Edge of Wales Walk wins prestigious contract

The team behind the Edge of Wales Walk have been awarded a contract by Tourism Partnership North Wales to form new partnerships and further develop the walking product across North Wales. This association will be called  Walking North Wales and will have its own website www.walkingnorthwales.com. This will be a one stop shop window for people looking to come on walking holidays in North Wales and will be working alongside Adventure North Wales see www.adventure-northwales.com to increase tourism. Immediate objectives are to send a strong team to Showcase Wales in October, establish the website, and to bring a high profile UK Walking Festival to Wales next year.

New Walking Centre for Penllyn

We are delighted to announce that Gwynedd Council have now granted detailed Planning Permission for the development of a new Walking Centre at the rear of the Edge of Wales offices at Dolfor, Aberdaron. This Walking Centre will be a multi-purpose building offering new office space for us, day changing and shower facilities for walkers who want to walk on the day of departure, storage racks and covered space for cycles and the electric buggies, catering facilities for large groups looking for a meal or drinks out of peak season when the local cafes will be closed, three fully serviced en suite bedrooms to make up for the shortage of beds in Aberdaron, and one bedroom fully kitted out for the semi ambulant disabled who want to come and see the Llyn and perhaps use the all terrain electric buggies that we have available.

Says managing director, Peter Hewlett, "What we are seeking to do is to incorporate within a single building many of the facilities that other more established walking areas have developed over a period of time as demand has grown. We have been behind here on Llyn where organised walking holidays have only recently been offered. So we now need to catch up-and quickly. A lot of English walkers are going abroad now and heading off for the Pyrenees , Malta or the Black Forest. We need to tempt them back and to attract walkers from the populous parts of Europe. These walkers will expect a high standard of service and accommodation and we will have the building and the kit to be able to offer it to them. We hope to start building the Walking Centre around the start of the New Year."