Loved it Tim,loved all the buildings and little shops,shame the churches have been made into shops,the beach looked really inviting,you'll need a bucket and spade soon for Casper ,see you Sunday take care thanks 😊
Barmouth, also known as Abermaw or Y Bermo, is a lovely place. When I was a teenager it was the cool place to be; hanging round the fair by day and sneaking into the Sandancer club at night, when we perhaps weren't quite old enough... 😅 More recently The Dragon Theatre had great Jazz gigs in the basement. Thank you for showing what a beauty of a place Barmouth is, although it's just up the coast from me, I rarely get there these days, so I really enjoyed your tour.
Barmouth is a lovely mix of old world town, seaside and beautiful scenery. I love it ! Your film brought back happy memories of summer days spent there with my girls 😊
We spent many a happy holiday just outside Barmouth. Stunning place, the beaches are amazing, all the way over to Harlech. Apart from some shops, nothing much has changed here in years. Thank you so much for this post ❤
Just be careful parking in the pay & display car parks my hubby did the same as a lot of others did parked by the back wall but was on double yellow lines which were covered by sand lots of irate people later with £30 fines
Of course it's worth a visit, it my favourite seaside town. Thank you for going there Tim, and reminding me of what makes it so brilliant. I love that it never changes, and it never disappoints. What about the scenery too, isn't it beautiful? I wonder where you're going next 🤔 Aberystwyth maybe?
My main Barmouth memory from 1965 as a six-year-old is the relentless pouring rain and the lamp post that made a dent in my Dad's car when he reversed into it! I have since learned that much of Wales looks a lot better on a sunny day, and that your tours are enjoyable.
Definately!!! I haven't been for about 10 years so great to see it on a sunny day 😎 An absolute gem of a town Harlech and Barmouth are my favourite beaches in Wales. And Fairbourne is worth a visit too. Watch out for Weaver Fish which have burrow under the sand in the sea and have spines which can give you a nasty sting.you go in the sea wear something on your feet About 2 hours from where I live and the drive there is breath taking. I liked it that much I got married a few miles away in Dolgellau.
Never been. It looks lovely. It’s quite old-fashioned but with the new eateries and statues. Quaint. Far less brash than some of the other Welsh resorts. Nice place to go for the day or the weekend in good weather. What’s amazing is that there’s no plastic waste on the beach. Railway station entrance needs a lick of paint!
As a North Walian myself, I'm a little ashamed to say I had no idea Barmouth was this nice! I went there a couple of times as a kid for days at the beach, but I'm thinking we couldn't have strayed too far from the vicinity of the train station. The actual town and harbour is lovely!
Hi Tim. My husband and I got married in Ty'r Graig castle in Barmouth. It over looks that beautiful beach. And when our eldest daughter was young (she's got a newborn son herself now) we used to spend hours and hours at the harbour crabbing. It's just an absolutely blissful place to be/visit with some gorgeous restaurants. And as long as you have the weather for it it makes you believe you are abroad ❤
Aww how lovely❤,my late partner found us Ty r Graig,we loved it there when Janet and Khalid had it. My profile picture is of me and my late partner in the garden overlooking the beautiful bay ( sadly lost him ❤one month later July 2014). I still go every year but stay in a van on Suñnysands ) very relaxing and I have been lucky enough to have seen the 🦈🦈🦈
Barmouth is brill we first came as a couple on a Royal Enfield motor bike tent and all stayed the other end of the beach at Hendre Mynach camp site 40 years ago. Still visit there but in our camper its a lovely place.
Me too, I now take my own kids every year, I think there’s a lot of people that constantly return to the area as it’s so beautiful, I just got back from there after Easter weekend, stopped in my parents caravan just outside Barmouth at Talybont.
I lived down the coast in Aberystwyth a while back for a few years and visited Barmouth a couple of times, lovely beach! Borth, Ynyslas, Aberystwyth, Aberaeron and Newquay (the Welsh seaside village) are also really nice places to visit in summer along the western coast.
Im from Barmouth My Dad Was Born There As Was My Nain, My Taid From Dol Barmouth Is Stunning. The Beach Used To Be Beautiful Untill Dome Idiot ( Not A Local) Threw Grass Seeds All Along The Front, Now It Can Not Be Moved. There Used To Be Butchers, Veg Shops Book Shop, Art Gallery, Coal Yard Meirions , Newsagents, WH Smiths, 2 Shoe Shops. Down Towards Harbour Was A Shop That Did Dancing Items, As In Ballet Shoes, Costumes, That Was Where The T Rooms Are, Even A Milk Man An Someone Went Round To Do The Pools, Was 2 Fairgrounds 1 Was Towards The Harbour On The Big Car Park. Now It Is Full Of Tat Shops, Too Many Cafe's an Pubs
I’ve never liked those Russian dolls, they’re just so full of them selves. Love Barmouth I’ve been going for years I had a caravan over the estuary at Llwyngwril and there’s some awesome places to camp and take a camper van too locally, Harlech castle is a must ❤️❤️❤️
Barmouth is a lovely place , very scenic with a nice beach. The unusual thing about it though is that it seems to attract people with lots of dogs. Nothing against dogs at all, but the town centre doesn’t seem big enough for the amount of dogs who take their owners on holiday there. If you are a dog lover , then this would seem like paradise to you. It’s like a type of doggy Woodstock . If you are into lots of dogs this is your place!
@@WalkWithMeTim You’re right Tim. I think a lot less people are going abroad and taking their dogs on holiday with them. Good luck to them. Visited Llanberis for the first time last year. The weather was great and the place was beautiful. The whole of the Welsh coast is great.
