Bala Lake

A beautiful lake to visit when in north Wales and somewhere we’ve been several times. It’s four miles long and one mile wide (the largest lake in Wales in fact) and near to the little town of Bala which is close to its northern end. It’s a great lake for watersports of all kinds and kayaks and yachts can be hired locally. It’s also a protected wildlife site; there are many species of fish which live in the depths of the lake, including a fish called a gwyniad which is no longer found anywhere else in the UK! The Bala Lake Railway is a narrow gauge steam railway which travels around the eastern banks of the lake. The primary station is at Llanuwchllyn at the southern end and the trip takes about an hour. A marvellous area for walking too.