PLANS for zip wire attraction – claimed to be the longest in Europe – have been approved. Gwynedd Council planning committee voted unanimously to allow the £500,000 scheme to go ahead at Penr ...

the Cumbrian mountaineer, who resigned from his position as vice-president of Friends of the Lake District. The longest zip wire in the world is 2,000 metres, and is found in Sun City, South Africa.

Robert Davies, 72, who lives near the new attraction in Penryhn Quarry, Bethesda, North Wales, described whizzing down the mile-long zip wire suspended 700ft in the air as “one of the most ...

A blind World War Two veteran is to celebrate his 92nd birthday - by riding the world's longest zip wire in north Wales. Alan Saunders served as a Royal Marine in World War Two. Credit ...

the Cumbrian mountaineer, who resigned from his position as vice-president of Friends of the Lake District. The longest zip wire in the world is 2,000 metres, and is found in Sun City, South Africa.

A daredevil Middlesbrough great-grandmother has completed Europe’s longest zip wire at the ... in a disused slate quarry in North Wales. The zip wire is one mile long and with a following ...

A woman living with Parkinson's has taken on Europe's longest zip wire to raise ... and took on the 1.5 kilometre zip wire at Penrhyn Quarry in North Wales known as Velocity 2.

A thrill-seeking 96-year-old has become the oldest person to try Europe's longest zip wire. William Allen, from Worcestershire, enjoyed the ride at Zip World in Penrhyn Quarry, Gwynedd ...

A grandfather of six became the first to experience the longest zip wire in the northern hemisphere. Robert Davies, 68, who lives near the new attraction in Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda, North Wales ...

The website states: "The SwampFlyer is the longest Zip Wire in Wales and boasts one of the best views here in Wales of Snowdon and Carneddau Mountains. It's a ride that requires visitors to ...

According to the theme park's website the SwampFlyer ride is the longest zip wire in Wales, spanning 145 metres (475ft) across a wooded valley.

Teasing the episode, Karren Brady explained: "We do a tourism task for Wales which involved Europe's longest zip wire and I am terrified of heights. "I had to go down it and I was scared but I can ...