Llyn Elsi Walk, Betws-y-coed
3.9 miles (6.3 km). About 2 hours, moderate.
Start: SH 792 563. Finish: SH 784 552. 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 2.6 miles of the 3.9 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 284 m of climbing and 88 m of descent; highest point 249 m.
Facts
- Code
- WA 1163
- Distance
- 3.9 miles (6.3 km). We measure 2.6 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- naturalresources.wales
- Walking time
- About 2 hours
- Difficulty
- Moderate (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Wales
- County
- Conwy
- Total ascent
- About 284 m. Highest point 249 m
Getting there
- Station
- Betws-y-Coed, 300 m from the start. Directions SH 795 565
- Bus stops
- Post Office (after), 150 m from the start. Directions SH 794 564Post Office (before), 160 m from the start. Directions SH 794 564Royal Oak Hotel (opp), 200 m from the start. Directions SH 793 565
- Car parks
- Car park, 110 m from the start. Directions SH 792 564Car park (pay), 130 m from the start. Directions SH 793 564Car park (pay), 190 m from the start. Directions SH 793 565
Getting back
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: the bus stop at Ffordd Gethin (after), 1.4 km away (Directions); Betws-y-Coed station, 1.7 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 158 m in a kilometre (1 in 6), from the start.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Walks nearby
- WA 1159Llyn Parc Walk, Betws-y-coed4.3 miles. Starts 0.3 miles away
- WA 1175Forest Lakes Walk, Llyn Sarnau2.6 miles. Starts 2 miles away
- WA 1177Swallow Falls Walk, Ty'n Llwyn2.2 miles, circular. Starts 2.1 miles away
- WA 1073Hafna Miners' Trail3.1 miles, circular. Starts 2.2 miles away
- WA 1182Craig-Forris Walk, Cae'n y Coed2 miles. Starts 2.4 miles away
- WA 1022Ty'n y Coed Uchaf and Cwm Eidda walk, Ysbyty5 miles, circular. Starts 2.7 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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