Connect Bala with Slow Ways
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Gwynedd
Slow Ways linking Bala and Blaenau Ffestiniog, Corwen, Dolgellau, Llanarmon, Llanfyllin, Mallwyd, Pentrefoelas, Trawsfynydd
Wales / Gwynedd / Bala
Bala’s eight Slow Ways are 34% checked
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Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
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Walk to Bala from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Bala—Llanarmon
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Balalla one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 32km/20mi | Ascent 1,147m | Descent 1,249m | ||
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Bala—Corwen
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Balcor one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 21km/13mi | Ascent 515m | Descent 541m | ||
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Bala—Llanfyllin
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Ballla one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 32km/20mi | Ascent 1,336m | Descent 1,298m | ||
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Blaenau Ffestiniog—Bala
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Blabal one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 29km/18mi | Ascent 693m | Descent 638m | ||
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Dolgellau—Bala
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Dolbal one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 33km/21mi | Ascent 1,017m | Descent 865m | |
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Dolgellau—Bala
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Dolbal two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 34km/21mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
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Mallwyd—Bala
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Malbal one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 33km/20mi | Ascent 1,276m | Descent 1,354m | ||
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Pentrefoelas—Bala
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Penbal one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 21km/13mi | Ascent 579m | Descent 542m | ||
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Trawsfynydd—Bala
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Trabal one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 28km/17mi | Ascent 629m | Descent 566m |
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Collective progress
36% of Bala’s eight route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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2 people have contributed to Bala’s Slow Ways
1 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Bala
120km out of 262km have been walked and reviewed
120km of reviews have been shared in Bala
Latest Updates
No sooner have we left Dolgellau and we start walking on unpaved roads, heading uphill. Eventually we leave the road, and travel up private drives and tracks past a couple of farms, which becomes a short footpath through a wooded area. Past the entrance to the Torrent Walk, we head uphill along another unpaved road, but this is a very quiet one, and we soon leave and head down a greentrack between fields. From there, over the tracks, and once more up through fields and down tracks, with a short unpaved section of road, but this section can be busy at times. Past Llangower, we head uphill through a moor, before crossing a road and heading through the field beyond....
Hiking Historian
What already promised to be a long and arduous route was made even more difficult by a section that, on the ground, does not correspond to what's on the ground at all....
Hiking Historian
A bit of an obstacle blocking the right of way at Brynderw farm but just stay to the south of the farm buildings. The moorland crossing at Mynnyd Mynyllod was a bit bleak, in the rainy and misty conditions, but stay on the tracks in a direct line with no turn offs and it leads you the correct way....
Tim Ryan
Also if breaking this long route, there is a good campsite behind Pandy station....
Tim Ryan
Slow Ways added Blabal one, a new walk from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Bala
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Bala’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SH9252835903
Lat / Lon
52.90979° / -3.59955°
Easting / Northing
292,528E / 335,903N
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Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
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