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Penmaenpool Toll Bridge – Penmaenpool Toll Bridge loop from Penmaen-pŵl

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Penmaenpool Toll Bridge – Penmaenpool Toll Bridge loop from Penmaen-pŵl

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Penmaenpool Toll Bridge – Penmaenpool Toll Bridge loop from Penmaen-pŵl

02:25

8.20km

230m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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50 m

Mawddach Trail and Barmouth Bridge

Highlight • Cycleway

The George I I I pub - great food!

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50 m

Penmaenpool Toll Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Penmaenpool bridge is a grade 2 listed wooden toll bridge. It was built in 1879 to replace a ferry crossing. It's open between 08.30 & 18.30 Monday to Saturday. Sunday, 10:00 to 18:30. It costs 30p for cyclists &pedestrians. Outside of those hours the gate is closed to stop motor vehicles, but there is a smaller gate for cyclists & pedestrians that remains open 24hrs. So you can still get through anytime. But there is an honesty box for your 30p.

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50 m

Penmaenpool Toll Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

The wooden bridge has been here for almost 150 years. It's a scenic way of crossing the estuary and cuts out a reasonable distance of tarmac.
Bikes cost 50p per crossing.

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121 m

George III Hotel & Pub

Highlight • Restaurant

georgethethird.pub

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3.29 km

View of the Mawddach Estuary at Penmaenpool

Highlight • River

prepare for a good climb at beginning

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5.31 km

Abergwynant Woods

Highlight • Forest

Great views take lunch

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5.44 km

Afon Mawddach

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Afon Mawddach (English: River Mawddach) is a river in Gwynedd, Wales, which has its source in a wide area SH820300 north of Dduallt in Snowdonia. It is 28 miles (45 km) in length, and is much branched; many of the significant tributaries are of a similar size to the main river. The catchment area is bounded to the east by the Aran Fawddwy massif and to the west and north by the Harlech dome which forms a watershed just south of Llyn Trawsfynydd.

The Mawddach has been the site of significant industrialisation and land management. Gold mining and subsequently gold panning have had major impacts but forestry, the preparation of animal skins, the storage of old munitions and the use of hill-sides as artillery ranges have all added to the legacy of pollution. The river is also very flashy - prone to very rapid rise and fall in level depending on rainfall. Rainfall can also be very heavy and it falls on very base-poor soils leading to episodes of strongly depressed pH. Despite this, the river sustains an important salmon and trout fishery and the countryside through which it flows is some of the most spectacular and scenic in the UK.

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8.06 km

The George III Pub and Mawddach Estuary View

Highlight • Bridge

Lovely spot to stop for a pint right on the edge of the Mawddach with a beautiful view of the estuary and the old toll bridge.

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8.20 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.89 km

896 m

195 m

169 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.20 km

2.10 km

839 m

743 m

306 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Saturday 27 June

19°C

14°C

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Penmaenpool Toll Bridge – Penmaenpool Toll Bridge loop from Penmaen-pŵl

Mawddach Trail and Barmouth Bridge

Penmaenpool Toll Bridge

Penmaenpool Toll Bridge

George III Hotel & Pub

View of the Mawddach Estuary at Penmaenpool

Abergwynant Woods

Afon Mawddach

The George III Pub and Mawddach Estuary View

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