Nant Gwrtheyrn
Llithfaen
Pwllheli
Gwynedd
LL53 6PA
Tel: 01758 750 334
Fax: 01758 750 335
E mail: post@nantgwrtheyrn.org
Web: www.nantgwrtheyrn.org

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Nant Gwrtheyrn is a magical place, a remote Victorian Quarry village set on a 200 acre site in a secluded wooded valley overlooking Porthdinllaen Bay on the Llyn Peninsula.

The approach on the steep “alpine” road is now suitable for coaches and enables car parking on the valley floor for access to the renovated village and the National Coastal Footpath of Wales and the mile long beach.

In a land of stories and legends, overlooked by the Iron age Hill Fort at Tre’r Ceiri, the story of the valley from the medieval farms and the quarries of the Victorian industrial revolution to the modern day role of Nant Gwrtheyrn in the recent revival of the Welsh language and culture is told in new interpretive displays in the village.

A complete £5m refurbishment of the listed cottages in 2009 provides 4* accommodation for up to 80 residential guests in en-suite bedrooms or self catered cottages and the new 180 cover function room offers catered events for a range of day and residential visitors.

Nant Gwrtheyrn is now a popular venue throughout the year for weddings, parties, concerts and events as well as conferences and meetings .

2010 sees major developments for day visitors with the opening of new Heritage Displays in the old chapel and a “period house” which offers an insight into life in the quarry village in 1900 and work in the quarries when 2000 men were employed to quarry road stone setts, which were then exported by sea to build the cobbled streets of Manchester and Liverpool .

The new cafe-bar opened in August 2009 offers a range of meals and snacks and a shop selling Welsh crafts and books.

Admission to the village and heritage displays is free, with free parking for access also to the coastal path and beach.

Nant Gwrtheyrn has been re-developed by a charity and is primarily a centre for teaching Welsh to Adults.The Heritage displays also illustrate the rejuvenation of the Welsh language and culture in recent years .Welsh taster sessions are offered subject to demand as well as a range of Welsh for Adults courses throughout the year .

Be sure to visit Nant Gwrtheyrn on your visit to North Wales, a warm welcome awaits you at this stunning location where you are free to wander under the watchful gaze of choughs, peregrine falcons and wild goats and sometimes in the company of the seals and dolphins.

Opening Times:
New heritage activities for families and groups will begin in Summer 2010.
The new Heritage Displays will open in June/July 2010; the cafe and shop are open every day from April 7th to October 31st.

Directions:
Turn up the hill from the square at Llithfaen which is on the B4417 road from Llanaelhaearn to Nefyn. Llanaelhaearn is on the main A499 from Caernarfon to Pwllheli. Nant Gwrtheyrn is 18 miles from Caernarfon and 7 miles from Pwllheli. For Sat Nav use LL53 6NL

Information for Disabled Visitors:
Disabled access to all public areas and some of the accommodation, please contact us for full details.

Bus:
27 - Pwllheli and Nefyn (not Sundays). Stops at Llithfaen which is a 2 mile walk from Nant Gwrtheyrn.

Train:
Nearest railway station - Pwllheli (Cambrian Coast Line) 7 miles.

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