Penllergaer Woods and Waterfall
Penllergaer Woods and Waterfall is a Victorian landscape garden and woodland park near Swansea in south Wales, created in the 1840s by John Dillwyn Llewelyn, a pioneering photographer and naturalist who developed the estate into one of the most remarkable designed landscapes in Wales. The estate was divided and neglected through much of the twentieth century, but a major restoration programme begun in the early 2000s has recovered much of the original character of the Victorian pleasure grounds, including the dramatic waterfall created by damming the Llan stream, the lake, woodland walks and the remnants of the exotic tree and shrub plantings introduced by Llewelyn. The restoration is ongoing and the estate is managed by the Penllergare Valley Woods Community Benefit Society as a freely accessible nature and heritage site providing exceptional woodland walking within the greater Swansea area.