Glasdir Copper Trail, Coed y Brenin
1.3 miles (2.1 km). Under an hour, easy.
Start: SH 736 225. Finish: SH 736 225. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file of the part mapped so far (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 mile of the 1.3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing. See the whole route on the publisher’s page.
Up and down
About 96 m of climbing and 95 m of descent; highest point 86 m.
Facts
- Code
- WA 1196
- Distance
- 1.3 miles (2.1 km)
- Publisher’s page
- naturalresources.wales
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Wales
- County
- Gwynedd
- Total ascent
- About 96 m. Highest point 86 m
Getting there
- Car parks
- Glasdir, 80 m from the start. Directions SH 736 226Car park (free), 680 m from the start. Directions SH 743 225Car park, 760 m from the start. Directions SH 744 224
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at St Machreth`s Church War Memorial, 1.7 km away (Directions).
Getting back
We found no bus stop within 3 km of the finish and no station within 10 km (from OpenStreetMap), so plan a lift or a taxi back.
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 58 m in a kilometre (1 in 17), from the start.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
OpenStreetMap records no pub or café within a quarter of a mile of the way: take food and drink with you.
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Walks nearby
- WA 1216The King's Champion Trail, Coed y Brenin0.6 miles, circular. Starts 0.6 miles away
- WA 1167Penrhos Mountain Trail, Coed y Brenin3.2 miles. Starts 0.7 miles away
- WA 1048Precipice Walk3.1 miles, circular. Starts 0.8 miles away
- WA 1134Ornamental Lake walk, Dolmelynllyn0.6 miles, circular. Starts 1 mile away
- WA 1031Dolmelynllyn Estate Walk4 miles, circular. Starts 1.2 miles away
- WA 1108Rhaeadr Ddu and Coed Ganllwyd walk, Dolmelynllyn2 miles, circular. Starts 1.3 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
Something wrong or missing?
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