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Timetables - Are available from some stations and local centres WINDOW GAZER and there is a PDF on the website under ‘timetables’. www.heart-of-wales.co.uk

Heart of Wales Travel Centre - For a friendly service from the local train travel specialist, telephone, fax or visit Llandrindod Wells Train Station, Tel: 01597 822053, Fax 01597 823609, Sea and Sand email: [email protected] After Llanelli, the train crosses the estuary - well known for waterfowl and then traverses the Customer Information Screens - On each platform Peninsula with its dramatic providing up-to-date train information or visit: cliffs and sandy beaches, before Victorian Festival, Llandrindod Wells www.tfwrail.wales/travel-updates reaching the port and metropolis of Swansea. Swansea NEW 48 HOUR National Railcards - Save 20 - 33 per cent on most rail fares. PASS Application forms from any staffed railway station or Heart of Wales Travel Unlimited travel Swansea Centre. means you can stay M overnight and One Day and Two Day Ranger - Enables you to join explore Often referred to as Wales’ second at any station between , Swansea, Llanelli, Llandrindod Wells, Craven city and set in a sweeping bay that Arms and Shrewsbury for one day’s unlimited travel in either direction. Buy takes in . It offers well at stations or on the train. A great way to see Wales! NEW! 48 hour pass, planned bus links to the Gower for an overnight stay visit www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk for details. Peninsula plus a variety of attractions from country parks to the splendid Glynn Vivian Residents Railcard - At least 33 per Art gallery and the Dylan cent discount on standard class fares, Children travel for £2 each. Thomas Centre, surfing in Details on www.tfwrail.wales. Available from Llandrindod, Llanelli, the Bay to cycling along Swansea and Shrewsbury Stations or by post the Celtic Trail, the exotica of Plantasia to the For further bus information - Full details of bus times in the Heart of Wales Line are available in , Ceredigion, and National Botanic Garden of Wales, tradition of Welsh laver Middleton public bread, sea bass and cockles. Mewn partneriaeth â/In partnership with traveline cymru transport guides, widely available Dylan Thomas’ home town public transport info is much more than just the gwybodaeth cludiant from Tourist Information Centres 0800 464 00 00 and other outlets. terminus of our railway journey. www.traveline.cymru AW 7464 The Marches - Severn, Road Four Spa Towns Kites and Castles R . Sev ern Shrewsbury Clun & Teme Valleys Pretty Dolau station, It was to the wells of Llandrindod, A wild area, where you may well spot a Builth, Llangammarch and Red Kite from the train window, as you From the borders of Wales and the winner of several that this railway brought thousands of travel. The train tunnels beneath the high hills of the Long Mynd, the Heart of Wales awards is maintained visitors during the Victorian and Sugar Loaf, then runs past the Black Line takes you on an unforgettable journey Dolau by local volunteers. Edwardian eras seeking cures for Mountain and Beacons through through the green rolling hills of the borderland Dolau Station various ailmants from the magical the Towy valley, an area of history, to the higher tree clad properties of saline, sulphurous and castles and stately homes, also known as Shrewsbury slopes of Radnorshire and barium chloride waters. With them Sugar Loaf the Garden of Wales. valleys beyond. came an explosion of building - hotels, Shrewsbury pavilions, shopping emporia and villas. Viaduct Much of this architecture, which dates M from 1860’s - 1930’s remains today. Encircled by the River Severn R. Ith and national Poenn -y-bont footpath, Shrewsbury offers museums, galleries, castle, a wide variety of eating places, indoor market, busy shopping centre and Cynghordy malls. A town dating back to the10th Llandrindod Wells Sugar Loaf century, its numerous passages Sugar Loaf and Cynghordy are and courtyards are best two of the most remote halts discovered on foot. on the line at either end of the long Sugar Loaf tunnel and Llandrindod Wells both are ideal starting points M for walking. Church Stretton Spacious and unhurried, Llandrindod celebrates Llandovery its Victorian heyday in August during the towns Llandrindod Llandovery Llandovery R . It h Wells annual festival. You can sample alternative o Surrounded by good walking and n therapies at Rock Park, enjoy the towns cycling country, the town has a choice championship bowling facilities, visit the National A bustling market town with of pubs and cafes, extensive antique Cycle Museum or relax and unwind by the lively theatre, Heritage Centre centres and is close to the source of fishing lake, now adorned by the Fabulous Water and several bookshops provides Stretton Hills water. Beast Fountain. Nearby Castell Collen is the best a base from which to explore Llanwrda known Roman settlement in the area and an the Tywi Valley with its castles, Craven Arms important archeological site. gardens, lakes, reservoirs and Next is Craven Arms with its 13th century Dolaucothi Gold Mines. The R Stokesay Castle and Hills . C lun station has a cafe, information Discovery Centre. This Millennium project Llangadog centre and cycle hire. focuses on the history and wildlife of the On to Builth beside the , host Broome Shropshire Hills. A 180 degree panoramic to the , which film takes you over the hills and interactive runs for 4 days in July. books make learning fun. You can There are regular wander amongst the flowers and Hopton collectors’ fairs throughout R . Heath T

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e m e M T . Knighton Knighton R Llandeilo Close to the station stands the commemorative stone for Llewelyn ap M Knighton is mid point on the Offa’s Dyke Gruffydd, the last native Prince of Once the county town of earthworks, a 175 mile long, 8th century Wales, killed in battle in 1282. Carmarthenshire, today its fortification, defining the border between historic streets house specialist National Botanic Gardens and Wales and now also a long shops and eating places. distance footpath. Much of the charm and Within walking distance is Dinefwr Park interest of this traditional market town Dinefwr Park (National derives from its refusal to bow to the Trust) encompassing demands of fashionable development. parkland designed by Capability Brown, Newton Knighton House, Dinefwr Castle and me R. Te Castle Woods Wildlife Llangammarch Cilmeri Reserve. Wells The line weaves its way Ffairfach to Garth and through the Llanelli tunnel to Llangammarch Garth n fo Leaving rural hinterland, the train Wells, the third spa town R. Ir travels to the old industrial centres and home to a high class of . A huge investment residential hotel and real has transformed the former Llandybie ale pub. industrial coastline and docklands into the Millennium Coastal Park with its 250 acres of coastal wetlands, 18 hole golf course, Remains of a 12th century castle are watersport centre, multi-purpose near Knucklas, after which the train indoor arena, floating harbour and Pantyffynon crosses a 13 arch viaduct community woodlands. Nearby are that looks down on the Pembrey Country Park and the village and valley. National Wetlands Centre at This, the fourth spa, with a Penclacwydd, an all year round population of 600 claims to be mecca for bird spotters. Llangennech the smallest town in Britain. Knucklas With award winning restaurants Knucklas Viaduct it also hosts an inventive list of events all year round including Bog Snorkelling, a “man versus horse” race, Morris dancing and “real ale wobbles”. Llanelli uary Llwchwr Est

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