Crafnant View Walk, Llyn Crafnant
2.9 miles (4.7 km). About 1½ hours, easy.
Start: SH 756 618. Finish: SH 754 607. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Map incomplete. Natural Resources Wales’s line for this walk is about 1.1 miles of the 2.9 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 144 m of climbing and 0 m of descent; highest point 311 m.
Facts
- Code
- WA 1172
- Distance
- 2.9 miles (4.7 km). We measure 1.1 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- naturalresources.wales
- Walking time
- About 1½ hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Wales
- County
- Conwy
- Total ascent
- About 144 m. Highest point 311 m
Getting there
- Car park
- Llyn Crafnant - Parc Coedwig Gwydyr Forest Park, 40 m from the start. Directions SH 756 618
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Memorial, 2.8 km away (Directions); Gogledd Llanrwst / North Llanrwst station, 3.9 km away (Directions).
Getting back
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: Gogledd Llanrwst / North Llanrwst station, 4.4 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 87 m in a kilometre (1 in 11), starting 0.2 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- WA 1162Geirionydd and Crafnant Trail, Llyn CrafnantShares 1.1 miles of path with this route. This route starts and finishes on it at Llyn Crafnant car park.
Walks nearby
- WA 1168Llyn Crafnant Circuit3.1 miles, circular. Starts in the same place
- WA 1073Hafna Miners' Trail3.1 miles, circular. Starts 1.9 miles away
- WA 1175Forest Lakes Walk, Llyn Sarnau2.6 miles. Starts 2.1 miles away
- WA 1177Swallow Falls Walk, Ty'n Llwyn2.2 miles, circular. Starts 2.2 miles away
- WA 1182Craig-Forris Walk, Cae'n y Coed2 miles. Starts 3 miles away
- WA 1159Llyn Parc Walk, Betws-y-coed4.3 miles. Starts 3.8 miles away
Sources
Checked against naturalresources.wales on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Natural Resources Wales, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Natural Resources Wales information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Facts: naturalresources.wales
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