I spent 12 years there and loved it. Would love to go back and live. It's a friendly place with lots going on in the summer. I've seen some of the. Best sunsets there. It's just beautuful.
I absolutely love Barmouth, I visited a couple of times last year with my parents and my 3 kids. The eldest 2 are in their mid to late teens and unfortunately, they complain when I tell them that we are going to Barmouth again. They get bored easily, it's a shame they don't enjoy the simple things in life. I love walking around the little town, looking in all the shops and restaurants/cafes and just sitting by the beach. I would love to live there.
Fairborne is actually slowly being abandoned as it’s predicted to be the first place in the UK to sink under the rising sea levels. It’s a bit eerie at times because of that
We're still here, it's more of the council etc abandoning us, it's just that most of the people that live here are old, they're unfortunately dying off one by one or being put in homes, or moving closer to family
Haha something no one will have to worry about for a thousand years. People have been sold a lie, look at Obama and Al Gore, spent years telling people about the sea rising then spent millions buying beachfront homes.
Thank you for an entertaining video once again! Im going to visit the UK (mainly Wales and England) this summer. These videos of yours are really inspiring my friend and me of places to visit!
At 11:18 you can spot a cafe that was originally called the Carousal but the C got stolen so many times (you can see the C half hanging off) that it's known as the Arousal Cafe. Eating at the arousal cafe sounds like a euphemism.
I’ve just returned from 4 days in Barmouth (March 2024). Here’s what I found: 1. It’s VERY SMALL. You can walk from one end of town to the other in 10 minutes - just a short-ish high street (a lot of the shops were shut ‘til the start of the tourist season) with a few off-shoots. That’s it. 2. Food is very expensive - £10 for a small cooked breakfast and that didn’t include a cuppa. Note: The staff in one Cafe ignored me totally - no eye contact or “I’ll be with you in a minute” - they just carried on serving the LOCALS - so I left. 3. It costs £9.50 for the half-hour return train journey to Porthmadog (a slightly bigger town that’s got a Costa and where I went every day). The trains are VERY punctual. You can also catch a bus to Porthmadog (33 mins past the hour opposite The Mermaid fish & chip shop). 4. Fish & chips are pricey, be warned. 5. There are only TWO charity shops in Barmouth so if that’s your thing, take note. 6. A slice of cake at a seafront cafe costs £4.50 which I thought was over-priced. Tea cost £1.80. My overall impression? Barmouth is a tiny town that accepts tourists reluctantly but locals would rather you shove off elsewhere (unlike Aberystwyth, my go-to destination in Wales) so I hardly spent any time there as I was so bored. It’s back to Aberystwyth for me!
We camped at Talybont five miles outside Barmouth for over 15 years. Lovely area, well worth walking over the half mile long bridge at the side of the railway. Nice chippy as well.
from 15 to 30 i had a holiday at least once a year camping and now im 50 and still go for the odd day trip even tho its a 100 miles away from me its nothing im a hgv driver i do 3-4 hundred miles a day driving anyway
Churches used to be citadel of protection , significant for establishing foundations of a country , Turning our backs on them ,has meant we've all become vulnerable to other marauders and faiths , WE reap now ,from bad choices , , I hope it's not too late to return to our forefathers solid ground . ❤❤❤
I used to go to Talybont on holiday every year as child in the 60’s and 70’s and we’d pop in to Barmouth. When I was around 14, me, my brother and cousin went there on the train as there wasn’t enough room for us in the car. The trip was stunning along part of the coast and we came over the estuary bridge into Barmouth, where we were met by Uncle & Aunt and taken to the caravan site. Kids couldn’t do that today sadly. It’s been many years since I’ve been back, but this brings back a lot of memories as lately I’ve yearned to go back and revisit.
Beautiful Barmouth the beach is better than Aberystwyth Remember Tim( Aber wrist wyth) 😂lt has got a lovely sandy beach unlike shingle at Aber.Charlie Brooks from Eastenders played Janine comes from there.Darwin,Wordsworth and Byron wrote of their experiences there.Dolphins in the bay as you come in by train.Lovely place nice shops.
My favourite place in the world 🥰 also the nicest fresh fish and chips I've ever tasted was from The Mermaid. Delicious! Beautiful beautiful Barmouth ❤
My memory of Barmouth (only been there once, about 20 years ago) was of a wonderful Welsh seaside town. Now I see it's been gentrified I won't bother going back.... it's not Welsh any more.
My grandparents have a caravan there and I’m going to be honest after going for nine years it can feel worn out having exhausted all the activities but it’s definitely worth a visit. Such a great place!
I’d never even heard of Barmouth and just had to visit after seeing this video. What a beautiful place . We had lovely weather and whiled away a good few hours on the beach
The sand around where you sat and ate at the bath house is very very soggy under foot and isn’t really the place to swim..also for food I wouldn’t of gone where u went it would of bein isis . The place you call the rock is where I grew up..the bath house wasn’t the first house to be built here..the houses up on the rock where I grew up were .well over sea level..iv bein to Spain and never seen beaches look this good.those sand dunes have rabbits (hares) that live in their..the steam train thing is extremely rare and in 45 years iv bein alive and iv never seen one..also NEVER SWIM off the pier where you walked the tide will take you .iv lost a few friends along their and they were part of the RNLI .Barmouth bridge is also the oldest used wooden span bridge in Europe , could be the world .their used to be 2 a arcades in Barmouth but now one exsists .. the RNLI used to be buy Barmouth bridge..
