Date
30 May 2020
Location
Carnedd Dafydd, Carneddau
SH 66288 63048; 53.14773°N, 4.00076°W
24 March 2019
Betwys-y-coed
SH 80520 57404; 53.10040°N, 3.78598°W
In March 2016 Zip World Fforest opened on the site formerly known as Tree Tops Adventure set in 120 acres of the Gwydyr Forest in Betws-y-coed. The attractions on offer included zip line and rope courses through the tree canopy, a Powerfan freefall simulator (“basejumping without a parachute”), and a giant swing. The adventure experiences on offer were augmented in May 2017 with the opening of Fforest Coaster – the UK’s only Alpine Coaster. On the first 500 metres of the track, sledges are hauled uphill, from where they then make their gravity-driven descent at speeds of up to 25 mph down the remaining 710 metres of the course.
Fforest Coaster (Zip World Fforest);
All posts in the Zip world series
20 August 2018
Luss, Argyll and Bute
NS 36077 93038; 56.10188°N, 4.63713°W
With an area of 27 square miles, the 24-mile-long Loch Lomond is the largest inland loch/lake in Great Britain (the largest in the UK being Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland). The loch forms part of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, which was created in 2002. There are several islands in the loch, one of which has been home to a colony of wallabies since the 1940s.
The picturesque village of Luss lies on the shore of Loch Lomond and is a very popular tourist destination. The settlement probably dates back to the 1300s and much of the village was rebuilt in the 1800s by the Colquhouns of Rossdhu Castle to provide housing for the workers in their nearby slate quarries.
19 August 2018
Chambers Street, Edinburgh
NT 25792 73322; 55.94716°N, 3.18980°W
25 February 2018
Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth
SH 59051 37200; 52.91367°N, 4.09760°W
20 August 2017
St George’s Pier, Menai Bridge
SH 55932 72003; 53.22546°N, 4.15953°W
18 June 2017
Cable Bay (Porth Trecastell), Anglesey
SH 33350 70789; 53.20795°N, 4.49683°W
4 June 2017
Britannia Bridge
SH 54165 70870; 53.21480°N, 4.18546°W
The Great Strait Raft Run is an annual event that raises funds for local causes. The route along the Menai Strait is approximately 6 km long and starts from Y Felinheli and ends in Menai Bridge, passing under the Britannia Bridge, past Ynys Gored Goch, and under the Menai Suspension Bridge. The raft run started in 1984 but was discontinued later that decade with it being restarted in 2002.
Great Strait Raft Run (official site);
Britannia Bridge;
Menai Strait
2 April 2017
Garth, Bangor
SH 58451 73224; 53.23710°N, 4.12236°W
2 July 2016
William Brown Street, Liverpool
SJ 34901 90755; 53.40955°N, 2.98077°W