How
to get to Snowdon Lodge from Cardiff
By
Car:-
Route 1:-
From Cardiff A470 (north). Across Junction 32 of the M4 follow A470
for Merthyr Tydfil, Brecon, Buith Wells, Llangurig, Dolgellau through
to Porthmadog all on the A470. Drive over the "cob", which
has a 5 pence toll most days. Carry on through Porthmadog straight
at a roundabout, over a railway level crossing and follow the road
for 1/2 a mile out of town until you come to the next village sign
of Tremadog and we are the first house on the right opposite the
sign, with the entrance to the carpark on the right hand side of
the house. Click for map page.
Distance approx. 160
miles. Drive time: 4- 41/2 hours depending on traffic. Please stick
to speed limits for reasons of health and also the police have many
speed cameras on all roads in Wales.
Route 2:-
From Cardiff A470 (north). Across Junction 32 of the M4 follow A470
for Merthyr Tydfil, Brecon, Buith Wells to Llangurig were you take
the A44 to Aberystwyth, then the A487 to Machynlleth, Dolgellau
on to the A470 through to Porthmadog . Drive over the "cob",
which has a 5 pence toll most days. Carry on through Porthmadog
straight at a roundabout, over a railway level crossing and follow
the road for 1/2 a mile out of town until you come to the next village
sign of Tremadog and we are the first house on the right opposite
the sign, with the entrance to the carpark on the right hand side
of the house. Click for map page.
Distance approx. 160 miles. Drive time: 4- 41/2 hours depending
on traffic. Please stick to speed limits for reasons of health and
also the police have many speed cameras on all roads in Wales.
Please use the AA
or RAC websites for route planners, as the above is only a guide.
Excellent web site for
printing out driving maps from anywhere in the UK or Ireland to
Snowdon Lodge:
Multi Media Mapping: UK Maps
Car rental info:
Electronic Yellow
Pages using keywords Car Hire-self drive and Gwynedd, if you
want to hire a car at either Bangor or Porthmadog.
Check airport links below for its car rental info.
By the train:-
From Cardiff
to Porthmadog are 3 samples of times but please check with train
operator using the links below.
Sample 1. Cardiff Central 9:44 Express
Alphaline Service, change at Shrewsbury 11:28 11:34 Express Alphaline
Service, make sure you check which end of the train to sit as it
splits and the rear carriage's are the ones coming here. Arrive
Porthmadog 14:24
Duration: 4:40
Sample 2. Cardiff Central 12:44 Express
Alphaline Service change at Shrewsbury 14:40 15:32 Express Alphaline
Service, make sure you
check which end of the train to sit as it splits and the rear carriage's
are the ones coming here. Arrive Porthmadog 18:38
Duration: 5:54
Sample 3. Cardiff Central 17:14 Express
Alphaline Service change
at Shrewsbury 19:04 19:49 Express Alphaline Service,
make sure you check which end of the train to sit as it splits and
the rear carriage's are the ones coming here. Arrive
Dovey Junction 21:14 21:19 change train again, arrive Porthmadog
22:45
Duration: 5:31
Ones off the train at Porthmadog Station walk to the main road approx.
20 meter's and turn LEFT (North), walk out of Porthmadog town for
approx. 600 metre's and we are the first house of the village on
the right hand side opposite the Tremadog town sign and large 4
pillard church chapel.
Please
contact railtrack for times
as the above are only a guide.
Contact the National Rail Enquiries service by phone (+44 8457 484950).
It is advisable that visitors make seat reservations for train journeys
from airports and ferry ports, or when intending to travel during
the busiest holiday periods.
Web Resources:
Railtrack: Rail timetables
in Britain, Tel: 011 44 1332 387601
Virgin Train
web site
Virgin
trains time table online check link.
By coach:-
Cardiff-Tremadog:-
A National Express coach
service:-
Depart 10:50, Arrive 19:57, Journey time 9hrs 7min 1 change (Bus
No. 322 Cardiff to Birmingham Arrive:13:20 Depart:14:00 Nat. Express
Bus No. 545 Birmingham to
Tremadog square, 150 metres from our front door on the same side
of the road, just past the spire church).
Tremadog-Cardiff:-
Depart 08:33 Arrive 17:31, Journey time 8hrs 58min, 1 change (Bus
No. 545 Tremadog square to Birmingham Arrive:14:30 Depart:15:00,
Nat. Express Bus 322 Birmingham to Cardiff .
Trawscambria
Daily 701 service:-
Depart Cardiff Bus Station 08.55 arrive Porthmadog Park 15.40, Journey
time 7hrs 45 min, Bus no. 701 with no change, If you ask the driver
nicely he may drop you at our place in Tremadog as he passes us
on his way from Porthmadog.
If you have to walk go through Porthmadog town in the same direction
the bus was going, go straight at a roundabout over Porthmadog railway
lines and follow the road for 600 meter's until you get to Tremadog
village and we are the first house on the right.
Please
contact national express for times
as the above are only a guide.
Check with operator on the below contacts. In summer it's necessary
to get the bus tickets in advance.
National Express Tel: 011
44 870 580 8080
Local bus services change their details quite often so to help you
a National Enquiry Service has been set up on +44 891 910 910 (06.00
- 21.00 daily).
Web Resources:
Gwynedd bus schedules Local
bus services in Snowdonia area.
Tour operators to Snowdon Lodge:-
Roadtrip travel
Dragon
Tours
Bus Wales
Shaggy Sheep
By Air:-
The forth nearest international
airport to Snowdon Lodge is Cardiff.
This airport web also contains information on car rentals, train
and coach connections, etc.:
Cardiff International
Airport
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