Went as a Child with my best mate his parents in 1980. It was so hot and all's I remember was a huge bang and we all ducked down but alls it was was a RNLI flare gun signal because someone must of needed help,but I do remember running into the sea as an 8 year old and absolutely loving it ✌🌹🐦😀✌
Barmouth was the last holiday I went on with my parents in about 1973. We stayed in the Min Y Mor hotel right next to the beach. Bombed across in my Dad's maroon Ford Anglia at night. Remember going through Corby and seeing the Iron Foundry in action. It took 10 hours to get there from Caister. Dad was concerned about negotiating 1 in 4 hills without the brakes failing or the clutch burning out. Spent many days on that lovely beach and watching the sun going down over the sea. Made 2 friends who liked Footy and Tennis, Belinda from Alveston & Richard from Dursley. After Mum passed in 2015 to join Dad, I returned with my wife in 2016. The hotel is still there and has been extended. Thanks Tim for reminding me of a brilliant holiday and great memories.
Great video and a nice place for a day trip. If you walk out of Barmouth, you can walk across the railway bridge. From there you can walk the Mawddach trail alongside the estuary; it is very beautiful. From the end at Dolgellau, you can take the bus back. Also, Cregannon, Lakes, a few miles away are worth wondering around.
Just to add a further funny comment about Barmouth, around 10 years ago when I i was there, the Carousel Cafe bar lost it's 'C' off it's sign, so it became 'arousal' cafe, and quite surprisingly, they were in no rush to repair it.
Barmouth is my favourite seaside town, I have been going there for 40 years and I have many fond family memories of the town by the sea, watching my children grow up, I never ever get tired of it. The very best place for a children's summer holiday, there's just everything there that you will need and great safe beaches for the children. The beach at Dyffryn Arduddwy , a small village on the road out of Barmouth towards Harlech is an absolute gem, fabulous for children , and you can park your car within 100 yards of the beach. Lots of rabbits in the sandunes! A great video Tim, but I will add a little additional attraction which I would suggest you visit which most visitors are unaware of. Walking down Barmouth high street take one of the back streets, and find Gloddfa Road, it's very steep, so beware if you have a heart condition, after about 100 yards you will start to see the wonderful views over Barmouth Bay, and on the right hand side look for a gate, and here I plagiarise from someone else's observations; Quote ' On the slopes of Dinas Olau above Barmouth is a small walled area. Known as the Frenchman's Grave, this is the burial place and memorial of Auguste Guyard, a French philosopher who came to Barmouth after fleeing from the Siege of Paris. On the wall is a plaque which says: Here lies a sower who Sowed right up to the grade, Truth, goodness and beauty, with idolatry, Through a thousand battles of the pen and of the hands. Such works in this world are not compensated for. The Frenchman's Grave is a good vantage point for views over the harbour, Mawddach Estuary and down the coast towards Fairbourne.' Unquote. Everytime I visit Barmouth I have to go there, and each time the climb is harder, but well worth it. Enjoy.
We used to camp at the seaside estate in Dyffryn Arduddwy. Beautiful beaches and a lovely secure campsite. When we were children there used to be an old wartime lookout post near the entrance to the beach. Just back up the lane to Talybont there was a wonderful Italian restaurant called Tony's too. I love this little part of Wales ❤
I go to Barmouth alot, But it's the first time I've seen the Town with your Blog. Cheers I just sit out side a pub in town "people watching" then get the coach back to Prestatyn. Janet Kelly North Wales.
one of my visits to BARMOUTH as a teenager came during my school summer hols when we went to our caravan in mid wales, my granddad took us to BARMOUTH for a day out as it was blistering hot not a cloud in sight, this visit would turn out to be a tragic day because back in the 70s the tide would leave a massive rock pool on the main beach not all that far from the breaker that separates the harbour and beach deep enough to swim in and i was in that pool, and i learned after i got back to the caravan that a girl had gone missing at the time i was there, and after an extensive search she was found by the large rocks that was there at the time she had apparently drowned after getting her foot stuck in some hidden rocks under the water, but i have been there many times since and the large rocks on the beach are no longer there and neither is the rock pool as the out going tide no longer leaves water behind
Great video, enjoyed it.good to mention too that you can walk across Barmouth railway bridge to Fairbourn,or there are hire bikes available to ride across.
I just thought i'd let u know I have booked a 3 night stay in june with the wife and a couple of friends - always great to go to a place you aint been before !! cheers for the info Tim
Hi. Tim I remember many years ago me and my late husband going on holiday here in our camper van we stayed at a lovely camping and caravanning club site I am hoping to go on a day trip on a coach in August it will surely bring happy memories back
Wonderful video. I first came to Barmouth in 1959 when I was 5 years old on the train from Walsall, West Midlands. I remember getting off the train at Tal-y-bont Halt. We walked down the narrow stonewalled lane to a caravan site located just behind the beach. I have been in love with the area ever since and now have my own caravan located just off that lane I walked down those many years ago. Happy, happy sunfilled days.
I used to go to that caravan park every yr from 1958 to the mid 60's John, do you remember the big grey horse that used to look over the wall in case we had a carrot or apple to give it and the little rubber shoes we wore on the stoney beach. Happy times never forgotten.😊
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You have a good memory. I visited about that time, and at about the same age, but I remember absolutely nothing.
It is sad that so many churches are being turned into shops... No one believes in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus...Very Sad...A sign of the times...The great falling away from the FAITH...
