Where is sgwd yr eira waterfall

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July 24, Annmarie Gregory. July 13, Wayne Bateman. February 22, Walking Trails in Waterfall Country Waterfall Country is currently experiencing high numbers of visitors and car parks are often full before midday. Before you visit Please be aware the roads in this area can be very narrow, becoming single lane with little visibility and few passing places. Be prepared to give way and reverse for long distances on narrow lanes.

There are limited toilet facilities at the car parks and no toilets at the falls. To reach any of the falls requires a long walk on uneven terrain. None of the falls are accessible for buggies, pushchairs or wheelchairs. Please take all litter home with you. There are no litter bins at the falls. These trails are linear.

The distances shown below are the total mileage, there and back. Four Falls Trail Distance - 5. Gunpowder trail Distance - 1. Sychryd trail Distance - 0. Highlights Visiting Waterfall Country. Brilliant day for it too! Great route. Full of waterfalls, incline and woodland. Beautiful walk with a little bit of everything.

Trail is easy to follow for the most part, with a couple of exceptions in the second leg: through the golf course stick to the left-hand side until the trail picks up again.

We took a shortcut through a field to cut off some distance when approaching the road to the bunkhouse but I wouldn't suggest doing this as the field was very boggy. Some complex sections with suggested trails that led to dead ends and private land.

Apart from this and some improvisation, there were some beautiful views and trails - particularly the walk beneath the waterfall. Lovely walk, my feet hate me!! We did the walk backwards so ended with a steep hill climb.

Definitely a tough one but sooo worth the views. Great route with wonderful views and spectacularly varied terrain. We gave ourselves a four-hour weather window and we almost made it. Using the route here which has been carefully adjusted to avoid some of Ordnance Survey's better practical jokes it will be possible to complete the route in much less time than that. The rivers were both very high and the falls were considerably larger and more forceful that normal. We just got wetter than otherwise we might.

Our photos were also notable by the amount of brown and orange in the falls which are usually just sparkly white. The descent into Criag y Ddinas is excellent. So is crossing the river behind the water of the Sgwd yr Elra waterfall. I'd love to do this again on a dry day with more typical river levels!

Use Navigator in the AllTrails app and join the 62 other outdoor explorers who have completed this trail. Penderyn and Sgwd yr Elra Falls Circular moderate Length Excellent hike with three legs; each the side of a triangle, and each of very different character.

There are tremendous views of the river and various falls. The highlight of the route for many will be the crossing behind the curtain of water at the Sgwd yr Elra falls. Important to note that the route cannot be completed as shown if the waterfall crossing is not made - please also see the tips section. The first leg takes you from Penderyn to Craig y Ddinas at Pontneddfechan. It follows a well-marked trail that starts alongside the modest but exposed peak of Moel Penderyn with sweeping views.

It then descends toward where the rivers meet, becoming lush, sheltered and more rocky underfoot. The second leg rises up steeply through trees and across a golf course.

Then north through farmland to join a moorland road for a few hundred meters before turning right into the woods towards the first of the falls.

The northern apex of the route is at a footbridge among the falls. The final leg has three distinct sections. The first is along wonderful rocky and rooty trails on the steep side of the river valley. On crossing the river at the main waterfall, the second section follows a green, narrow and unprotected trail along the top of the cliff which can be boggy toward the end.

Finally, out on to moorland and old quarry roads the final section leads you back to the village of Penderyn. Allow plenty of time. Many trails and footpaths marked on the OS map are neither visible nor navigable. The route provided here avoids all these but be cautious if seeking to vary or use short cuts. Specifically: 1 Several parallel path are marked on the descent onto Craig y Ddinas.

Deviating from the path here often leads to dead ends. Look for and follow the left fence off the edge of the golf course as you approach the turn. Hence, the turn east at Pentre to join the road north. Many of these are obstructed or have been eroded out of existence by the river.

This can be very forbidding when the river is high. You will get wet. The rocks here are slippery.