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Aber Falls – Waterfall in North Wales – Where to Park / Car Park Advice [2025 update]

On By AndyIn DaysOut, WalksLeave a comment

Aber Falls looks pretty cool. I first saw it on the Pilgrimage series on BBC, and then had a look at a few videos on YouTube.

Aber Falls Car Park

There are 2, relatively small official car parks for Aber Falls. These are aptly called the Upper Car Park and the Lower Car Park.
The 2 official car parks can only fit around 30 cars in total.

Upper Car Park Aber Falls

Closer to the trail and has toilets.

Lower Car Park Aber Falls

Located jut before the Upper Car park.

Both car parks have the same postcode – LL33 0LP and cost £5 – which has to be paid in coins (old school).

**the top carpark now accepts debit and credit cards **

View the car parks on Google Maps here.

Finding the Main Car Parks for Aber Falls

Turn off the A55, and pass through the village of Abergwyngregyn. The road is single track, so be careful. Follow your nose (if it’s straight) and you’ll come to the lower car park. 

For the Upper Car Park – keep driving over a stone bridge, and take the first right – there’s a signpost “P” & a sign for the Aber Falls – Rhaedr Aber Falls.

To find the start of the route to the waterfall –

Upper Car Park – Go to entrance of the car park and look to go left – there’s a sign post with a yellow bit on it saying “Aber Falls Walk”.

from Lower Car Park – go the gate with a signpost and information board. Follow path to a little wooden bridge…cute.

How Long Does the Walk Take to Aber Falls – about an hour, if you’re relatively fit. It’s intermediate in terms of difficulty.

During the week – Monday to Thursday, you can usually get a car parking space. Especially if you get there before 9am or after 6pm, if you fancy an evening trek.

At Weekends – Aim to arrive before 8.30am if you want a space in the main car parks. Bank holidays and weekends with good weather are the busiest.

Alternative Car Park

If the main car parks are full, you can use a FREE car park at the entrance of the village – Abergwyngregyn. However, you’ll have to walk for an extra 30 minutes to get to the main car parks and the main route to Aber Falls.

Some pics from Monday 28th 2025.

This was the Monday after the Easter holidays. Was v busy by about 11am

Corsa Campervan Adventures – Hope Mountain

On By AndyIn Campervan, DaysOut, Photography, RandomLeave a comment

Thought I would trial the ‘campervan’ somewhere close, so Saturday night I slept on Hope Mountain, which is on the border of Wrexham & Flintshire in North Wales.

CorsaCampervan

The campervan is basically at the prototype-stage…several black-out-blinds cut out to the shape of the back windows, and ducktaped on, a USB charger for the cigarette-lighter and an army-issue sleeping bag.

I tried my folding Judo-mat as a sleeping platform, but it was too hard and too high, so I’ve replaced this with a shed-load of thick-blankets (thanks Aunty Vicky). I’ve order some velcro-stickers to add to the car interior and the black out blinds and a unisex urinal. I might take the passenger- front seat-out, as it was a right pain getting in and out.

I want to build (or buy) a hollow sleeping platform with pull out bits for cooking utensils etc There’s a few ideas here.

Anyway, here’s Hope Mountain Sunrise:

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Hope Mountain

I didn’t get bummed (chance would be a fine thing) or woken up by Police or wild animals (as predicted by friends), but I was a bit tired.

That sunrise was one of the best things I’ve ever seen, better than the one I saw in Death Valley or the rip-off skywalk thing in the Grand Canyon.  Amazingly peaceful too. So definitely worth losing some sleep over.

 

Halkyn Mountain

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2 nights later I slept on Halkyn Mountain, it was shit. I think it’s all about the sunrises really, so it’s definitely worth checking the weather forecast. Also I probably chose a bit of a crap spot