Absolutely worth a visit, I love this place. Would move there in a heartbeat if it didnt mean uprooting my daughter and moving her away from friends and family :( used to come here every year when I was younger. Took my daughter here last month for her very 1st holiday! We both cried when we had to go home 💜 maybe one day we wont return home from there!
only let down lack of fair ground rides otherwise great place bit of a drive 2 get there though but well worth it,its changed since i was there there where just 2 myb 3 rides and that row of nice houses where rundown
I been going to Barmouth since I was 6 months old and 4 times a year to the same campsite as well and it my favourite place so yeh I totally recommended to visit
I spent many many happy weeks in Barmouth kn holiday, love the place. Walk over the bridge its amazing. Also If you go to Barmouth, go by train, it's one of the most beautiful train rides in the country.
Been visiting here since my 80s childhood. Has one of the cleanest beaches, and is a really sweet little town, with some amazing scenery. I hope it never loses its character or reputation
Awesome video buddy. I have never been to barmouth so searched on UA-cam for a video. After seeing this I have booked 2 nights camping for just me and my motorbike 🏍 😍😍😍
I've been to Barmouth yearly ever since I was a kid. It was our go to holiday home when we needed to get away from everything. We stop at Barmouth bay holiday park further down the coast. Surprisingly it's always pretty quiet and peaceful. Going for evening walks on the beach and watching the sunset with my family was always my favourite thing. Furthermore you just can't beat freshly made doughnuts on the coast. This year I turn 18 and we just went last Easter. Time flies way too fast. Now I'm about to take my a level exams next week and hopefully go to University. No matter what happens this will always be my happy place and seeing this video makes me miss it already. Can't wait to go back next year and sit for hours watching the tides.
My memory of Barmouth is from when I was around 8 years old. I met a girl around the same age as me, and we became friends and her dad owned the fun fair and the amusements next to it. There was also a bar above the amusements and he was showing us around. I was mesmerised! I remember me and the girl playing with the pepsi tap machine behind the bar. They had recently bought the fair and amusements\bar and it was in a bad state when they did. I wonder if it is still them who own it now? This was around 2005\2006 I believe.
Really great video, spent a lot of time in Barmouth as a child and it's still our closest place if we fancy a last minute beach-day. The only question I have is how could you go to Barmouth and not go to The Mermaid chip shop? I didn't know it was possible!
I first went to Barmouth as a 15 year old in 1968, fell in love with the place and the surrounding area, seen many changes over the years but it still my favourite holiday destination ..Its great for young families and pensioners but no so great for teenagers etc.
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Loved it Tim,loved all the buildings and little shops,shame the churches have been made into shops,the beach looked really inviting,you'll need a bucket and spade soon for Casper ,see you Sunday take care thanks 😊
Loved it! Such happy memories from there 🍻
Looks fantastic especially in the sunshine must visit sometime x
I've missed a trick there, Tim. Been all over North Wales but never visited the place. What a lovely seaside town. 😍
Barmouth, also known as Abermaw or Y Bermo, is a lovely place. When I was a teenager it was the cool place to be; hanging round the fair by day and sneaking into the Sandancer club at night, when we perhaps weren't quite old enough... 😅 More recently The Dragon Theatre had great Jazz gigs in the basement. Thank you for showing what a beauty of a place Barmouth is, although it's just up the coast from me, I rarely get there these days, so I really enjoyed your tour.
Thanks Jenny means a lot
Thanks Tim, thanks for giving me an overview might look into a weekend away there ( from Leicester)
I'm over on the Northeast Coast and they call folk from South Sheilds Sandancers.
Barmouth is a lovely mix of old world town, seaside and beautiful scenery. I love it ! Your film brought back happy memories of summer days spent there with my girls 😊
yes agree! thanks Gary :-)
We spent many a happy holiday just outside Barmouth. Stunning place, the beaches are amazing, all the way over to Harlech. Apart from some shops, nothing much has changed here in years. Thank you so much for this post ❤
you are welcome Trish! I hope you subscribed
Can't believe I haven't heard of this beautiful place. Looks well worth a visit 👍
It's so tiny .. but worth a visit
Just be careful parking in the pay & display car parks my hubby did the same as a lot of others did parked by the back wall but was on double yellow lines which were covered by sand lots of irate people later with £30 fines
Of course it's worth a visit, it my favourite seaside town. Thank you for going there Tim, and reminding me of what makes it so brilliant. I love that it never changes, and it never disappoints. What about the scenery too, isn't it beautiful? I wonder where you're going next 🤔 Aberystwyth maybe?
Hoe did you know .. coming on Sunday 😉
Just a hunch! 😁 Great, I love Aber too 👍
"never changes" XD
My main Barmouth memory from 1965 as a six-year-old is the relentless pouring rain and the lamp post that made a dent in my Dad's car when he reversed into it! I have since learned that much of Wales looks a lot better on a sunny day, and that your tours are enjoyable.
Thanks .. means a lot
To be fair, if you’re driving through the valleys when the mist is in the trees it’s magical
Definately!!! I haven't been for about 10 years so great to see it on a sunny day 😎
An absolute gem of a town Harlech and Barmouth are my favourite beaches in Wales. And Fairbourne is worth a visit too. Watch out for Weaver Fish which have burrow under the sand in the sea and have spines which can give you a nasty sting.you go in the sea wear something on your feet About 2 hours from where I live and the drive there is breath taking. I liked it that much I got married a few miles away in Dolgellau.
Couldn't agree more! yes those Weaver Fish !!! ouch
Looks so pretty, what a gem of a place! I’d never heard of it before but will be on my list now. The sandy beach is gorgeous🥰🥰
Yes this beach is beautiful
Never been. It looks lovely. It’s quite old-fashioned but with the new eateries and statues. Quaint. Far less brash than some of the other Welsh resorts. Nice place to go for the day or the weekend in good weather.
What’s amazing is that there’s no plastic waste on the beach.
