Other in Ceredigion

The Hafod Estate in the upper Ystwyth valley in Ceredigion is one of the most celebrated examples of eighteenth-century picturesque landscape design in Wales, created from the 1780s by Thomas Johnes of Hafod. Johnes transformed a remote mountain valley into a designed landscape of waterfalls, woodland walks, viewpoints and ornamental buildings that attracted admiring visitors from across Britain during its heyday. The house was destroyed by fire in 1807 and later demolished, but the landscape has been the subject of major restoration by Natural Resources Wales. Today a network of waymarked trails passes through restored woodland and alongside the River Ystwyth, visiting the cascades, bridges and viewpoints that were the highlights of Johnes's original circuit.

Hafren Forest is a large conifer plantation forest on the western slopes of the Plynlimon upland massif in Ceredigion, managed by Natural Resources Wales and forming one of the most extensive areas of forestry in mid-Wales. The forest surrounds the headwaters of the River Severn, the longest river in Britain, which rises as a small stream within the forest and emerges to begin its long journey south and east through the Welsh Marches toward the Bristol Channel. Waymarked trails within the forest allow visitors to follow the Severn from its source and to explore the upland landscape of pine woodland, bog and open moorland that characterises the Plynlimon plateau. The combination of the dramatic river source, the expansive forest landscape and the remote upland character of the Plynlimon uplands makes Hafren Forest a rewarding destination for those seeking quiet and undiscovered Wales.