Coed y Brenin (The King’s forest) covers 9,000 acres lying within the Snowdonia National Park. Originally it was part of the Nannau Estate, then became the Vaughan Forest. It became Coed y Brenin in 1935 to celebrate the silver jubilee of king George 5th. There is forest, open heath land, rivers and waterfalls here, with [...]
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A Kings forest (Coed y Brenin), 4 rivers and 3 waterfalls.
Posted in Landscapes/Nature, tagged afon eden, afon gain, afon gamlan, afon mawddach, coed y brenin, disused mines, forest, mawddach falls, north wales, pistyll cain, rhaeadr du, rivers, snowdonia, waterfalls on July 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
A stroll around the precipice.
Posted in Historical, Landscapes/Nature, tagged afon mawddach, coed y groes, foel cynwch, llyn cynwch, nannau estate, north wales, precipice walk on June 18, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Tuesday 16th. June dawned bright and sunny so I set off towards Dolgellau. The start of the precipice walk is at Coed y Groes, on the narrow road between Dolgellau and Llanfachreth. The walk lies on the Nannau Estate which grants permission for use of the footpaths. There has been a house at Nannau since [...]






