Cycling
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Family friendly days out
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Every woodland and National Nature Reserve has plenty of space for younger visitors to let off steam and get closer to nature.
Some places also have family-friendly facilities like play areas, easy cycling trails and pushchair-friendly walking trails.
Walking trails for all the family
Little feet can tire easily, so we’ve got lots of shorter routes that are perfect for little legs as well as discovery trails to help keep younger walkers interested along the way.
Some of our walking trails follow wide and level paths that are pushchair-friendly.
Here’s our pick of places with family-friendly walking trails:
Afan Forest Park, near Port Talbot
Bwlch Nant yr Arian Visitor Centre, near Aberystwyth
Cadair Idris National Nature Reserve, near Dolgellau
Cae'n y Coed, near Betws-y-Coed
Coed Moel Famau Forest, near Mold
Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre, near Dolgellau
Cors Caron National Nature Reserve, near Tregaron
Dyfi Forest – Tan y Coed woodland, near Machynlleth
Newborough National Nature Reserve and forest, Anglesey
Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve
Play areas
From splashing in puddles to hunting for bugs, there’s nothing quite like the freedom of playing outdoors.
There's plenty of outdoor fun to be had at all the places we look after and some of our woodlands have play areas, too.
The play areas in these woodlands make the most of their natural setting and are a great place for little ones to let off steam:
Bwlch Nant yr Arian Visitor Centre, near Aberystwyth
Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre, near Dolgellau
Family-friendly cycle trails
Taking the children for a bike ride in one of our woodlands couldn’t be easier thanks to our family friendly, waymarked bike trails.
Look out for green and blue graded mountain bike trails which are aimed at beginners and make an ideal day out for older children.
Explore the great outdoors on two wheels at one of these places which have the best family friendly cycling trails:
Afan Forest Park, near Port Talbot
Beddgelert Forest, near Porthmadog
Bwlch Nant yr Arian Visitor Centre, near Aberystwyth
Brechfa Forest – Byrgwm woodland, near Carmarthen
Clocaenog Forest - Bod Petryal, near Ruthin
Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre, near Dolgellau
Glasfynydd Forest, near Llandovery
Newborough National Nature Reserve and forest, Anglesey
Other ideas for things to do
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