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Magazine Winter 2011 Plan Your Walk magazine winter 2011 magazine winter 2011 Wales Wales 05 Llanrhystud, Ceredigion 06 Elan Valley, Powys 10/11/2011 17:15 l Distance 22½km/14 miles l Time 6-7hrs l Type Coast l Distance 19½km/12 miles l Time 6-7hrs l Type Hill and valley NAVIGATION FITNESS NAVIGATION FITNESS 1/2 LEVEL 1/2 2 LEVEL 2 2/3 LEVEL 2/3 2/3 LEVEL 2/3 Plan your walk Plan your walk Rhayader l Aberystwyth l ELAN VALLEY l Llandrindod Wells LLANRHYSTUD l P P Builth Wells l Aberaeron TRO TRO L L AR CEREDIGION AR B B POWYS A A N N O Lampeter O l l Bronllys HY: FI HY: HY: FI HY: P P WHERE: Linear walk from WHERE: Circular walk from Llanrhystud to New Quay, Cwmdeuddwr via Maen along the Ceredigion Serth, Crugyn Ci and the PHOTOGRA Coast Path. PHOTOGRA Elan Valley Trail. START: Llanrhystud parking Stretching from the Dyfi Estuary leads southwesterly to the coast, START/END: Cwmdeuddwr, Rhayader lies at the heart of 1. START From the parking area area/lay-by (SN535694). in the north to the Teifi in the where you’ll see the Coast Path near Rhayader, parking Wales, situated in the beautiful (SN966678), turn R on to the END: New Quay (SN390599). south, the 96km/60-mile signs. There are fine views in area near road junction upper Wye Valley. With the nearby B4518 and immediately R again TERRAIN: Well signed Ceredigion Coast Path was each direction. At first you walk (SN966678). Elan Valley reservoirs – known as along what is known as the coastal path along beaches, officially opened in 2008. It was a along the top of a pebble beach, TERRAIN: Clear hill tracks the Lakeland of Wales – and the mountain road to Aberystwyth fields and low cliffs. A short significant step towards creating then along the edge of a field, and paths, with a short surrounding quiet rolling hills, it – a highly scenic route to drive stretch of beach near the the continuous coast path round passing a few derelict lime kilns. stretch of quiet road. makes an ideal centre for walkers. if you have the opportunity. end is impassable at high Wales, which finally opens next The path continues along the MAPS: OS Explorer 200; The Elan Valley dams were built in Turn R again along the first lane tide, with an alternative spring. Much of the work that L-hand edge of a field, away Landranger 147. the late 1890s to supply the rapidly you reach before soon going by road. was needed to complete the Path from the coast, and leads you to GETTING THERE: Bus X47 growing city of Birmingham with L through a gate, signed as a MAPS: OS Explorer 213 – such as clearing and excavating the church at Llansantffraed. (Mon–Sat) between clean water. Farms, cottages, a byway. Follow this track, climbing and 198; Landranger 135, new paths and installing bridges, Aberystwyth and church, a chapel and other steadily north-west up the ridge 146 and 145. gates and stiles – was undertaken 2. Nearby you’ll see an Llandrindod Wells (both buildings were submerged by the and affording fine views. About GETTING THERE: The by volunteers, most notably from information board and a map with mainline rail stations) rising waters. The Elan Valley 2km/1.2 miles along, detour on 550 hourly bus service the Ceredigion Ramblers. The of the local area, providing goes via Rhayader, from Visitor Centre tells the story of the to a path forking R, which leads (Mon–Sat) between whole route can be very alternative coast path routes where it’s a short walk to construction of the dams, while to the impressive standing stone Aberystwyth and New Quay comfortably covered in a week’s should the stream running Cwmdeuddwr (✆ 0871 200 walkers (and cyclists) can view of Maen Serth, probably of stops at Llanrhystud. holiday, but there are useful bus out to the sea be impassable 2233, www.traveline.info). these impressive Victorian Bronze Age origin. Descend to a Nearest trains are at services to facilitate day walks – after heavy rain. (I’ve never had EATING & DRINKING: engineering feats from the Elan col and fork L to continue your Aberystwyth (✆ 0871 200 such as this one. It’s a very varied any problem crossing here, Good selection of pubs, Valley Trail – a 13km/8-mile level descent to the road. 2233, www.traveline.info). route, each section having its own except on one occasion, when restaurants, cafés and route following the track-bed of EATING & DRINKING: character quite distinct from it was necessary to remove my takeaways in Rhayader, the old Birmingham Corporation 2. Turn briefly L and take the Lots of choice in Aberaeron the others. This stretch is one footwear and wade across.) including The Crown Inn Water Works railway, from next bridleway on the R, crossing (on route