THE Snowdonia National Park may be best known for its incredible landscapes and wildlife, but it’s now easier than ever to discover its beautiful array of churches and chapels.

The National Churches Trust is making it simple for anyone visiting a National Park to also explore this amazing national heritage.

Indeed, 16 churches from the Snowdonia National Park are included in a new online visitor’s guide on the National Churches Trust’s ‘Explore Churches’ website.

All are amazing and unexpectedly sacred spots, places where you will feel the connection with the Park’s landscape and can be wowed by their art and architecture.

The guide includes top tips on the best churches to visit each park and some stunning photographs to whet the appetite of heritage lovers.

More than 200 churches and chapels found in the UK’s 15 National Parks are featured in the new online visitor’s guide, which has been produced to mark 70 years since the first National Park was created.

Bill Bryson, a vice-president of the National Churches Trust, said: “It is impossible to overstate the importance of churches to this country.

“Nothing else in the built environment has the emotional and spiritual resonance, the architectural distinction, the ancient, reassuring solidity of a parish church.

“To me, they are the physical embodiment of all that is best and most enduring in Britain.

“So, when you visit the Snowdonia National Park, why not discover some beautiful churches in this most breathtaking and treasured landscape?”

Sarah Crossland, engagement manager for the National Churches Trust, added: “This year marks the 70th anniversary of the designation of the Peak District as the UK’s first National Park.

“From the rugged wilds of the Cairngorms in Scotland and the ancient woodlands of the New Forest in southern England to the golden shores of the Pembrokeshire Coast in Wales, all the UK’s National Parks are truly special places, and so are the hundreds of churches and chapels in the National Parks.

“Our new Explore Churches online visitor guide makes it easy for visitors to National Parks to also discover some of the UK’s most beautiful churches.

“These stunning buildings, many of which date back to medieval times, are the jewels in the UK’s heritage crown.

“No visit to a National Park is complete without discovering these beautiful churches, each with an amazing story to tell.”

The list of churches in the Snowdonia National Park can be found at: www.explorechurches.org/national-parks.