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Cymer Abbey
Dolgellau, Wales
Small, quiet Cistercian ruin at the mouth of the Mawddach estuary, free to visit.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 25 min
Founded in 1198, Cymer was a modest abbey and much of the simple church survives. It stands in a meadow next to the Mawddach with Cadair Idris on the skyline. It takes 20 minutes and makes a good rest stop just north of Dolgellau.
Good to know
- No toilets on site
- Dogs on short leads, ground floor only
- Best time
- Any dry day
- Open
- All year, 10am-5pm summer, 10am-4pm winter
- Getting there
- Small car park off the A470 north of Dolgellau
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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