of walk) and New of the gentler ones, but every Having crossed the bridge by (✆ 01597 811099, www. Cwmdeuddwr to Craig Goch Dam. a brook near a small waterfall. Quay, such as: The Hive, bit as attractive. the information board, head thecrownrhayader.co.uk) This walk combines the best of Follow the grassy track uphill, Aberaeron, famous for its down the lane indicated and The Strand Coffee Shop both worlds, heading up over the soon keeping R where a path ✆ ▲ honey ice creams ▲ 1. START From the parking area back to the coast and along & Bistro ( 01597 810564, hills to start with and returning goes off to the L. The track is ▼ (SN535694), follow the lane that to the steps down to the ▼ along the gentle Valley Trail. easy enough to follow and once 53-54 WalesRoutemasters_Walk33.indd 1 53-54 WalesRoutemasters_Walk33.indd 2 Ordnance Surveymap Ordnance Surveymap Continued... Continued... START 1 www.strandbistro.co.uk). (✆ 01545 570445, www. The Elan Valley Visitor thehiveaberaeron.com); Map not to scale. ping ©Crowncopyright.AM34/08 Centre also has a café ping ©Crowncopyright.AM34/08 Representation of Pantri Bach Coffee Shop, Landranger 135 2 (✆ 01597 810889). 2 Aberaeron (✆ 01545 1:50,000 SLEEPING: Good choice of 570432); Penwig Hotel, New www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk hotels, B&Bs, guesthouses Quay (✆ 01545 560910); and and self-catering in and Penrhiwllan Inn, New Quay around Rhayader, including (✆ 01545 560471). Nannerth Country Holidays SLEEPING: There is a good 3 3 (✆ 01597 811121, selection of hotels, B&Bs www.nannerth.co.uk). 1 and self-catering Visit www.rhayader.co.uk START accommodation in New for more options. FINISH Quay, Aberaeron and VISITOR INFORMATION: elsewhere along the coast. Brecon TIC (✆ 01874 622485, Try Ty’r Ffynnon Farm, near FINISH 4 4 www.visit-brecon-brecons. New Quay (✆ 01545 560531, co.uk) and Elan Valley Visitor www.tyrffynnonfarm.co.uk); Centre (✆ 01597 810880, Pengraig Draw and www.elanvalley.org.uk). Cwmwythig Farmhouse B&B GUIDEBOOKS: Walking and Cottages (✆ 01970 Around Rhayader and the 880640, www.cwmwythig down again to Aberarth. Follow low cliffs, with yet more good Elan Valley by Martin Wright holidayswales.co.uk); or the signs through the village, views. (Kittiwake, £4.95, ISBN Llainfran House B&B (and crossing a footbridge over the 9781902302591); Ten self-catering), near New river and along lanes back to 4. When you reach a yard and Hillwalks Around Rhayader Quay (✆ 01545 561243, the coast. It’s an easy walk house on your L, go L to the and the Elan Valley (£3.95, www.llainfran.co.uk). from here to Aberaeron. As road and follow it (as signed) Powys County Council). VISITOR INFORMATION: you approach it, the Coast Path to a turning on the R, which LOCAL RAMBLERS GROUP: Aberaeron TIC (✆ 01545 directs you along a path on leads to both Llanina Church Four Wells Ramblers 570602) and New Quay TIC the landward side of the beach. (worth a look) and the beach. (✆ 01597 860519, www. (✆ 01545 560865). Visit The latter is the route of the fourwells.powysramblers. www.tourism.ceredigion. 3. Aberaeron is one of the most Coast Path (except at high tide, org.uk). Map not to scale. gov.uk. attractive coastal towns in when there’s an alternative by Representation of Landranger 147 GUIDEBOOKS: Ceredigion Wales, and a rare example of road – see information board), 1:50,000 Coast Path by Gerald urban planning in the early which leads you to the popular you’ve reached the highest www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk Morgan (£10, Ceredigion 19th century. The town was holiday resort of New Quay ground it’s worth making a County Council, ISBN built in a geometric grid via a long flight of metal steps short detour to the R to climb 9780953438334); Walking pattern with roads of standard at the end of the beach. up to the trig pillar on Crugyn the road at the north end of details). On the far side the Ceredigion Coast Path width, while the pastel-painted Route devised by Fiona Barltrop Ci (533m/1,749ft) – a fine Garreg-ddu Reservoir. of the viaduct is Nant Gwyllt by Liz Allan (£4.95, houses conform to a uniform viewpoint. You may be able to church, which was built by the Kittiwake, ISBN style dating from the Georgian spot the cairns on Drygarn 4. Go through a gate on to the Birmingham Water Corporation 9781902302676). to early Victorian periods. It’s Fawr, the highest point in the Elan Valley Trail, which runs to replace the one that was LOCAL RAMBLERS AREA: well worth spending time having region, to the south-west. parallel to the road. From here covered by the Caban-coch Cardigan & District Ramblers a wander round.
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