Thinking of heading up there in a month and plan to ride all the trails in one go.

What’s the rules on the car park? Can I park the van up and stay in over night? What if I emailed them for permission is this possible?

Thanks

You can’t in the main car park and they’re pretty strict on that. I’ve seen folk parked up in campers in the smaller car parks down by the river and they’re free to park in too. No facilities though

There’s a little disused tarmac road running parallel to the main road. I’ve stopped there overnight. Alternatively there are some other car parks further up the trails – Hermon area where I’ve also parked up overnight with no hassles.

fbk – How far is the river from the main trail entrance?

It’s a couple of miles drive towards Dolgellau. It’s actually on the trails – near where the dragons back and minotaur trails intersect.

Righto. I’ll have to organise it so I can go back to the van for some supplies.

Cae gwyn farm campsite is a 10-15minute ride from the trail centre. Showers are cracking & there’s a campers kitchen too. Went there last year, great place, great people & very reasonable. They have a website & facebook page.

You can leave the van there & ride to the trails as a warm-up/cool down.

I like Cae Gwyn farm too. Very hospitable.

I rode through coed y brenin at around 2am on my coast to cast ride from Caernarfon to cardiff and there was about 10 camper vans parked up there. They were in the top overflow car park so should be ok.

Another vote for Cae Gwyn. Dave and Sue are great hosts and the farm is very bike friendly.

Cae gwin is £8/night. For a fiver the dude will give you a lift to the pub in the evening. It has good showers. No reason not to really!