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Aberdyfi

Aberdyfi, also known as Aberdovey, is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, located on the northern side of the estuary of the River Dyfi.

Aberdyfi
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The place

Aberdyfi, also known as Aberdovey, is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, located on the northern side of the estuary of the River Dyfi.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Artworks

    16 Chapel Square,.

From Wikivoyage: Aberdyfi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

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    Aberdyfi Outward Bound Centre

    Also have centres in Cumbria and Scotland.

  2. 02
    Aberdovey Golf Club

    The golf course is the 3rd best course in Wales and is in the new Top 100 Golf Courses of the World listings for Wales (2014), after the two Royals – Royal Porthcawl and Royal St Davids.

  3. 03
    Dovey Yacht Club

    Walk up to the Bandstand on the hill above the village centre, for great views across the village and the estuary.

From Wikivoyage: Aberdyfi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Y Bwtri Blasus (Tasty Pantry), Sea View Terrace, Aberdyfi,. Mon-Sat from 9Am, Sun from 10AM. Cafe and delicatessen serving morning coffee, light lunches and afternoon teas. Their homemade puddings are a highlight. The Penhelig Arms, 27-29 Terrace Road (overlooking the estuary at the eastern end of the village),. Acclaimed 18th-century inn. You can eat in the bar or the adjacent restaurant, or even spend the night.

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Go there

Getting to Aberdyfi

Airports
Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 119 km · Cardiff (CWL), 136 km · Manchester (MAN), 148 km
Stations
Aberdovey railway station, 800 m · Penhelig railway station, 600 m
  • Liverpool → Aberdyfi
    120 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · £13–18
  • Cardiff → Aberdyfi
    132 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · £18–24
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Aberdyfi
    160 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · £18–24
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Aberdyfi

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Aberdyfi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFerries from Ireland to Wales arrive at Holyhead (from Dublin) and Fishguard (from Rosslare).
  • Go nextUnless you've brought your speedboat, though, it's a 35-mile journey by road, as the first bridge across the River Dyfi is at Machynlleth.

From Wikivoyage: Tywyn, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    158 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    280 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    345 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    380 km
  5. 05
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    387 km

If you know how people move in Aberdyfi – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

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