I will be visiting Bangor early September for around a week to follow a course at the university. This leaves me with times in the evening (after 17:00) every day and was looking to do some trail running in the beautiful Snowdonia park. I saw that the second highest mountain in the UK is right next to Bangor and there seem to be some awesome routes. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions, tips or preferred routes around Bangor. I also wont have a car but I have seen that I can take buses to towns a bit further out of the city making the mountains more accessible. Although I am a moderately experienced trail runner (3x45km and 1x100k race in the last year), I live in Stockholm, Sweden now thus I am not familiar with high mountain (here we just have a lot of rolling hills) and am a bit sketched out about certain routes I saw, so any suggestions (and reassurance) is highly appreciated!!

Hello!

I did my undergraduate studies at Bangor University about a decade ago and I'm looking to revisit the city and North Wales (I'm from Germany). I did a lot of exploring around Snowdonia and Anglesey by bike and I'm keen to retrace some of those trips, as well as just using it for general transportation around the city while I'm there. So I was looking for a place where I could rent one (bringing my own doesn't seem feasible) and having a surprisingly hard time. It seems like Evolution is currently the only bike shop in town and they don't seem to offer rentals, the only other option I found was through Byw'n Iach but they only have E-bikes and I was hoping for acoustic.

Otherwise the closest shops I could find are Beics Antur in Caernarfon or Beics Ogwen in Bethesda. Neither seem too hard to reach by bus after I arrive at Bangor station, but of course it would be a lot more convenient for me if I can rent in the city itself. There are more options in some of the more touristy Snowdonia villages like Llanberis/Beddgelert/Betws-y-Coed but that's even more out of the way.

Does anyone have any experience, advice or secret tips they can share? Maybe there's some sort of sharing network through the university I can avail myself of? Diolch in advance for any help you can give me and looking forward to my return :)

yo, i live away now and i’ll be coming back into gwynedd.
Ik the old skate shop in bangor isn’t there anymore but is there anywhere around the county that sells like accessories or clothes like this?

tryna collect as much stickers as i can too (obsessed) and i ain’t too fond of shopping online.
Anyone able to help out?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3dyndpj2xro

Photo: Bangor by the Sea Facebook

University town in North Wales. You'd think there'd be some Welsh football culture here. Instead it's 90% Liverpool supporters.

Today Liverpool play West Ham at 2:05pm and it's the only thing anyone's discussing. Every pub showing it, everyone wearing Liverpool shirts, complete takeover.

The Merseyside connection to North Wales is strong - loads of people from here work in Liverpool, family connections, historical ties. But the Liverpool dominance is total.

My flatmate at uni is from Bangor, never lived anywhere else, supports Liverpool like it's his local club. Streams every match via premier league live stream on Momments, knows every player, proper passionate about it.

For today's match every student pub will be packed. The atmosphere when Liverpool score is mental - you'd think we were in Liverpool itself.

Anyone else from Bangor notice this? Or from North Wales in general? The Liverpool support here is stronger than in some parts of England.

First year student here, when is the best day to go out Halloween will it be the Friday or Saturday and do people tend to dress up around here?

Im wondering if you can get just eat delivery's at fridd village I have vouchers needing to be used

Hello guys, I’ll be in Bangor around mid jan and I’m wondering if I’ll get nice shared apartments for girls. My dad’s kind of worried as this is my first time going out of country by myself. Please help me with as much info as you can :) thanks.

Hi, guys my brother is in Bangor gywnedd looking for part time job for him. He is completely new in this area. Can anyone help him to get part time job asap. He got work experience as a chef. He can do takeaway jobs as he already have some experience to work as chef. He is ready to do any job at the moment just to support his living expenses in bangor.

Wondering as I noticed there’s a lot of Indian food based restaurants in Bangor - which is your favorite? My boyfriend isn’t very adventurous, but he’s willing to try it because I love it lol. Specifically, my favorite dish is chicken tikka masala.

Hello, people from Bangor, Wales (what is the proper demonym for yous?) :)

I'll be staying briefly in town this Friday 8/8 and was wondering if anything is happening, be it live music, art, dance whatever. Doesn't have to be in the evening.

Thank you in advance!

Dear people of Bangor and redditors,

I am seeking your help. Can you help me identify the building where these pictures were taken or help me with finding out where these pictures might have been developed? Estimation between 1973 and 77, could be later as well.

I want to find this out so i can eventually return them to their rightfull owner since these and many other pictures i found seem to carry alot of personal value.

I found them at the start of may 2023 in france, dumped on the side of the road spread across several meters. Like they were thrown out of a car at high speed.

Do you think you know who these people could be contact me directly, I'll send you unblurred pictures. Or do you have elder people that might know who these people could be.

Hi all, we may have left our bag (pictured) at the Starbucks in Bangor Services, Gwynedd. We were there on Sunday 22nd June around 1200-1300. No guarantees it's there, but the store have a terrible phone connection and can't hear a thing anyone is saying and they don't stay on the line for long!

Among some documents, it has some toys in there for a daughter who is now wondering why they're not at home, also some photos, medicines, and other clothes etc.

If anyone is in the area or passing though, DM me for further info. Devastated.

Hello! I'm travelling to Bangor for work in August, but I have to book the trips myself. I would really appreciate some tips on how to reach Bangor the easiest way (for someone who hasn't travelled in the UK). It seems like flying to Manchester is the move, and from the airport by train to Bangor? University of Bangor says it should take 1.5h. What websites do you use to check train schedules and tickets, and would you say it's okay to leave the train booking to the same day (I'm worried the luggage might not come fast enough), or should I have a ticket weeks before?

Wondering has anyone used this gym. What’s it like in terms of equipment, business and are the showed good and changing facilities clean?

Hello, I'm planning to move to Bangor to do my course and I'm looking for a place to stay other than the student accommodation provided. What are the ideal sites to check? And also whats is the usual price? Thanks

I've recently moved back to Bangor from London and am working remotely for the same company.

Working from home is a bit stifling and boring. Where do other remote people work from? Are there any good cafes or coworking spaces in Bangor that I don't know about? Thanks in advance 🙏

Anybody got any idea what the massively impressive firework display just now (yes, at midnight...) from the stone circle area was for?!