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Walking in North Wales
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Whether it is mountainside endurance trails, vigorous countryside rambles or moderate leisure walks, there is a huge choice of non-guided independently navigable and guided walks in North Wales.
Depending on weather and time of year, some walking venues are more popular than others, but it is just as easy to find quiet, off the beaten track walks in Flintshire as it is the most popular rambling routes in Snowdonia.
For rambling groups looking for social events with a walking theme there are several walking festivals in North Wales - at Prestatyn, Conwy, Barmouth and Anglesey.
Denbighshire Walking Week, held at the end of September last year, takes ramblers around the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with a choice of walks to suit all levels from easy, short and flat routes to average grade walks and longer, more strenuous and difficult routes for walkers who like a challenge.
Walking maps are available at most tourist information centres in North Wales. For those who prefer to navigate themselves, tour guides can usually give advice on current weather conditions for walkers and which routes are likely to be busiest.
Some local groups run orienteering days, while numerous companies offer walking holidays, adventure breaks with rambling included and accommodation along the route. Examples include High Trek Snowdonia which offers guided mountain walking in the National Park from their base in the hills above Llanberis, and Plas-y-Brenin National Mountain Centre which runs hillwalking and mountain navigation holidays managed by a charity, the Mountain Training Trust.
Outdoor adventure and activity holidays, including walking, high-level rambling, scrambling for walkers, wildlife and bird watching trails are plentiful for day trips, weekends and longer breaks.
Destinations include the spectacular coastal path of the Llyn Peninsula, with its 47 mile route along the old Pilgrim’s Way, ending at Bardsey Island. For the really energetic, the even longer Llyn Coastal Path stretches from Caernarfon to Porthmadog.
The famous Offa’s Dyke Trail, built by the King of Mercia, attracts visitors all year, keen to explore northern parts of the historic pathway from the Welsh borderlands near Llangollen over to the seaside resort of Prestatyn.
Also near Llangollen are the moorlands and remote walking trails of the Berwyn mountains, unmissable for walkers with an interest in sci-fi. The mountains are alleged to have been the scene of a UFO crash known as the Berwyn Mountain UFO incident in 1974.
North Wales walking organisations - including Deeside Ramblers, Walkers on Wales and the Eryri 20.30 Group for walkers aged in their 20s and 30s - run events and have details of the best walks in Snowdonia and other well known high spots like Horseshoe Falls, Llangollen, less frequented trails like Moel Findeg, near Mold, lowland routes and forest tracks like Coed Nercwys.
For help to find a walk in North Wales visit the website
www.walkingnorthwales.co.uk
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