Walkers Welcome Footpath at Penmaenuchaf, PenmaenpoolA Project Co-Funded by the Forestry Commission of Wales
Location: Penmaenuchaf, Penmaenpool, Gwynedd, North Wales. (3 miles west of Dolgellau - A493 Tywyn road. Grid reference: SH 697 181) |
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In 1997, my grandfather Gavin Miller, began the initiative of
creating an amenity woodland at Penmaenuchaf as a tribute to wife Rite who died in 1995.
After much hard work and expenditure, the path now provides visitors to Penmaenuchaf with an excellent route through the semi-ancient woodland which is gradually beginning to regenerate. |
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In 1997 the Forestry Commission agreed that Penmaenuchaf Estate, overlooking the
Mawddach Estuary, was an area of high conservation interest and great aesthetic value.
They pledged fifty percent of the money toward consultancy, labour and materials to help
create a circular walkers' footpath. Dense rhododendron ponticum, which
plagues the area, was cut back and bridges, stiles and waymarkers were constructed.