Public Courses

To view details of all our public courses, click here.

No previous experience is required for attending our public courses, only an interest in the subject and a willingness to learn from experienced and enthusiastic tutors. We are fortunate in having many local experts who are able to contribute to our programme.

Plas Tan y Bwlch Public Courses

Most courses, except those obviously held indoors, involve walking at various levels of strenuousness. Our experienced course leaders can assess the ability of participants and pitch the activity accordingly, taking into account the vagaries of the weather and other conditions. The individual detailed course programme indicates the level of fitness required.

Course Fees

Course Fees cover accommodation and all meals from dinner on the day of arrival to packed lunch on the day of departure, tuition and transport on field visits. A few courses may incur additional charges for admissions and extra travel, this will be clearly indicated on the individual course programme. (Recreational courses include V.A.T. at the standard rate.) For further information regarding accommodation, click here.

Non residents are welcome to join any course for whole or part days if it is not full. The day fee is £24 plus optional meals.

Bookings

Bookings can be made by completing the official booking form and sending it with a non-returnable deposit of £30 per person for courses of 4 or more days and £15 per person for shorter courses (cheques to be made payable to Snowdonia National Park Authority). You will receive an acknowledgement of your booking and a programme for the course. The balance of the course fee becomes due six weeks before the start of the course.

Cancellation Conditions

A non-returnable deposit of either £15.00 or £30.00 is required to secure the booking. In the event of cancellation the following charges will be applied.

cancelling more than 6 weeks before the course - deposit only
cancelling between 6 and 4 weeks before the course - 60% of the course fees
cancelling less than 4 weeks before the course - 80% of the course fees
non-arrival or curtailment - full fees

We recommend that you take out your own holiday cancellation insurance. If it becomes necessary for us to cancel the course you will be informed in good time and a full refund of fees and deposit will be made.

DISCOUNTS

The following discounts are available, under conditions set out below:-

£20.00 off courses up to 3 days.
£50.00 off courses of 4 days or more.
Return visit - this is available on your second and subsequent residential attendance on a public course advertised in this brochure between 1st April 2010 and 31st March 2011.
Introducing a friend - to qualify, introduce a friend as a first time attendee to any residential course chosen from this programme. Send your friend’s booking form with your own.

To claim either discount tick the appropriate box on your booking form.

Day Courses
A new range of courses in subjects such as Heritage Walks, Wellbeing and Climate Change are being organised through the coming year. Details will follow soon.

Other Activities

Independent Groups and Societies are welcome to use Plas Tan y Bwlch as the base for their activities. The Centre's staff can plan and tutor courses to suit the group's requirements.

Educational groups from schools, colleges and universities can arrange to use the Centre with or without our specialist staff. Enquiries on particular aspects of the National Park should be forwarded to Education Section based at Plas Tan y Bwlch.

Professional Courses

Professional courses for countryside staff are organised by the Centre. Click here for more details.

To view details of all our public courses, click here.