Snowdonia National Park (Welsh: Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri) was established in 1951 as the third national park in Britain, following the Peak District and the Lake District.
Situated on the west coast of Britain covering 823 square miles (2,131 km2), and has 37 miles (60 km) of coastline.
It's an area of diverse landscapes and is a living working area, home to over 26,000 people.
As well as being the largest National Park in Wales, Snowdonia boasts the highest mountain in England and Wales, and the largest natural lake in Wales.
Snowdonia is an area steeped in culture and local history, where more than half its population speak Welsh.
Pen-y-Gwryd is a pass at the head of Nantygwryd and Nant Cynnyd rivers close to the foot of Snowdon.
Llyn Idwal is a small lake (approximately 800 m by 300 m, or 28 acres) which lies within Cwm Idwal in the Glyderau mountains of Snowdonia.
It's named after Prince Idwal Foel, a grandson of Rhodri Mawr, one of the ancient Kings of Wales.
The basin is known as the 'Devils Kitchen'.
There are a few locations in Snowdonia that are as photogenic and immediately recognisable as Llynnau Cregennen with the towering knoll of Bryn Brith dominating the skyline.
Swooping and dipping above the stunning Welsh countryside, this RAF jet photographed flying so low the pilots' faces could almost be seen.
Finally, although not part to the Snowdonia National Park, the world status Pontcysyllte Aqueduct certainly warrants a mention.
The aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct which carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee.
Built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, this 18-arched stone and cast iron structure, which took ten years to design and build, it was completed in 1805.
It's now the oldest and longest navigable aqueduct in Great Britain and the highest in the world.
Towering some 126 ft (38 m) above the river, it's not for the faint-hearted to walk across and look down.
The Llangollen Canal (Welsh: Camlas Llangollen) is a navigable canal crossing the border between England and Wales.
The waterway links Llangollen in Denbighshire, north Wales, with Hurleston in south Cheshire, via the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire. In 2009 an eleven-mile section of the canal from Gledrid Bridge near Rhoswiel through to the Horseshoe Falls, which includes Chirk Aqueduct and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
