Parking
Use Coed Llyn Mair car park on the B4410, about 500 m after turning from the A487 at the Oakeley Arms. Parking is free and overnight parking is not permitted.
Overview
About Station Link Walk
Why go
- Easy station connection through ancient oak woodland
- Free parking and picnic tables
Heads up
- Very short for anyone seeking a substantial hike
- Eastern return path is steep and uneven
Worthwhile as a gentle connection between the car park and the station, and as a short taste of the oak woodland reserve. It is too brief to serve as a substantial hike. If you want a proper woodland loop, the separate Coed Llyn Mair Walk starts from the same site and is a moderate circular route on natural surfaces, with exposed rocks, roots and several flights of steps.
Parkwolf’s verdictIs it worth your timeMap & elevation
The route
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Eryri Tour Guide
Your drive to Station Link Walk, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Eryri National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this trailhead
Llyn Mair and Tan-y-Bwlch Woods0:00 / 0:22
“You're approaching the woods around Llyn Mair and Tan-y-Bwlch. The lake circuit is an easy hour through mature trees to a small dam and picnic glades; still water can reflect the wooded shore.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Eryri Tour Guide.
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- The Railway That Curled Around a Lake
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Trail guide
Hiking Station Link Walk
The routeThis is an out-and-back access walk of 0.4 miles / 0.
This is an out-and-back access walk of 0.4 miles / 0.6 km total there and back, allowing about 30 minutes for the round trip. Total climb is 118 feet / 36 metres, and the official grade is Easy. The path is waymarked from the car park.
What you walk throughFrom Coed Llyn Mair car park the route climbs gradually through ancient oak woodland to…
From Coed Llyn Mair car park the route climbs gradually through ancient oak woodland to Tan-y-Bwlch station on the Ffestiniog Railway. The surrounding Coedydd Maentwrog National Nature Reserve is temperate Atlantic oak woodland, notable for rare mosses, liverworts and lichens, and it supports bats including the lesser horseshoe bat. At the top there are picnic tables, and the station gives you the option of continuing your day by heritage railway.
Surface and stepsThe western-side path is wide and well made, with occasional wet patches.
- The western-side path is wide and well made, with occasional wet patches.
- There is a short flight of steps on the way up.
- Resting places every 100 m break up the climb.
- An eastern-side return path exists but is steep and uneven. If in doubt, return the way you came on the western route.
ParkingStart from Coed Llyn Mair car park on the B4410, about 500 m after turning off the A487 at the…
Start from Coed Llyn Mair car park on the B4410, about 500 m after turning off the A487 at the Oakeley Arms. Parking is free, and overnight parking is not permitted. The postcode LL41 3AQ covers a wide area, so use it as a rough guide rather than a precise pin.
SafetyThe narrow-gauge railway carries frequent trains. Never walk on the track.
- The narrow-gauge railway carries frequent trains. Never walk on the track.
- There are steep slopes and crags in the reserve, so keep to the path and take care.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Eryri
77 sightingsGrey HeronMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
17 sightingsTawny OwlMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
32 sightingsCommon RavenMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
21 sightingsGreat Spotted WoodpeckerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
18 sightingsEuropean RabbitMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
161 sightingsViviparous LizardMost seen around 10 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Eryri. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
