Waterfalls in North Wales

Beautiful waterfall on easy way to reach. Returning from there via the North Wales Coast Path more challenging and very promising: Bangor, Menai-Strait, Angelesey with Beaumaris and Puffin Island

Along the hiking trails to Snowdon's summit you can see a lot of old ruins. Most of them belong to the copper mining companies and slate quarries, which popped out … read more

The best way to see this spectacular waterfall on the Afon Llugwy is from the northern bank. You follow a narrow, dramatic path with crags overhead and a forbidding abyss … read more

Running through the deep gorge of the Fairy Glen, Conwy Falls is an incredibly scenic waterfall. It cascades through a number of segmented drops totalling (50 feet) 15 m into … read more

Rhaeadr Du (Black Falls in English) is a 20 meter waterfall that plunges over 2 steps onto the fast flowing Afon Gamlan as it passes through the Coed Ganllwyd National … read more

There is a 50p entry fee (via an honesty box) next to the Waterfall Shop and cafe on the main street in Dyserth. You can see the falls from the … read more

They call it the "Horseshoe Falls" but it is a weir built to supply water to the canal. The river is spectacular and popular with canoeists

You’ll find this waterfall just below Pont Gwyn-fynydd and National Cycle Route 82 in Coed-y-Brenin forest. It’s worth leaving the trail to see these falls as they crash 65 feet … read more

Due to the area not one of the best highlight but if you are on the miners track I would stop and appreciate this.

Unusually quiet for a waterfall of this calibre. We got there (bottom) and there was nobody, good spot for photos, especially with the sun out shining through the trees. Once … read more

Little frequented yet undoubtedly beautiful, Cwm Cynfal Nature Reserve and the cascading Cynfal Falls (Rhaeadr Cynfal) are an utter delight. The Afon Cynfal tumbles through a dramatic wooded gorge, where … read more

Porth Ysgo is a little beach hidden in the craggy cliffs of the Llŷn Peninsula. The coast path crosses it and after a lot of rain, the waterfall is quite … read more

One of Snowdonia's great waterfalls, Rhaeadr y Cwm is a series of impressive cascades. The several falls amount to a total of 350 feet (107 m). A trail runs to … read more