Trefriw Walking Festival is now in its ninth year, and continues to grow annually, such that it is Snowdonia’s most popular Walking Festival.

The event was started in 2013 by Gill Scheltinga (who is still our Chairperson), when just 8 walks were offered, and for the first two years the Festival was run as an event under the auspices of Cerdded Conwy Walks.

Since 2015 the three-day Walking Festival has been organised and run independently by a Walking Festival committee; all of the members live in Trefriw itself. In addition to devising walks and recruiting additional walk leaders and other helpers (though most committee members are also walk leaders), this enthusiastic team of volunteers does everything from devising the walks, marketing and publicity, taking bookings, fund-raising and maintaining the bi-lingual website, to dealing with insurance and undertaking risk assessments, etc.

We were thrilled in Autumn 2014 when Trefriw was awarded Walkers are Welcome accreditation – an accolade given to towns and villages “with something special to offer walkers”. (Trefriw was the only village in the Snowdonia National Park to have such status.)

Although we left the organisation in 2023, our aims remain unchanged, namely:
– to be an attractive destination for walkers, with top quality information on local walks
– to offer local people and visitors excellent walking opportunities within their areas
– to ensure that footpaths and facilities for walkers are maintained, improved and well signposted

The Walking Festival remains the main event in our year.

www.trefriwwalkingfestival.co.uk/