Walking Britain Circular from Bont-goch (near Aberystwyth)
Introduction to Walk 1705
Region - Cambrian Mountains
County/Area - Ceredigion
Author - Donald Morton
Length - 4.5 miles / 7.3 km
Ascent - 900 feet / 273 metres
Time - 3 hours 10 minutes
Grade - easy/mod
We first discovered this walk in the long hot summer of 1976 and it has been a favourite half day walk ever since in all weathers and at all times of the day. It gets one easily into the outlying reaches of the Cambrian Mountains to the East of Aberystwyth on a route that you rarely share with anyone. With changing views over the surrounding valleys, the country is wild without being inhospitable. The tracks are clear so that less experienced walkers should have no problems finding the route even if the weather turned and visibility reduced; on the other hand an experienced walker might like to take advantage of the clear tracks to take a walk on a long fine summer evening to watch the sunset over Cardigan Bay, completing the walk in the dusk without too much difficulty - if a period of dry weather is chosen. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description).
Please maintain social distancing - keep at least 2 metres away from other walkers.
Maps | |||
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 136 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 136 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k. | |||
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Craig-y-Pistyll, Cambrian Mountains
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km
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Coast from Borth to Aberystwyth
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 6.5 miles / 10.6 km
7.1 miles / 11.3 km away
Plynlimon and Nant-y-Moch Reservoir
Grade - hard
Length - 11.0 miles / 17.9 km
7.1 miles / 11.3 km away
Plynlimon from Esteddfa Gurig
Grade - moderate
Length - 5.0 miles / 8.1 km
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A short walk from Happy Valley
Grade - easy
Length - 4.2 miles / 6.8 km
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Pen y Garn from The Arch near Devil's Bridge
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 6.8 miles / 11.1 km
12.3 miles / 19.7 km away
Tarrenhendre from Abergynolwyn
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 5.0 miles / 8.1 km
12.6 miles / 20.1 km away
Tarren y Gesail from Abergynolwyn
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km
12.6 miles / 20.1 km away
Abergynolwyn, Llanfihangel-y-pennant & Castell y Bere
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 6.8 miles / 11.1 km
12.6 miles / 20.1 km away
Castell y Bere & Llanfihangel-y-pennant from Abergynolwyn
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 5.7 miles / 9.3 km
Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
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