Shopping,Craft and Food

Local Produce Markets

Porthmadog local produce market  10.6 miles (route map) Held on the last Saturday of the month between 9.30am and 2.00pm at Y Ganolfan, Porthmadog (except for December, when it is held on the last Saturday before Christmas). 

Ogwen Market  24.3 miles (route map) Held on the 2nd Saturday of the month between 9.30am to 1.00pm at Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda. 

Conwy Farmers Market 30 miles (route map) Held on the last Wednesday of the month at the Conwy RSPB Nature Reserve between 9.00am and 1.00pm. (except for December, when it is held on the last Wednesday before Christmas). 

Rob Piercy Gallery 10. 2 miles (route map)  Welsh artist of the year in 2002, and is recognized as one of the top UK premier painters of mountains. His gallery has originals, prints, books and cards

Plasglasgwm  11.2 miles (route map) 01690760181 Tea, coffee, cakes and light snacks are served here. best reached by foot via a public footpath or single track road that runs up from the village of Penmachno. You can wander round the gardens and grounds, or borrow a blanket  and picnic in the garden.

Lechyd da Deli  14.8 miles (route map) 01690710944 An independent family run delicatessen situated in the picturesque village of Betws-y-coed in the Snowdonia National park. Offering Quality local food, Sugar free food(diabetic) Gluten free (coeliac) and Christmas hampers. There is a wide range of delicious food from around the world including Pastas, Antipasto, Olives, Polish produce etc, along with a selection of local Welsh products, including

  • Cheeses
  • Honeys, preserves Chutneys and mustards
  • Welsh cakes
  • Chocolates
  • Sweets

Betws y coed shopping 14.5 miles  (route map)

  • The log cabin Quality gift shop
  • Joe brown shop
  • Cotswold Outdoor Ltd
  • Lechyd da Deli
  • Candlepower
  • Trefriw woolen Mill

Bodnant Welsh Food 25.2 miles (route map) 01492651100 An award winning centre to dicover the very best of Welsh food and drink.

  • Farm shop Sample and buy award winning products includes a Butcher, Bakery, deli, Dairy and from 97 local artisan producers.
  • Tearoom Delicious freshly prepared Welsh breakfasts, light lunches and homemade cakes
  • The Hayloft The finest quality, fresh local produce from the region prepared in a modern British style by Andrew Sheridan
  • The Wine Cellar Wine to buy and taste every day.
  • 5* Farmhouse cookery school.

 

Anna Davis 14.9 miles (route map) 01690710292  Established in 1956 This classic lifestyle store, which started as a small village shop, extending to its current size. Stocking clothes for women, men and children and including home, lifestyle, gifts, souvenirs and jewellery. With an online store too.

Trefriw Woollen Mills 21 miles (route map) 01492640462  A family run business since 1859. Making traditional Welsh tapestry bedspreads, tapestry patterns by the meter, tweeds and travelling rugs from raw wool using machines which are over 50 years old, and powered by a vintage water turbine. See the products being woven on a power loom, and view the water driven turbine which generates electricity to power the machinery. Visit the shop to buy items woven on site together with soft furnishings, garments and accessories. The weavers Garden contains labelled plants which provide fibres, natural dyes, soaps and textile tools. 

Tonnau Gallery 23.2 miles (route map) 01758612806 The art gallery can be found in the centre of the old market town of Pwllheli, which is a seaside port in Snowdonia. You will find a broad range of contemporary work, original paintings, textiles, photographs, greeting cards and jewellery. Four groups of artists presenting new exhibitions which are changed three times a year. There is a tea room too.