Two group mountain centres run by a charity
Ty'n y Berth and Bryn Coedwig are two mountain centres run by Wide Horizons, a registered charity. When not in use as adventure learning centres, the buildings are available to hire as self-catering bunkhouse accommodation for organised groups. Both are close to the village of Corris, between Machynlleth and Dolgellau, on the southern edge of the Snowdonia National Park.
Choose your building
Building prices range from around £120 to £390 per night, and the flexible layout means you can pick the accommodation that best fits your group. Ty'n y Berth, at Corris Uchaf, sleeps up to 38 in 9 rooms and can be hired on its own or together with Rugog, the adjoining annexe sleeping up to 8 in one room, for a total of 46 beds. Bryn Coedwig, in the old quarry village of Aberllefenni, houses a maximum of 36 in 6 rooms. Whichever you choose, each building offers warm, comfortable bunkroom-style accommodation designed for group use — and the charity can also help arrange adventure activities or guiding.
Adventure within twenty minutes
The centres were set up for outdoor groups, and it shows in the location: within a 20-minute drive are several mountain-bike trails, mountains, rivers and the sea. Walkers have Cadair Idris (893 m) a few miles north — the Minffordd Path, a strenuous 6-mile round trip, starts at Dôl Idris a short drive away — while riders can hit the red-graded ClimachX loop in the Dyfi Forest (15 km, 450 m of climbing) or the Atherton family's Dyfi Bike Park down the valley towards Machynlleth. There are plenty of family-friendly options too: craft centres, steam railways such as the Talyllyn Railway at Tywyn — the first preserved railway in the world — and of course the beach at Aberdyfi.
Around Corris and Aberllefenni
Corris is a slate village 5.6 miles north of Machynlleth, linked by the T2 bus, roughly every two hours (about 11 minutes) — and from 5 October 2026 the new fflecsi FF2 service runs Machynlleth–CAT–Corris–Aberllefenni, passing both bunkhouse villages. The Corris Railway, the oldest narrow-gauge line in Mid Wales (1859), runs ~50-minute steam round trips on selected days from April to November, around £10 for adults; the Corris Craft Centre has nine maker studios, the Dyfi Distillery and the King Arthur's Labyrinth underground boat ride. Machynlleth itself, with its 700-year-old Wednesday market and the Owain Glyndŵr Parliament House, is the nearest town for supplies.
Practical Information
The bunkhouses are for organised groups rather than individual travellers, and prices are per building per night — from roughly £120 to £390 depending on building and season. Details were supplied by the business — please contact Wide Horizons to confirm current prices, availability and to customise your stay.
Wide Horizons, T'yn y Berth, Corris Uchaf, Machynlleth, SY20 9RH
Telephone (UK): 01654 761678 · Telephone (International): +44 1654 761678
Email: [email protected]
Website: the corris-bunkhouse.co.uk home page is currently serving content that has nothing to do with the bunkhouse, so we have removed the link rather than send you to it. Please enquire by email or telephone.
Finding the buildings, and getting there
Read the charity's directions first: Ty'n y Berth is on the A487 in Corris Uchaf, just north of Corris village, the old school building on the right, with ample parking — though it warns sat-nav can misdirect on the postcode, SY20 9RH. Bryn Coedwig is further up the valley at Aberllefenni. Machynlleth is the railhead, with direct Cambrian Line trains from Shrewsbury and Birmingham; the T2 reaches Corris in about 11 minutes, and the bookable fflecsi Dyffryn Dulas minibus serves both villages — see our getting here page.
Days out that suit a group
Dolgellau is 16 miles north on the A487, about 21 minutes by car or up to an hour on the T2 — a dark stone market town under Cadair Idris. King Arthur's Labyrinth takes about an hour and a quarter and is cheaper booked online. Groups heading for the Dyfi Bike Park should note that it is advance bookings only, with uplift currently Thursday to Sunday.
What the charity's own site sets out
Its own pages give the layout: Ty'n y Berth sleeps up to 38 in nine bedrooms, or 46 with the adjoining Rugog annexe, which takes eight in one room and has a kitchenette; Bryn Coedwig holds a maximum of 36 in six rooms, with shower rooms throughout. The charity also offers instructed activities with equipment provided: climbing and abseiling on real rock at nearby crags and slate quarries, slate-mine trips, gorge scrambles, guided ascents of Cadair, open-canoe journeys, orienteering and bushcraft on request. It puts the nearest villages with somewhere to eat about 15 minutes away, so plan on self-catering. No rates appear on the pages we could read, and its front page is currently serving unrelated content, so book direct and confirm what your group will pay.
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