Railway station entrance needs a lick of paint!
lol its always great weather here ...lol
Thank God it's old-fashioned!
As a North Walian myself, I'm a little ashamed to say I had no idea Barmouth was this nice! I went there a couple of times as a kid for days at the beach, but I'm thinking we couldn't have strayed too far from the vicinity of the train station. The actual town and harbour is lovely!
wow! yes you can pass in the car and overlook
lol, probably best not to mention the Sandancer, a frequent in my younger days, it’s always been a quaint little go to place for us West Midlanders 😄👍
Hi Tim. My husband and I got married in Ty'r Graig castle in Barmouth. It over looks that beautiful beach. And when our eldest daughter was young (she's got a newborn son herself now) we used to spend hours and hours at the harbour crabbing. It's just an absolutely blissful place to be/visit with some gorgeous restaurants. And as long as you have the weather for it it makes you believe you are abroad ❤
wow I bet that was nice place to get married! ;-)
Aww how lovely❤,my late partner found us Ty r Graig,we loved it there when Janet and Khalid had it. My profile picture is of me and my late partner in the garden overlooking the beautiful bay ( sadly lost him ❤one month later July 2014). I still go every year but stay in a van on Suñnysands ) very relaxing and I have been lucky enough to have seen the 🦈🦈🦈
, Dolgellau is also lovely and quaint with great walks
Barmouth is brill we first came as a couple on a Royal Enfield motor bike tent and all stayed the other end of the beach at Hendre Mynach camp site 40 years ago. Still visit there but in our camper its a lovely place.
Get the Trawscymru bus from Wrexham across Llangollen, Bala & Dolgellau
Come to Scotland!!🏴🏴
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I spent most of my childhood here, I had some amazing summers here and still visit every year, it's beautiful 💖
Agree Natalie it's small but holds so many memories
Me too , now take our grandchildren every year now
Me too, I now take my own kids every year, I think there’s a lot of people that constantly return to the area as it’s so beautiful, I just got back from there after Easter weekend, stopped in my parents caravan just outside Barmouth at Talybont.
@@Danny_Transition_Patrol our caravan was at Talybont 😀
I lived down the coast in Aberystwyth a while back for a few years and visited Barmouth a couple of times, lovely beach! Borth, Ynyslas, Aberystwyth, Aberaeron and Newquay (the Welsh seaside village) are also really nice places to visit in summer along the western coast.
Sounds great!
Im from Barmouth My Dad Was Born There As Was My Nain, My Taid From Dol
Barmouth Is Stunning.
The Beach Used To Be Beautiful Untill Dome Idiot ( Not A Local) Threw Grass Seeds All Along The Front, Now It Can Not Be Moved.
There Used To Be Butchers, Veg Shops Book Shop, Art Gallery, Coal Yard Meirions , Newsagents, WH Smiths, 2 Shoe Shops. Down Towards Harbour Was A Shop That Did Dancing Items, As In Ballet Shoes, Costumes, That Was Where The T Rooms Are, Even A Milk Man An Someone Went Round To Do The Pools, Was 2 Fairgrounds 1 Was Towards The Harbour On The Big Car Park.
Now It Is Full Of Tat Shops, Too Many Cafe's an Pubs
I’ve never liked those Russian dolls, they’re just so full of them selves. Love Barmouth I’ve been going for years I had a caravan over the estuary at Llwyngwril and there’s some awesome places to camp and take a camper van too locally, Harlech castle is a must ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for sharing!!
Have a look at Solva ,their old welsh church..St Davids Cathedral will be apartments next im sure..the Bishops Palace Bed and Breakfast maybe..
can you like get out of the road please
They filmed one foot in the grave there
Barmouth is a lovely place , very scenic with a nice beach. The unusual thing about it though is that it seems to attract people with lots of dogs. Nothing against dogs at all, but the town centre doesn’t seem big enough for the amount of dogs who take their owners on holiday there. If you are a dog lover , then this would seem like paradise to you. It’s like a type of doggy Woodstock . If you are into lots of dogs this is your place!
lol you will always find dogs at the seaside
@@WalkWithMeTim You’re right Tim. I think a lot less people are going abroad and taking their dogs on holiday with them. Good luck to them. Visited Llanberis for the first time last year. The weather was great and the place was beautiful. The whole of the Welsh coast is great.
I for one cannot believe the amount of dogs there are in general, let alone the amount that get taken on holiday!
I spent 12 years there and loved it. Would love to go back and live. It's a friendly place with lots going on in the summer. I've seen some of the. Best sunsets there. It's just beautuful.
Couldn't agree more!
You brought the weather with you! good man ☺
Always
I absolutely love Barmouth, I visited a couple of times last year with my parents and my 3 kids. The eldest 2 are in their mid to late teens and unfortunately, they complain when I tell them that we are going to Barmouth again. They get bored easily, it's a shame they don't enjoy the simple things in life. I love walking around the little town, looking in all the shops and restaurants/cafes and just sitting by the beach. I would love to live there.
Can u go to southbourne near Bournemouth, Christchurch beautiful little town &park , tuckton riverside
Fairborne is actually slowly being abandoned as it’s predicted to be the first place in the UK to sink under the rising sea levels.
It’s a bit eerie at times because of that
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@@WalkWithMeTim I know :c it’s a real shame cause it’s a funny little place with the miniature railway
We're still here, it's more of the council etc abandoning us, it's just that most of the people that live here are old, they're unfortunately dying off one by one or being put in homes, or moving closer to family
Haha something no one will have to worry about for a thousand years. People have been sold a lie, look at Obama and Al Gore, spent years telling people about the sea rising then spent millions buying beachfront homes.
