Afon Mawddach
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Afon Mawddach is a river in Gwynedd, Wales, which has its source in a wide area north of Dduallt in Snowdonia. Below Dolgellau it enters a wide estuary.
The Mawddach Estuary from above Barmouth
Gold panning in the Mawddach, in Coed-y-Brenin
The Mawddach north of Dolgellau, looking west to Barmouth Bay
View of the estuary from the Mawddach Trail west of Penmaenpool, looking west
Barmouth Bridge
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Barmouth Bridge, or Barmouth Viaduct, is a Grade II* listed single-track wooden railway viaduct across the estuary of the River Mawddach near Barmouth, Wales. It is 900 yards long and carries the Camb
Afon Mawddach
…750 m) in the north. The head of the estuary is marked by the confluence of the Mawddach and Wnion. At its mouth is the town of Barmouth with its railway bridge. The Mawddach estuary was formed from a glaciated valley which was flooded by the sea during the Holocene glacial retreat to form a fjord…
View of the bridge from above Barmouth
From 1902 until 2023, the north end of the crossing had a swing-bridge section to allow tall ships to pass.
The viaduct spans the Mawddach estuary between Barmouth (left) and Morfa Mawddach station
Illustration of the estuary and viaduct (with wooden drawbridge section on the left), c. 1869