With sea views from the second floor living room, this townhouse is in a great central position, with pubs and restaurants a short walk away.
2 steps to entrance.
Ground Floor:
Utility Room: Washing Machine, Toilet
First Floor:
Bedroom 1: Kingsize (5ft) Bed
Bedroom 2: 2 x Single (3ft) Beds
Bedroom 3: 2 x Single (3ft) Beds
Bedroom 4: Single (3ft) Bed
Bathroom: Bath With Shower Over, Heated Towel Rail, Toilet
Separate Toilet.
Second Floor:
Living room: Freeview TV, DVD Player, Electric Fire
Dining room.
Kitchen: Electric Oven, Gas Hob, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer
Living room 2: (No TV)
Gas central heating, gas, electricity, bed linen, towels and Wi-Fi included.
Enclosed lawned garden with patio and garden furniture. On road parking. No smoking.
Conveniently located on Criccieth’s high street, just a short stroll from cafés, shops, pubs and restaurants, is this charming, terraced, Victorian townhouse. Gaerwen offers accommodation mainly over the first and second floors (with a separate toilet on the ground floor), and has sea and mountain views from its top floor living room and level access from the first floor to an enclosed lawned garden with lovely rural views. Criccieth is home to a magnificent, ancient castle perched on a rocky headland, and glorious beaches are just a few minutes’ walk away. There is also access to the coastal path for beautiful walking opportunities, with stunning views across Cardigan Bay towards the mountains of Snowdonia. Criccieth makes an ideal base for enjoying the superb range of outdoor pursuits available in nearby Snowdonia National Park, and the gently rolling countryside of the Lleyn Peninsula has many glorious beaches to explore. The Italianate village of Portmeirion is easily accessible, along with golf, fishing and horse riding. Beach 200 yards. Shop, pub and restaurant 50 yards.
Please note: There are open, steep, spiral or narrow stairs at the property.
Gwynedd is a mountainous county with much of the east covered by Snowdonia National Park. To the west is the Llyn Peninsula which is flatter and has some of North Wales’s most beautiful coastlines.
The lagoons, wetlands, grasslands and reedbeds of Spinnies Aberogwen nature reserve near Bangor attract a wonderful variety of birds all year round but in particular during spring and autumn migrations. In the summer look out for kingfishers, little egrets, and grey herons in the reeds as they hunt for small fish, while in winter, water rails, great-crested grebes, and snipe, are joined by dunlins, lapwings, and redshanks looking for shelter. The reserve has a hide as well as bird feeders giving you the opportunity to see the wildlife up close.
Just south of Porthmadog is Traeth Glaslyn nature reserve made up of salt marsh, willow woodland, and grassland and a haven for wildlife and birds including teals, wigeons, curlews, black-tailed godwits. There is a hide here too, but please note at high tide the reserve can become submerged so check tide times before you go.
Another wetland reserve is the RSPB’s Arthog Bog in the Mawddach Valley. It may be small but it’s crammed with wildlife. Visit in spring for the opportunity to see summer migrants such as sedge warblers, whitethroats, and cuckoos. In autumn, flocks of redwings and fieldfares arrive for the winter. There’s a good chance to see goldfinches, linnets, and siskins feeding on seeds all year round.
For woodland birds head to Nantporth nature reserve, overlooking the Menai Strait and home to blackcaps, treecreepers, nuthatches, and jays. It’s also a good place to spot carrion crows, ravens, and jackdaws which often flock to the foreshore.
Also in the Menai Straits, is Traeth Lafan or Lavan Sands, an intertidal sandbank that is important for waterfowl in particular oystercatchers, as well as ringed plovers, knots, greenshanks, and turnstones.
Although ospreys can be spotted all over Gwynedd, for fans of these magnificent birds of prey a trip to Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife is a must. A pair of ospreys has been breeding at the site since 2004 and in spring, visitors can watch on camera as the parents deliver fish to feed their chicks at the nest. There are also viewing platforms, hides, and scopes, and volunteers on hand to answer any questions you might have.
