The King's Champion Trail, Coed y Brenin
0.6 miles (1 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Pont Ty'n-y-groes car park. Under an hour, easy.
Start: SH 730 233, and finish. 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.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 28 m of climbing and 29 m of descent; highest point 42 m.
Facts
- Code
- WA 1216
- Distance
- 0.6 miles (1 km)
- Publisher’s page
- naturalresources.wales
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Wales
- County
- Gwynedd
- Total ascent
- About 28 m. Highest point 42 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Car parks
- Car park, 40 m from the start. Directions SH 730 234Glasdir, 990 m from the start. Directions SH 736 226
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at St Machreth`s Church War Memorial, 2.6 km away (Directions).
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 12 m.
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.
Walked it? Log it
Connecting routes
- WA 1167Penrhos Mountain Trail, Coed y BreninShares 0.4 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Pont Ty'n-y-groes car park and Ganllwyd. This route starts and finishes on it at Pont Ty'n-y-groes car park.
Walks nearby
- WA 1134Ornamental Lake walk, Dolmelynllyn0.6 miles, circular. Starts 0.4 miles away
- WA 1031Dolmelynllyn Estate Walk4 miles, circular. Starts 0.6 miles away
- WA 1196Glasdir Copper Trail, Coed y Brenin1.3 miles. Starts 0.6 miles away
- WA 1108Rhaeadr Ddu and Coed Ganllwyd walk, Dolmelynllyn2 miles, circular. Starts 0.7 miles away
- WA 1048Precipice Walk3.1 miles, circular. Starts 1.5 miles away
- WA 1155Volcano Trail, Coed y Brenin6.7 miles, circular. Starts 1.5 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?
Tell us what to change about this walk: a wrong distance, a moved start, a path that's closed.