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From Cymmer you can follow the Roman road, Sarn Helen, virtually all the way to Conwy. On the way you will visit Trawsfynydd, home of the Catholic martyr St John Roberts and the World War I poet Hedd Wyn. The Roman fort at Tomen-y-Mur is the setting for one of Wales’s oldest legends, the story of Lleu Llaw Gyffes and his magical wife, who was made from flowers.
Dolwyddelan has one of the castles of the Welsh princes and an old church with some lovely stained glass. The Roman road goes over the Miners’ Bridge and through the Gwydir Forest. Walk through the pretty market town of Llanrwst to Maenan. Here the Cistercian monks of Conwy were forced to settle when Edward I defeated the Welsh and took Conwy to build a castle and an English town. From Maenan, footpaths lead down the river to Conwy itself.
We are developing this route in two ways. We want to extend an optional route west through Snowdonia to Aberconway's first site near Clynnog-fawr. This would enable the Cistercian Way to link with the route down the north coast of the Lleyn to Aberdaron and Bardsey. We are also working on a high-level route from Dolwyddelan to Conwy and a route over the Hiraethog moors to continue on to Basingwerk. Watch this space.
People and Places- Aberconway Abbey
- Bedd Porius
- Bryn y Castell
- Conway town and castle
- Cymmer Abbey
- Dolwyddelan Castle
- Dolwyddelan Church
- Gwydir Castle
- Gwydir Uchaf
- Hafod-ysbyty
- Legend of Lleu Llaw Gyffes and Blodeuedd
- Llan Ffestiniog and Blaenau Ffestiniog
- Llanrwst
- Llys Ednowain Hostel and Heritage Centre
- Maenan
- Meredydd ab Ieuan ap Robert
- Miners’ Bridge
- Roman brick kilns near Trawsfynydd
- Tomen y Mur
- Trawsfynydd
