Tywyn
Tywyn, formerly spelled Towyn, is a town, community, and seaside resort on the Cardigan Bay coast of southern Gwynedd, Wales. It was previously in the historic county of Merionethshire. Wikipedia
Population 3,133 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 11 of daylight
- February: 9 h 54 of daylight
- March: 11 h 48 of daylight
- April: 13 h 55 of daylight
- May: 15 h 45 of daylight
- June: 16 h 49 of daylight
- July: 16 h 22 of daylight
- August: 14 h 45 of daylight
- September: 12 h 43 of daylight
- October: 10 h 42 of daylight
- November: 8 h 46 of daylight
- December: 7 h 41 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Tywyn
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Tywyn's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
1 to 2 hours· 1
2 to 3 hours· 1
3 to 5 hours· 25
5 hours or more· 67
- Huddersfield5h 01
- Nottingham5h 04
- Blackpool5h 06
- London5h 08
- Sheffield5h 11
- Accrington5h 13
- Oxford5h 16
- Bristol5h 19
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll5h 19
- Swindon5h 20
57 moreFewer
- Leeds5h 24
- Burnley5h 24
- Stratford-upon-Avon5h 32
- Bath5h 36
- Doncaster5h 38
- Reading5h 43
- St Albans5h 43
- Swansea5h 43
- Wakefield5h 44
- Stevenage5h 46
- Stamford5h 56
- York5h 59
- Guildford6h 04
- Chelmsford6h 10
- Peterborough6h 10
- Crawley6h 12
- Warminster6h 12
- Cambridge6h 15
- Farnborough6h 16
- Colchester6h 18
- Windsor and Eton6h 18
- Southend-on-Sea6h 25
- Nelson6h 27
- Kingston upon Hull6h 27
- Winchester6h 28
- Brighton6h 29
- Lincoln6h 29
- Annan6h 30
- Salisbury6h 34
- Canterbury6h 36
- Ipswich6h 37
- Eastleigh6h 37
- Ely6h 40
- Folkestone6h 43
- Southampton6h 45
- Exeter6h 46
- Eastbourne6h 49
- Cleethorpes6h 55
- Portsmouth6h 57
- Newcastle upon Tyne7h 02
- Scarborough7h 02
- Glasgow7h 03
- Arundel7h 04
- Durham7h 08
- Hastings7h 08
- Bournemouth7h 17
- Norwich7h 20
- Sunderland7h 25
- Middlesbrough7h 30
- Edinburgh7h 33
- Torquay7h 35
- Greenock7h 36
- Lanark7h 38
- Tenby7h 39
- Berwick-upon-Tweed7h 47
- Plymouth7h 49
- Stirling7h 55
From Tywyn's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
3 to 5 hours· 3
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Tonfanau Road Races
July – August
4 motorbike race meetings a year (Easter, Spring Bank Holiday, July, August Bank Holiday) are held by Crewe and South Cheshire MCRR at the Tonfanau cicuit.
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Race The Train
August
Every year on the 3rd weekend of August since 1983. Hundreds of runners attempt to beat the Talyllyn Railway on a 14-mile cross-country course following the tracks up to Abergynolwyn and back again.
2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Tywyn); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Getting around
More train stations: Rhydyronen 3.5 km, Tynllwyn Hen 4.0 km, Tonfanau 4.1 km, Aberdovey 4.8 km, Brynglas 5.1 km, Penhelig 5.5 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.