About Abergwynant Farm Holidays

The farm house was built in 1687. Vernon and Doris moved to Abergwynant in 1955 and started a dairy cow enterprise with 3 milking cows building up to 25 cows eventually. At the same time they started taking paying guests into the farm house and over the next 10 years built up this business. In 1956 Pony Trekking was started and by 1957 they had 7 ponies of various sizes and breeds.

By 1974 there were up to 16 guests daily paying for bed and breakfast and evening meals and in the same year conversion to self catering was begun. This holiday premise enterprise has now grown to 7 dwellings sleeping up to 30 guests. Vernon and Doris bought some additional hill land to help develop the pony trekking business; by this time milking had stopped. It was round this time that new trekking routes were made to see different scenic views. Abergywnant Farm was awarded the Sir Bryner Jones Trophy at the Royal Welsh Show for outstanding contribution to the agricultural industry in relation to the successful integration of tourism into the farming enterprise.

There was a beef suckler herd of 40 head but this was sold in 1991/92 in order to meet the requirements of
Tir-Cymen an agri-environmental scheme which the farm entered into at that time.

The organic sheep enterprise now produces store lambs for sale each autumn and retains its own ewe lambs for future breeding. The ram breeds used are Welsh, Texal and Beulah Speckled Face.

Pony Trekking ceased at the farm in November 2006. There remains a livery service available.

In the world of today with all the stress and pressures of modern living there are few holidays more relaxing than a get-away-from-it-all rural retreat in Wales. In the beautiful Gwynant River Valley, Vernon and Doris Jones have created an ideal residential centre for enjoying the beauty of North Wales. Nestling in a suntrap, amidst meadows and mountains, Abergwynant Farm has been lovingly converted into a holiday centre, providing many activities and opportunities to see the most beautiful aspects of our British countryside.

A fifteen minute car journey brings visitors to within reach of Cader Idris mountain. There are numerous beautiful walks and the mountain offers an easy scramble to more difficult climbs. Sightseeing by car leads to the most spectacular views around every turn of the road.

All fishermen seek both peace and quiet and good fishing. From the calm of Abergwynant Farm, river, lake and sea fishing are readily available. The farm owns fishing rights for both banks of the Gwynant River for approximately one mile and 'Day Tickets' are available for salmon and trout fishing. Within the immediate locality, lake, sea and estuary fishing is accessible.

Visitors keen on active sports can swim in the sea at nearby Fairbourne and enjoy the miles of un-crowded sandy beaches. In bad weather you can take a dip in the swimming pools at nearby Tywyn, Bala and Harlech.

Five minutes walk away along a woodland path is the disused railway line, now known as the Mawddach Trail, a very popular public footpath and bird watchers paradise. This old line is now part of the National Cycle Network.
Abergwynant also makes an excellent base from which to pursue mountain biking at the nearby
Coed-y-Brenin Centre.

The railway from Barmouth to Tywyn carries holidaymakers along a beautiful scenic coastal journey. The famous narrow gauge railway at Fairbourne runs to the ferry on which one can cross the estuary to Barmouth. Harlech Castle is only a few miles away, on the way there are slate mines to explore together with 'Shell Island'.