The Tyn-y-Groes Hotel near Dolgellau is located on the A470 in the heart of the Coed-y-Brenin forest and is the closest licensed Bed & Breakfast Hotel to the renowned mountain bike tracks.


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The Tyn-y-Groes serves excellent food utilising Welsh products wherever possible and serving fine cask ales where everyone from locals to city folk will feel at home with the warm welcome provided by the family and dedicated staff.

After a hard day riding the bike trails or walking the undulating terrain within this part of the Snowdonia National Park or maybe resting from your travels, warm your feet by a log burning fire during the winter or sun yourself in the secluded beer garden during the summer away from the toils of life and travelling.

Whether you’re after a quick snack or a weekday lunch or a traditional pub meal with family and friends in the evening there is some serious eating to be done here with wonderful fresh Welsh produce and unusual twists to homemade favourites which can be selected from our main menu or specials board.

Our dining rooms have recently been adjoined and refurbished to allow for larger parties or sectioned off to create a private dining area but still retaining the charm and atmosphere that is characteristic of the “Tyny” as its known locally.

Although the name calls it a hotel there is none of the formality normally associated with hotels, its been called a hotel for over 500 years and we are hardly about to break that tradition , as it was built to serve the travelling public in the days of the Royal Mail as a resting post and mail drop point.

Latterly as an infamous hunting, shooting, fishing lodge for the gentry in the days of yore, now long passed except for the fishing, which is still allowed on the Mawddach, 1.25 miles of permitted angling on the best fishing tract for salmon and sea trout on the whole river.

We are a three star tavern/ coaching inn as classified by the Welsh Tourist Board.

a family enjoying the recently completed beer garden

The Hill where the Tyn-y-Groes Hill Race is held late June each year and also on Boxing Day
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Accommodation comprises a range of en suite bedrooms from single, twin, and triple to four beds. The twin beds can be made into doubles by prior arrangement. Maximum capacity is 18 persons. All are centrally heated with tea and coffee making facilities and a colour TV. Rates from £34 per person per night B & B with discounts for mid week breaks and large groups. We have secure mountain bike lockup and wash facilities and laundry services are available by prior arrangement. Further information
We have a main bar with seasonal open log fire, a games room with bar, conservatory with chairs and tables and a beer garden under construction.

Local Amenities
Situated within the Coed-y-Brenin the Tyn-y-Groes is a popular base for mountain biking, walking, fishing ,birdwatching and much more..We are surrounded by spectacular scenery including forests, mountains, waterfalls lakes and rivers and we are a short drive to the Mawddach estuary and on to the coast at Barmouth.

For the mountain bikers the Coed-y Brenin is the place to be .The visitor and mountain biking centre just 3 miles to the north, has some of the finest mountain biking in the UK including the famous Red Bull, MBR and Karrimor trails. Accommodation for groups or individuals and secure bike storage is available at the Hotel. A warm welcome awaits you. Visit our biking page for full details.

For the walkers it is within easy reach of the waterfalls at Ganllwyd and Gwynfynydd, the Old and New Precipice walks, the Mawddach Estuary trail, the Copper Trail and the Cader I dris and Rhinog mountain ranges. Try this walk.

For the fisherman the Hotel has its own stretch of water and pools adjacent to the hotel and has permits available to an extra 13 miles of Dolgellau angling association waters on the Mawddach and Wnion rivers and Llyn Cynwch lake. On display in the hotel restaurant is the largest sea trout ever caught on the Mawddach by Vic Roberts on 7th October 2001 and weighing in at a staggering 21lbs 8oz 5 drms

For the tourist the hotel is conveniently situated for short drives to....the beaches at Fairbourne and Barmouth, the Mawddach estuary the castles at Harlech and Criccieth, the Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth, the miniature railways of Fairbourne, Ffestiniog and Tal-y-Llyn, slate mines, craft centres and numerous other interesting places. A varied selection of leaflets is available at the hotel. There are several golf courses in the area.

For the bird watchers the RSPB has two reserves in the Mawddach valley open to the public as well as the Penmaenpool Information Centre about 5 miles to the south.

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