Places to visit around Blaenau Ffestiniog, from Llechwedd Slate Caverns
With nothing inside Blaenau Ffestiniog’s built-up area, the list has 3 places within 5 km of its edge. Look for a museum, an attraction and a theme park. Allow a day for Caernarfon, 28 km off.
Top of the list around Blaenau Ffestiniog
Beyond Llechwedd Slate Caverns, there are an attraction and a theme park.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where things are
Close by, the 3 mostly lie to the north.
The dashed line is Blaenau Ffestiniog’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
A breakdown by kind
The places here are a museum, an attraction and a theme park.
Green: inside Blaenau Ffestiniog. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
These 3 are all within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
29 listed buildings are on Blaenau Ffestiniog’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Blaenau Ffestiniog →
A drive away
The 12 days out are led by Caernarfon, 28 km away.
FortCaernarfon28 km northwestCastleCastle · CadwCastell Dolwyddelan6.9 km north
Castle · CadwCastell Harlech19 km southwest
Castle · CadwCastell Caernarfon28 km northwest
Castle · CadwConwy Castle33 km north
Castle · CadwCastell Biwmares / Beaumaris Castle32 km northCastleCastle · CadwCastell Dolbadarn18 km northwest
Castle · CadwCastell Cricieth22 km southwestCastleCastleDinas Emrys10 km west
CathedralBangor Cathedral29 km northwest
CastleGwydir Castle18 km northeastHeritage railwayHeritage railwayWelsh Highland Railway15 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Blaenau Ffestiniog (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Questions before you go to Blaenau Ffestiniog
What is there to see near Blaenau Ffestiniog?
No attraction is mapped inside Blaenau Ffestiniog itself. Within 5 km of it are Llechwedd Slate Caverns, ZipWorld Titan and ZipWorld Llechwedd.
Does Blaenau Ffestiniog have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Blaenau Ffestiniog: Llechwedd Slate Caverns.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Blaenau Ffestiniog?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Castell Dolwyddelan (Cadw), 6.9 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Blaenau Ffestiniog?
Within 40 km: Caernarfon (28 km), Castell Dolwyddelan (6.9 km), Castell Harlech (19 km), Castell Caernarfon (28 km).
Where are Blaenau Ffestiniog’s historic buildings listed?
Blaenau Ffestiniog has 29 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Cadw’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Blaenau Ffestiniog when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Caernarfon: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Harlech: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Caernarfon: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Conwy Castle: Source: Llywelyn2000 Derivative: User:MathKnight, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Biwmares / Beaumaris Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Cricieth: Barry Skeates from newbury, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bangor Cathedral: Denis Egan from Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwydir Castle: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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