Bala Lake Railway
Review
“If you knew Time as well as I do…you wouldn’t talk about wasting it.” L. Carroll.
Waste no time in making your way down for a wonderfully winding, wistful ride on the Bala Lake Railway. Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake Railway) offers visitors an appealing journey into the past, amongst the exceptionally beautiful Snowdonia National Park. Home of the Quarry Hunslet locomotive and the Heritage Railway Association, ‘Best Small Railway of 2012’, and ‘Outstanding Visitor Attraction 2020’, ravishingly bright and appealing: narrow gauge steam trains allow the stunning scenery of Bala Lake to be enjoyed, along with idyllic woodlands and mountains. A round trip takes just over an hour, and passengers can pop on and off at various stations and go exploring, and with Bala town a mere 10 minutes away, you have an opportunity to do a spot of shopping! A charming café and gift shop make an appealing place to refuel your own engines too!
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Location
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Nearby Eating Out
Yr Eagles Llanuwchllyn
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Old Wives Tales
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Plas Yn Dre Restaurant
Whether it's a light lunch ranging from local granary bread sandwiches to battered fish, homemade chips and mushy peas or a full on a la carte meal-ie pan-fried
Nearby Accommodation
Bwch yn Uchaf B&B
The Arenig Mountains in Snowdonia lie to the North of the Aran Range, and rise like sleeping giants from the rolling moorland, west of Bala Lake.
Glanllyn Lodge
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Glanllyn-Lakeside Caravan and Camping Park
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