Oh man never knew that!
Thank you for an entertaining video once again! Im going to visit the UK (mainly Wales and England) this summer. These videos of yours are really inspiring my friend and me of places to visit!
you are welcome! Please do visit its small but a gem in Wales
I have to say I love this place I've been here loads of times and going again today👍
At 11:18 you can spot a cafe that was originally called the Carousal but the C got stolen so many times (you can see the C half hanging off) that it's known as the Arousal Cafe. Eating at the arousal cafe sounds like a euphemism.
and the mermaid fish and chip shop by the station is the best chippy there
:-)
I’ve just returned from 4 days in Barmouth (March 2024). Here’s what I found:
1. It’s VERY SMALL. You can walk from one end of town to the other in 10 minutes - just a short-ish high street (a lot of the shops were shut ‘til the start of the tourist season) with a few off-shoots. That’s it.
2. Food is very expensive - £10 for a small cooked breakfast and that didn’t include a cuppa. Note: The staff in one Cafe ignored me totally - no eye contact or “I’ll be with you in a minute” - they just carried on serving the LOCALS - so I left.
3. It costs £9.50 for the half-hour return train journey to Porthmadog (a slightly bigger town that’s got a Costa and where I went every day). The trains are VERY punctual. You can also catch a bus to Porthmadog (33 mins past the hour opposite The Mermaid fish & chip shop).
4. Fish & chips are pricey, be warned.
5. There are only TWO charity shops in Barmouth so if that’s your thing, take note.
6. A slice of cake at a seafront cafe costs £4.50 which I thought was over-priced. Tea cost £1.80.
My overall impression? Barmouth is a tiny town that accepts tourists reluctantly but locals would rather you shove off elsewhere (unlike Aberystwyth, my go-to destination in Wales) so I hardly spent any time there as I was so bored. It’s back to Aberystwyth for me!
You want it much bigger and more commercial then
We camped at Talybont five miles outside Barmouth for over 15 years. Lovely area, well worth walking over the half mile long bridge at the side of the railway. Nice chippy as well.
Thanks for the tips!
from 15 to 30 i had a holiday at least once a year camping and now im 50 and still go for the odd day trip even tho its a 100 miles away from me its nothing im a hgv driver i do 3-4 hundred miles a day driving anyway
Looks like I remember and would you believe I've booked a cottage for a week sept looking forward to it
Did you almost get hit by that car at the end lol
I know right
Churches used to be citadel of protection , significant for establishing foundations of a country , Turning our backs on them ,has meant we've all become vulnerable to other marauders and faiths , WE reap now ,from bad choices , , I hope it's not too late to return to our forefathers solid ground . ❤❤❤
Are you idiot? Nobody has turned their backs on them, but rather than the buildings sit empty they’ve been given a new life.
I used to go to Talybont on holiday every year as child in the 60’s and 70’s and we’d pop in to Barmouth. When I was around 14, me, my brother and cousin went there on the train as there wasn’t enough room for us in the car. The trip was stunning along part of the coast and we came over the estuary bridge into Barmouth, where we were met by Uncle & Aunt and taken to the caravan site. Kids couldn’t do that today sadly. It’s been many years since I’ve been back, but this brings back a lot of memories as lately I’ve yearned to go back and revisit.
Lovely walkabout tim great drone shots
Thanks KK
I come from Wolverhampton and love Welsh Wales in general, but particularly love Barmouth. Been there loads of times.
its a great place
Beautiful Barmouth the beach is better than Aberystwyth Remember Tim( Aber wrist wyth) 😂lt has got a lovely sandy beach unlike shingle at Aber.Charlie Brooks from Eastenders played Janine comes from there.Darwin,Wordsworth and Byron wrote of their experiences there.Dolphins in the bay as you come in by train.Lovely place nice shops.
Yes I bet was amazing bck then
My favourite place in the world 🥰 also the nicest fresh fish and chips I've ever tasted was from The Mermaid. Delicious!
Beautiful beautiful Barmouth ❤
My memory of Barmouth (only been there once, about 20 years ago) was of a wonderful Welsh seaside town.
Now I see it's been gentrified I won't bother going back.... it's not Welsh any more.
really
I spent two weeks there, years ago. First week, glorious sunshine; second week, apocalyptic rain for seven days.
wow .. bet it looked diffrent
Back in June great place to be. Staying on a camp site 😊
My grandparents have a caravan there and I’m going to be honest after going for nine years it can feel worn out having exhausted all the activities but it’s definitely worth a visit. Such a great place!
agree
I’d never even heard of Barmouth and just had to visit after seeing this video. What a beautiful place . We had lovely weather and whiled away a good few hours on the beach
It's beautiful
The sand around where you sat and ate at the bath house is very very soggy under foot and isn’t really the place to swim..also for food I wouldn’t of gone where u went it would of bein isis . The place you call the rock is where I grew up..the bath house wasn’t the first house to be built here..the houses up on the rock where I grew up were .well over sea level..iv bein to Spain and never seen beaches look this good.those sand dunes have rabbits (hares) that live in their..the steam train thing is extremely rare and in 45 years iv bein alive and iv never seen one..also NEVER SWIM off the pier where you walked the tide will take you .iv lost a few friends along their and they were part of the RNLI .Barmouth bridge is also the oldest used wooden span bridge in Europe , could be the world .their used to be 2 a arcades in Barmouth but now one exsists .. the RNLI used to be buy Barmouth bridge..
thanks for the tips
Went as a Child with my best mate his parents in 1980. It was so hot and all's I remember was a huge bang and we all ducked down but alls it was was a RNLI flare gun signal because someone must of needed help,but I do remember running into the sea as an 8 year old and absolutely loving it ✌🌹🐦😀✌
great memories!
