Cyflym Coch Mountain Bike Trail at Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre (NRW)

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Details

Cyflym Coch (red difficult grade) Mountain Biking Trail (7.8 miles, 12.6 kilometres).
Mastered the MinorTaur? Want to move up to the next grade? Then this is the trail for you.

Cyflym Coch strings together some of the best fast flowing sections in Coed y Brenin, with relatively short climbs. With sections like DreamTime and Uncle Fester it's a real blast!

More information in relation to whether or not this is suitable for you and where you can get training can be found on the Natural Resources Wales website.

The bike wash facility is - £0.50 (token from Bike Shop)
The showers are - £1.00 for 3 mins

OS Grid Reference: SH 725 272

Access: Difficult

Duration: 1.5-3hrs

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Coed Y Brenin Visitor Centre: The Visitor Centre has the following facilities: Toilets (including accessible toilets), Showers (in male, female and accessible rooms), Café (see above), Shop, Information desk, Picnic sites and BBQ, There are a number of picnic tables around the main car parks within Coed y Brenin Forest Park plus many more on the waymarked walking trails. Some of the picnic tables have metal frames for holding disposable barbeques. There are also stone BBQ plinths in Glasdir and Ty'n y Groes picnic sites. Please ensure all fires are extinguished and tidied up after use.

Opening details

Summer opening times: 9.30am - 5.00pm Monday to Friday
Saturday and Sunday 9.00am to 5pm

Winter opening times: 9.30am - 4.30pm from Monday to Friday
Saturdays and Sunday 9.00am to 4.30pm

Prices

Free entry

Car parking

Car parking charges for the visitor centre are:
Up to one hour £1.00
Up to three hours £3.00
All day £5.00

Contact

Enquiries

Address

Ganllwyd,
Dolgellau,
Gwynedd,
LL40 2HZ

Location

Directions

Plan route using Google maps

Map reference: SH 723268 Lat: 52.82356 Long: -3.89658

East off the A470, 8 miles North of Dolgellau just North of Ganllwyd, South of Trawsfynydd/Porthmadog. Follow the brown tourist signs.

Local public transport is available, however the nearest train station is Barmouth.

Cycle Network: NCN route 82, Lon Las (North) and Lon Las Cymru all pass through the centre.

www.traveline-cymru.info

www.sustrans.org.uk

Parking charges:
1 hour - £1
up 3 hours - £3.00
All day - £5.00
Blue Badge Parking is also available (4 bays in front of the centre)

Parking: with charge

Accessible by Public Transport: 15 miles from Barmouth station

Nearby

Local Accommodation

Facilities

Baby changing facilities
Coach parties accepted
Disabled toilets
Facilities for groups
Gift shop
On-site catering
On-site light refreshments
Picnic site
Public toilets
Accepts groups
Facilities for conferencing

Children welcome
Disabled access
Dogs accepted

Coed Y Brenin Visitor Centre: The Visitor Centre has the following facilities: Toilets (including accessible toilets), Showers (in male, female and accessible rooms), Café (see above), Shop, Information desk, Picnic sites and BBQ, There are a number of picnic tables around the main car parks within Coed y Brenin Forest Park plus many more on the waymarked walking trails. Some of the picnic tables have metal frames for holding disposable barbeques. There are also stone BBQ plinths in Glasdir and Ty'n y Groes picnic sites. Please ensure all fires are extinguished and tidied up after use.

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