Snowdon Mountain Railway and Hafod Eryri
There are giants – and then there is Snowdon. At 1,085 metres, it’s the highest mountain in England and Wales. Every year half a million visitors from all over the world achieve their ambition of reaching the summit.
There are six different ways to walk. Plus one that requires a little less effort. The steam-powered Snowdon Mountain Railway has been the relaxed route to the top since 1896.
But Britain’s highest rack and pinion railway doesn’t just transport passengers. It also brought the new £8 million visitor centre, Hafod Eryri, to the top of the mountain. Piece by 10-ton piece, from 2007 to its opening in spring 2009.
Perched on the shoulders of a giant, Hafod Eryri commands views as far as Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains. On a clear day, that is. It also offers hot tea and bowls of steaming cawl (a warming Welsh soup), whatever the weather.
Love Steam Railways?
Ride the Ffestiniog Railway, the oldest independent railway company in the world – founded in 1832. Or the Llangollen Steam Railway, which runs for seven miles along the banks of the beautiful River Dee
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