How to get
to Snowdon Lodge from Ireland
By
Ferry or Hovercraft:-
The closest port is Holyhead, on Anglesey. Then take
a train, coach or drive down to Bangor and follow map from there.
Web Resources:
Irish Ferries
Stena
Line Ferries
Holyhead web site
By
Car:-
You can bring your car over on a ferry from Ireland
and then follow the maps to Snowdon
Lodge. The closest port is Holyhead, on Anglesey.
Follow A55 expressway all the way to Bangor. Come of the A55 at
the Caernarfon sign and follow A487 road to Caernarfon, stay on
the A487 through Caernarfon and follow signs for Porthmadog, until
you come to the village sign of Tremadog. Approx 300 metres into
the village you will come to the Madoc pub on the left take the
right turn signed for Porthmadog, pass the Spar shop and church
on the left and we are the last house on the left just past a small
left kink in the road, with the entrance to the carpark on the right
hand side of the house. Click for
map page. Approx distance 125 miles, drive time: 1 1/4 to 1 3/4
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 Holyhead catch train to
Bangor (check schedules).
Then take the local
bus service from Bangor to Tremadog/ Porthmadog.
Numbers 1 and 2 for local service (BWS GWYNEDD).
Numbers
380 and 545 for National Express.
Number 701 Trawscambria.
Contact the National Rail Enquiries service by phone (+44 345 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.
Please
contact railtrack for times
as the above are only a guide.
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:-
A National Express
coach service, number 545 from Bangor leaves at 18.55 which goes
to Tremadog square arrive Tremadog square 19.57, only 150 meter's
from our front door. In summer it's necessary to get the bus tickets
in advance.
Please
contact national express for times
as the above are only a guide.
Check with operator on the below contacts.
National Express Tel: 011
44 870 580 8080
Numbers
380 and 545 for National Express.
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.
Numbers 1 and 2 for
local service (BWS GWYNEDD).
Number 701 Trawscambria.
09.25 arrive Porthmadog, 10.30
Tour operators to Snowdon Lodge:-
Roadtrip travel
Dragon
Tours
Bus Wales
Shaggy Sheep
By Air:-
Many airports can gewt
you to the UK then Snowdon Lodge
This airport websites also contains information on car rentals,
train and coach connections, etc.:
Birmingham airport web
Manchester airport web
Gatwick airport
web
Heathrow
airport web
Birmingham airport web
Stanstead
Airport
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