Top 10 Things to do in North Wales, Wales

January 27, 2022 Marlin Saiz

Discover the best top things to do in North Wales, United Kingdom including Snowdon, Snowdonia National Park, Conwy Castle, National Slate Museum, Great Orme, Llangollen Canal, Zip World Fforest, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Rhyl Miniature Railway, Cemaes Bay Traeth Bach Beach.
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1. Snowdon

Snowdonia National Park LL55 4UL Wales https://www.snowdonia.gov.wales/addysg-education/primary-education/snowdonia/snowdon
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5.0 based on 2,629 reviews

Snowdon

The highest mountain in Wales (higher than any in England) at 3,560 feet.

Reviewed By PD280875 - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Came here this year instead of the lakes for our annual walking holiday , an amazing area of outstanding beauty , we went up via Crib Goch which was an exhilarating experience (dont look down) , some fantastic views all the way up and some challenging areas to scramble over , plenty of different paths too the top and even a steam train ! would deffo like to do this again

2. Snowdonia National Park

Wales +44 1690 710426 http://www.visitsnowdonia.info/
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5.0 based on 202 reviews

Snowdonia National Park

Reviewed By captaingreggs - Liverpool, United Kingdom

Came on holiday to snowdonia this weekend and the first days it was a visit to Betsi Co Ed, spent the day walking around the town spreading corona virus and generally causing a nuisance with our North Face Jackets on. After the big Betsi day it was time to climb the biggest mountain in the Uk, actually I think Europe, maybe even the world. Snowdon Car park was full so we just double parked on the road, there were signs up saying no parking but they must have been for Somone else. I set off climbing in my best pair of Adidas sliders and now they are ruined due to the appalling state of the path, I really think this needs to be repaired before more people ruin their best flip flops. Great to get to the top although the que to touch the summit was about an hour. Decided we wanted to ‘wild camp’ as we had seen it on Instagram so we took our 15 person tent to Llyn Gayreoned where we pitched it up in the middle of the car park. It was a totally epic experience, we collected fire wood by breaking branches off all the near by trees and had a huge campfire on the nice bit of grass next to the lake. Sadly the bins were overflowing so we just had to leave our rubbish all over the grass and car park but it was ok as the wind got up and blew it all away in to the lake Does Bear Grills poo in the woods? Yes he does and so do we, what a Liberating experience pooping where ever we fancied, we also left little piles of toilet paper where ever we dropped one off, like a cute little calling card On our last day we decided to visit conwy, so many people, carnt believe how busy it was, no chance of social distancing, ah well. Ate chips on the quay, fed most of them to the cute seagulls. Had ice creams, got attacked by the seagulls, perhaps they aren’t that cute. All in all a good holiday but really hope we can go on our package holiday to Benidorm next year, it’s warmer, beer is cheaper and they speak English not that funny Welsh

3. Conwy Castle

Conwy Castle Rose Hill Street, Conwy LL32 8LD Wales +44 1492 592358 [email protected] http://cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-to-visit/conwy-castle
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4.5 based on 3,503 reviews

Conwy Castle

Advance booking required Built in the late 13th century and reputed to be haunted by a past resident, this picturesque castle was built for King Edward I and is a perfect example of the "concentric castle" design. The displayed opening times are our general pattern. Please check the Cadw website for specific times and days, including closures.

Reviewed By esorlegin - Conwy, United Kingdom

An amazing 800 year old castle. The more you know about the history of North Wales and the Celts, the more you will appreciate the role this castle played in Welsh history (British/Welsh history 101 : Celts invaded by Romans, Invaded by Vikings, Saxons, Angles etc. Invaded by the French Norman’s etc etc. Each invasion pushed the Celts back into the mountains reducing their lands) Try and visit in dry weather as the stone steps up the towers can be a bit slippery. One tip - last weekend of September there is free admission!!!

