Beddgelert_to_Hafod_y

Beddgelert to Hafod y Llyn WHR Illustrated Route Guide Part 5 © David Tidy 2009 Back to index Back to previous section On to next section Back to main website Locations on the Official Route (as currently known) are in white
The really scenic bit - through Goat Tunnel, down the Glaslyn valley, across the river, then through the pass and into the tunnels. Nantmor with its rock cuttings and embankments follows, Nantmor Bank finishes the descent, the sesction ending by the river again at Hafod y Llyn. Mobile signal: Orange only to T4
BEDDGELERT STATION Oberon footbridge in the distance	Goat Cutting	Goat Tunnel
Goat Tunnel	Emerging from Goat Tunnel	Towards Cemetery Crossing
PBSSR works on left	Old PBSSR bridge	Beddgelert Cemetery Crossing Note daffodil ring
Beddgelert Cemetery crossing The crossing is used occasionally by funeral corteges, advance warning normally given	Cemetery approach road- left side Poor visibility for approaching vehicles this side	Cemetery entrance - right side
Beyond Cemetery	View back to Beddgelert - left side	LC 47.50 approach
LC 47.50 left	LC 47.50 right	Bryn y Felin house ahead

Bryn y Felin Road Bridge
Bryn y Felin riverbridge	Bryn y Felin riverbridge The footpath beyond is always busy and carries 90,000 walkers a year.	Beyond Bryn y Felin riverbridge
	Approaching Corlan (Sheepfold)	Corlan Cutting
Corlan - left side	Corlan - right side	Sheep creep beyond Corlan
Beyond Corlan	Into the pass	The pass
T2	T2	T2
Approaching T3	Blacker bombard base on left	Blacker bombard base
	Emerging from T3
Last view of the pass	This way please ->	Looking back
T4 - Long Tunnel	Inside T4 Refuges are painted white	Emerging from T4
Entering Cwm Bychan	Left view immediately outside tunnel (this unofficial path is closed but walkers still insist on using it at their peril - caution!)	Right view of same path outside tunnel
The line now runs on a high embankment across the valley then plunges into a rock cutting Mobile signal more or less continuous from here to Porthmadog for all networks

Cwm Bychan Picnic area is on the left, linked by an underpass to the car park & toilets on right

Cwm Bychan stream crossing
Scene to the right beyond the stream crossing:

Nantmor cutting Watch for rockfalls
Ahead	Left side	Right side
Nantmor crossing The speed limit on this road is 60mph - keep a good look out! The halt will (one day) be built on the right hand side beyond the crossing

Beyond Nantmor
Cei Newydd	Cei Newydd	The Orange mobile signal vanishes briefly on this bend
Barn before Nantmor Road bridge - on left side


Nantmor Road Bridge (crosses the Nantmor to Llanfrothen road)
	Nantmor Bank
		The long 1 in 40 descent finally ends here
LC 50.27 - at the foot of Nantmor bank

LC 50.41 - approaching Gwâl y Dwrgi

Gwâl y Dwrgi "Otter holt" -

Gwâl y Dwrgi foot crossing
Start of the loop/siding	Hafod y Llyn	LC 50.79 is opposite the Hafod Former route to the ferry
Hafod y Llyn Site of a former halt on the old WHR. For a time it was planned to use the name Hen Hafod to avoid confusion with Hafod y Llyn on the FfR.
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Beddgelert to Hafod y Llyn

WHR Illustrated Route Guide Part 5