UCET Trip Advisor - Thursday 4th December 2025

[Mary Cutts]

UCET trip advisor - Thursday 4th December 2025

Parc Mine - Level 2

Hello All,

Our next trip is to the fabulous Parc Mine in Betws y Coed. Here you will find a wealth of mining history and geology. There are many remaining ore chutes left in situ and some fantastic geology if you know what you are looking at.

Location : Parc Mine
Meet Place : Gwydyr Forest, Hafna Car Park (see Google map below)
Meet Time : 6:30pm
Requirements : Wellies, overalls, helmet, lamp, gloves. Change of clothes, belt or harness & cowstails.

Suitable for novices with some experience.

Link to Parking: https://maps.app.goo.gl/K8iSNNHkZg2Ly96s9


Nearest Postcode : LL27 0JB (this is an Unnamed road)

Directions : From Llanwrst, take the bridge over the river Conwy on the B5106. Follow the road until you hit a right hand bend with a left junction for Betws y Coed take this left but immediately take the right turning (there's a sign saying Gwydyr Forest). Follow this road up hill for 1.2 miles till you come to the car park on the Right hand side.

Notes : There is some water at the entrance which may or may not breach wellie tops. Inside the mine there are false floors and holes on the right hand side (left on the return) that drop down a very long way – stay away from these. There is a wooden shuttered tunnel that will require a short crawl (about 12 feet). There is wood in the mine – most of this is rotten, do not trust any of it. There could be some old ladders to climb and some stopes to clamber up/down.


If you do fancy coming, please could you let us know either by replying to this email or posting to the forum (link above) and also let us know if you need to borrow a helmet with a lamp.

Mary C - trip guide

Max amount of people 10

Mary C (trip guide)
Rich T
1- Sheena (Helmet)
2- Sally
3- Shelly R (Helmet)
4- Gwyneth
5- Mark E
6- Mary S
7- Woz
8- Naomi Clifton (Helmet)
9 - Andrew Roberts
10 -

[Sheena]

Hi Mary, please can I come to this one. If possible could I borrow headlamp and cowstails? No worries if cowstails not available to borrow i will source from somewhere before next Thursday.

[Mary Cutts]

Hi Sheena,

Added you on the list.
We as a club don't have harnesses and cowstails to lend out, so if you can source some that would be great.

They are easily made with some dynamic rope and carabiners.
This YouTube video may help
https://youtu.be/A4EwzKJ6iTs?si=iGMv_GJUFGMChSqY

[Sheena]

Hi Mary,

Thank you, I have the harness anad will make the cowstails. Looking forward to it.

[Mark Evans]

Count me in please Mary

[Mary Snowden]

Like to come please

[Woz]

I'll be along Mary