Barmouth was the last holiday I went on with my parents in about 1973. We stayed in the Min Y Mor hotel right next to the beach. Bombed across in my Dad's maroon Ford Anglia at night. Remember going through Corby and seeing the Iron Foundry in action. It took 10 hours to get there from Caister. Dad was concerned about negotiating 1 in 4 hills without the brakes failing or the clutch burning out. Spent many days on that lovely beach and watching the sun going down over the sea. Made 2 friends who liked Footy and Tennis, Belinda from Alveston & Richard from Dursley. After Mum passed in 2015 to join Dad, I returned with my wife in 2016. The hotel is still there and has been extended. Thanks Tim for reminding me of a brilliant holiday and great memories.
you are welcome! I had some great summer memories here too ;-)
Great memories!
I go every year..going next month..stay in a cottage close by its so nice x
Great video and a nice place for a day trip. If you walk out of Barmouth, you can walk across the railway bridge. From there you can walk the Mawddach trail alongside the estuary; it is very beautiful. From the end at Dolgellau, you can take the bus back. Also, Cregannon, Lakes, a few miles away are worth wondering around.
Thanks for the tips!
Just to add a further funny comment about Barmouth, around 10 years ago when I i was there, the Carousel Cafe bar lost it's 'C' off it's sign, so it became 'arousal' cafe, and quite surprisingly, they were in no rush to repair it.
lol
Great video. Thinking of going to Barmouth this Summer. Looks lovely!
its a great place
I've got a classic motorcycle and am down to Barmouth today. Lovely run down from Bala and then back up the coastline - wonderful.
I bet thats great
I live in Barmouth we have a good school
Visited once, 1984. Camping. Rain rain rain rain rain… home early.
nooooo
Barmouth is my favourite seaside town, I have been going there for 40 years and I have many fond family memories of the town by the sea, watching my children grow up, I never ever get tired of it. The very best place for a children's summer holiday, there's just everything there that you will need and great safe beaches for the children. The beach at Dyffryn Arduddwy , a small village on the road out of Barmouth towards Harlech is an absolute gem, fabulous for children , and you can park your car within 100 yards of the beach. Lots of rabbits in the sandunes! A great video Tim, but I will add a little additional attraction which I would suggest you visit which most visitors are unaware of. Walking down Barmouth high street take one of the back streets, and find Gloddfa Road, it's very steep, so beware if you have a heart condition, after about 100 yards you will start to see the wonderful views over Barmouth Bay, and on the right hand side look for a gate, and here I plagiarise from someone else's observations; Quote ' On the slopes of Dinas Olau above Barmouth is a small walled area. Known as the Frenchman's Grave, this is the burial place and memorial of Auguste Guyard, a French philosopher who came to Barmouth after fleeing from the Siege of Paris. On the wall is a plaque which says:
Here lies a sower who
Sowed right up to the grade,
Truth, goodness and beauty,
with idolatry,
Through a thousand battles of
the pen and of the hands.
Such works in this world are not compensated for.
The Frenchman's Grave is a good vantage point for views over the harbour, Mawddach Estuary and down the coast towards Fairbourne.' Unquote.
Everytime I visit Barmouth I have to go there, and each time the climb is harder, but well worth it.
Enjoy.
nice thanks for that David
We used to camp at the seaside estate in Dyffryn Arduddwy. Beautiful beaches and a lovely secure campsite. When we were children there used to be an old wartime lookout post near the entrance to the beach.
Just back up the lane to Talybont there was a wonderful Italian restaurant called Tony's too. I love this little part of Wales ❤
My good mate lives in Friog , just above Fairbourne . And if I can afford the petrol and the 3 days to get there I'll visit him sometime .
Cheers T .
I know its crazy prices
I go to Barmouth alot, But it's the first time I've seen the Town with your Blog. Cheers I just sit out side a pub in town "people watching" then get the coach back to Prestatyn. Janet Kelly North Wales.
one of my visits to BARMOUTH as a teenager came during my school summer hols when we went to our caravan in mid wales, my granddad took us to BARMOUTH for a day out as it was blistering hot not a cloud in sight, this visit would turn out to be a tragic day because back in the 70s the tide would leave a massive rock pool on the main beach not all that far from the breaker that separates the harbour and beach deep enough to swim in and i was in that pool, and i learned after i got back to the caravan that a girl had gone missing at the time i was there, and after an extensive search she was found by the large rocks that was there at the time she had apparently drowned after getting her foot stuck in some hidden rocks under the water, but i have been there many times since and the large rocks on the beach are no longer there and neither is the rock pool as the out going tide no longer leaves water behind
thanks for sharing Anthony
Great video, enjoyed it.good to mention too that you can walk across Barmouth railway bridge to Fairbourn,or there are hire bikes available to ride across.
Thanks for the info!
Iif you go at the end of the year and walk down the far end, waves crash over the wall at about 10 metres high. It’s exciting
I bet
I just thought i'd let u know I have booked a 3 night stay in june with the wife and a couple of friends - always great to go to a place you aint been before !! cheers for the info Tim
Nice .. enjoy bob
Hi. Tim I remember many years ago me and my late husband going on holiday here in our camper van we stayed at a lovely camping and caravanning club site I am hoping to go on a day trip on a coach in August it will surely bring happy memories back
Sounds great!
