Coastal Path with Wooden Piers – Traeth Chapel loop from Criccieth

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Coastal Path with Wooden Piers – Traeth Chapel loop from Criccieth

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Coastal Path with Wooden Piers – Traeth Chapel loop from Criccieth

00:55

3.48km

30m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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43 m

Criccieth Castle, town and seafront

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful small Welsh town with plenty of cafés, a nice sea front, promenade, pebble beach, and a rather obvious 13th century castle overlooking the town.

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139 m

Spice Bank Restaurant

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Formerly the National Provincial Bank which operated in Criccieth from its branch in Pwllheli until 1919 before establishing a sub-branch in the town. The first bank building was quickly replaced …

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256 m

Capel Mawr Methodist Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

This attractive building is Capel Mawr, originally built in 1822 as Capel Mawr Methodist Chapel. A Sunday school was built 1889-1900 and the chapel appears to have been refronted at …

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2.19 km

Coastal Path with Wooden Piers

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Pebbly. Ok for swimming.

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2.49 km

View of Tremadog Bay from Criccieth Seafront

Highlight • Beach

Sea views out to across Tremadoc Bay from the lively sea side town of Cricieth. This is on the NCN8 route.

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2.50 km

Former English Marine Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Criccieth

Highlight • Religious Site

This lovely converted building was formerly the English Marine Calvinistic Methodist Chapel in Criccieth. The chapel was built in 1879, to the design of architect Owen Morris Roberts of Porthmadog, …

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2.55 km

Criccieth

Highlight • Beach

A quaint village with all the traditions you would expect, lots of good roads, plenty of cafe stops, great for a stop off between Porthmadog and Pwllheli.

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3.35 km

Capel y Traeth is a bilingual (Welsh and English) church in Criccieth. The town’s Presbyterians and Congregationalists worship together here.
This attractive church, originally Capel Seion, was built in 1895.

Source: ebcpcw.cymru/en/churches/capel-y-traeth

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3.48 km

End point

Bus stop

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