Attractions / Activities
Arete Outdoor Centre
Activity Operator
Providers of outdoor education and adventure activity courses including rock climbing, canoeing, coasteering and gorge scrambling. 3 star graded group accommodation available for 100.
Bala Adventure and Watersports
Activity Operator
Bala Watersports offers the adventure and excitement of outdoor pursuits, to individuals, families, schools and groups.
Inigo Jones Slate Works
Attraction
Inigo Jones Slate Works was founded in 1861 mainly to prefabricate school writing slates. Today the company uses the same raw material namely 500 million year old Welsh slate to produce architectural, memorial, landscape and craft products.
Llanberis Lake Railway
Attraction
This lovely little line runs alongside Llyn Padarn in the Padarn Country Park for a there-and-back journey of five miles. Stop off for a lakeside picnic at Cei Llydan, or visit the National Slate Museum at Gilfach Ddu.
Mary Jones Pilgrim Centre
Attraction
In 1800, a 15 year-old girl called Mary Jones walked 26 miles from Llanfihangel-y-Pennant to Bala to buy a book.
National Slate Museum
Attraction
The National Slate Museum is sited in the Victorian workshops built in the shadow of Elidir mountain, site of the vast Dinorwig quarry.