caernarfon Castle (21 Miles) Caernarfon Castle is a World Heritage Site
  • Zip World Various Locations in North Wales