4. National Slate Museum

Gilfach Ddu Country Park Padarn Country Park, Llanberis, Snowdonia National Park LL55 4TY Wales +44 29 2057 3700 http://museum.wales/slate/
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4.5 based on 1,959 reviews

National Slate Museum

The National Slate Museum Llanberis will reopen to the public on 23rd August 2020. During this unprecedented time the museum will be open for four days a week. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday between 10am - 4pm. Entry is FREE but tickets must be booked in advance. For more information please visit the website

Reviewed By IanB535 - Wellington, United Kingdom

What an unbelievable find, a free attraction with slate cutting demonstration and interesting story, check out the miners houses presented over the years and water wheel powering the foundry machines, absolutely brilliant

5. Great Orme

Llandudno Wales
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4.5 based on 7,195 reviews

Great Orme

Reviewed By georgebriggs6 - Leeds, United Kingdom

Just had a splendid three days break in llandudno well I was there we visited the great orme tramway for the first time it was a fantastic views was magnificent and the was very friendly and helpful well worth a visit good value for the money

6. Llangollen Canal

Wales +44 1978 860702 http://www.horsedrawnboats.co.uk
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4.5 based on 349 reviews

Llangollen Canal

Reviewed By J0b_27 - Worcester, United Kingdom

Fabulous walk , plenty of resting benches along the way and a fabulous Tea shop to stop at, and a chance to see the horse drawn barges

7. Zip World Fforest

Zip World Fforest Llanrwst Road, Snowdonia National Park, Betws-y-Coed LL24 0HX Wales +44 1248 601444 [email protected] http://www.zipworld.co.uk/location/fforest?utm_source=tripadvisor&utm_medium=referral
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4.5 based on 1,230 reviews

Zip World Fforest

Zip World Fforest offers an idyllic woodland setting for all your adventure needs. The heart of the site is the Fforest Coaster - based on the traditional toboggan but running on rails, it offers a year round, all-weather experience for ages 3 and up. There are two high ropes courses; Treehoppers for younger children (5-12 years) and Zip Safari 2 (9 years and up). You can bounce and explore to your heart's content on Treetop Nets; giant bouncy nets suspended in the trees, or experience the thrill of Skyride 2, Europe's highest five-seater swing. Drop 100ft alone or with a friend on the world's first tandem drop experience, Plummet 2. After all that adventure, why not relax, re-fuel and watch the action from one of our two on-site cafes. Open all year round.

Reviewed By ttikcir - Lowestoft, United Kingdom

Excellent experience for Halloween. As soon as you arrive the atmosphere is amazing. green haze over the forest and it was slightly misty, there was spooky noises, zombies walking around and it was very eerie. There were zombie nets to run across, good fun. included in the price were two goes each on the Forest Coaster , then for an additional price we did Europe’s highest giant swing, Skyride, and then Plummet which was great fun. Brilliant night and so much fun, Really well organised with great staff.

8. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Station Road Llangollen Canal, Wrexham LL20 7RH Wales +44 303 040 4040 [email protected] https://canalrivertrust.org.uk
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4.5 based on 1,632 reviews

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Reviewed By LlanonGilly - Llanon, United Kingdom

Fabulous views and and amazing feat of engineering by Thomas Telford, enjoyed walking across the aqueduct and watching the canal activity.

9. Rhyl Miniature Railway

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4.5 based on 147 reviews

Rhyl Miniature Railway

We are a 15 inch gauge miniature railway offering rides of a mile length around the Marine Lake in Rhyl which we have been doing since 1911. We still have the first loco that opened the railway on 1st May 1911 and we also operate some of the locos that were built between 1920 and 1926 to replace the two original locos after they were found to be too small. So on the steam loco front we have Prince Edward of Wales (1911) Joan (1920) Railway Queen (1921) Michael (1924) and Cagney (c1910). We also have a diesel loco called Clara (1961) and our Tram (1970). We also have Billy (1926) on display in our museum which is owned by the council. We run every weekend from Easter till end of sept and then school hols with us open everyday for the summer hols. We also have special event through the year at Easter, the second bank hols in May and the first weekend of Aug and our Santa Trains near Christmas.

10. Cemaes Bay Traeth Bach Beach

Cemaes, Cemaes Bay LL67 0ES Wales
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4.5 based on 48 reviews

Cemaes Bay Traeth Bach Beach

Reviewed By fflurb - Barry, United Kingdom

I have been going to this beach since I was small and have always enjoyed going there, especially in the winter. It has many different aspects from a little harbour, small caves, a headland walk, ice cream, a tide and times bell and of course plenty of seaweed and sand. There are two car parks, one free and the other £2 so be sure to go to the bigger car park although it is a longer way around. Dogs welcome in the winter, not sure about all year round.

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