and the balance of the farm is managed as a conservation estate by descendants of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis. Hafod-y-Llan and the Watkin Path Between the two lakes is Hafod-y-Llan (bought by the National Trust in 1998) with the Watkin Path climbing above Afon Cwm Llan to the summit of Snowdon. The path passes through South Snowdon Quarry, which was later the intended destination of that never completed narrow gauge railway from Porthmadog. The path, which was ceremonially opened on 13 September 1892 by William Ewart Gladstone, the then Prime Minister, was specially constructed for Sir Edward Watkin, railway entrepreneur and Victorian pioneer of the Channel Tunnel for the benefit of guests at The Chalet, his summer retirement home in the woods. Craflywn Another National Trust property in the valley is Craflwyn. It stands below the hill of Dinas Emrys to which according to tradition, in retreat with his adviser Myrddin Emrys, came an unhappy Vortigern, the Romano-British King who first encountered the Anglo Saxon immigrants. The house is not listed but the gardens are designated Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. Bryn Gwynant Bryn Gwynant is a Victorian country house which operates as a youth hostel. The house is not listed, but its gardens are listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS register. Recreation Llyn Gwynant is used, like many lakes in north Wales, as a watersports facility by local education authorities. Access to the water is provided from the roadside lay-bys. At the eastern end of the valley is a crag called Clogwyn y Wenallt which has some steep climbing routes, one of which is 'Lockwoods Chimney'; this is named after Arthur Lockwood, who was the tenant, then owner of Pen-y-Gwryd hotel (one mile further up the valley) from 1909 to 1945. There is a lakeside campsite at the north east end of Llyn Gwynant. The National Trust also has a campsite at Hafod y Llan. References Snowdonia, National Park Guide Number 2, edited Edmund Vale, HMSO 1958/1960 External links Clogwyn y Wenallt (Climbing) Local Map from Streetmap.com National Trust website Beddgelert Registered historic parks and gardens in Gwynedd Tourism in Gwynedd Tourism in Snowdonia Valleys of Gwynedd Valleys of Snowdonia