Should of shown Barmouth beach donkeys been going for years
I did mention
Excellent review/vid. Been 6 or 7 times over the years. Twice from Porthmadog
:-) thanks David
Tim…can you do a video shoot of Aberaeron Cardiganshire….a visit is really worthwhile
ill take a look
Great little vlog ! Last time I was there I was 13 , forty- six years ago , " Zebra striped trunks " ! At least they weren't flared lol : )
Lol
Wonderful video. I first came to Barmouth in 1959 when I was 5 years old on the train from Walsall, West Midlands. I remember getting off the train at Tal-y-bont Halt. We walked down the narrow stonewalled lane to a caravan site located just behind the beach. I have been in love with the area ever since and now have my own caravan located just off that lane I walked down those many years ago. Happy, happy sunfilled days.
thanks John , hope u subscribed
I used to go to that caravan park every yr from 1958 to the mid 60's John, do you remember the big grey horse that used to look over the wall in case we had a carrot or apple to give it and the little rubber shoes we wore on the stoney beach. Happy times never forgotten.😊
You have a good memory. I visited about that time, and at about the same age, but I remember absolutely nothing.
It is sad that so many churches are being turned into shops... No one believes in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus...Very Sad...A sign of the times...The great falling away from the FAITH...
Yes bit odd now selling rubber rings
Its just education l am afraid, people stop believing in sky gods, its just one of many fairy tales do not believe in anymore
If they weren't being used as shops, they'd be knocked down. At least the architecture is kept.
Need to speak against wars and poverty.
I went to barmouth from Peterborough just to get fish and chips and walk over the bridge
nice!
Absolutely worth a visit, I love this place. Would move there in a heartbeat if it didnt mean uprooting my daughter and moving her away from friends and family :( used to come here every year when I was younger. Took my daughter here last month for her very 1st holiday! We both cried when we had to go home 💜 maybe one day we wont return home from there!
Absolutely
Moved here this year
lucky u
radio 1 road show ..1970s...and the nude beach just up the road...
lol
nice video forgot how nice it was
only let down lack of fair ground rides otherwise great place bit of a drive 2 get there though but well worth it,its changed since i was there there where just 2 myb 3 rides and that row of nice houses where rundown
yes not as big as I remember
Spent many family holiday there has a kid. Now Take my kids there 3,4 times a year. Also cadair idris is near for a stroll
Loads of family holidays g
Here too
this ws filmed dead erly. it's usually packed full of arogant english from midlands, sty home
lol easter
I been going to Barmouth since I was 6 months old and 4 times a year to the same campsite as well and it my favourite place so yeh I totally recommended to visit
agree
I'll be there on Saturday
Beautiful place ...going at the end of May for a 5day break beaches are gorgeous why go abroad
true
Fish and Chips at The Mermaid!
I spent many many happy weeks in Barmouth kn holiday, love the place. Walk over the bridge its amazing. Also If you go to Barmouth, go by train, it's one of the most beautiful train rides in the country.
I go to Fairbourne across the estuary instead as there is less Yam Yams (West Midlands folk)
Nice
Been visiting here since my 80s childhood. Has one of the cleanest beaches, and is a really sweet little town, with some amazing scenery. I hope it never loses its character or reputation
I totally agree!
Awesome video buddy. I have never been to barmouth so searched on UA-cam for a video. After seeing this I have booked 2 nights camping for just me and my motorbike 🏍 😍😍😍
Glad I could help! , worth a subscribe it s free :-)
@Walk With Me Tim already subscribed buddy 👍 😀
Best cup of tea you can get is at Davy Jones Locker in the harbour. Piping hot.
Nice
Love Barmouth very nice place . 1st visited Barmouth 1985 .really enjoying these trips you do .your little baby is so beautiful .☀️⛱️👍☕🌼
I've been to Barmouth yearly ever since I was a kid. It was our go to holiday home when we needed to get away from everything. We stop at Barmouth bay holiday park further down the coast. Surprisingly it's always pretty quiet and peaceful. Going for evening walks on the beach and watching the sunset with my family was always my favourite thing. Furthermore you just can't beat freshly made doughnuts on the coast. This year I turn 18 and we just went last Easter. Time flies way too fast. Now I'm about to take my a level exams next week and hopefully go to University. No matter what happens this will always be my happy place and seeing this video makes me miss it already. Can't wait to go back next year and sit for hours watching the tides.
Wow thanks for sharing
Love it and family also your channel xxxxxcccxxx
Thanks so much Chole 😊
@@WalkWithMeTim u mistake my name it chloe
Loved the beach
Brilliant video again Tim, very appealing place. Been there many times. Back 30 more years ago, there was the Barmouth mini trains but all gone now.
Glad you enjoyed it
My memory of Barmouth is from when I was around 8 years old. I met a girl around the same age as me, and we became friends and her dad owned the fun fair and the amusements next to it. There was also a bar above the amusements and he was showing us around. I was mesmerised! I remember me and the girl playing with the pepsi tap machine behind the bar. They had recently bought the fair and amusements\bar and it was in a bad state when they did. I wonder if it is still them who own it now? This was around 2005\2006 I believe.
Really great video, spent a lot of time in Barmouth as a child and it's still our closest place if we fancy a last minute beach-day. The only question I have is how could you go to Barmouth and not go to The Mermaid chip shop? I didn't know it was possible!
Good stuff Tim,as I've said before this sort of film is you at your best,you may even have persuaded me to take a trip to Wales !
Go for it!
I first went to Barmouth as a 15 year old in 1968, fell in love with the place and the surrounding area, seen many changes over the years but it still my favourite holiday destination ..Its great for young families and pensioners but no so great for teenagers etc.
yes but I had great childhood memories here
There is a ten mile cycle track too I think, that crosses that railway bridge.
Wow