Cwmsymlog

#4487 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Valley

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Cwmsymlog is a short valley, sheltering a hamlet of the same name, in Ceredigion, in the west of Wales. Once an important mining area, but the mining slowly declined and finally came to an end in 1901. Now it is peaceful, open countryside with a few mining remains, scattered houses and farmland. It is also the name of a Site of Special Scientific Interest at that location. ()

Area: 10.3 acres (0.0161 mi²)Coordinates: 52°26'15"N, 3°54'54"W

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Cwmsymlog – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Borth Animalarium, Plynlimon, Ystwyth Trail, The Silver Mountain Experience.

6.4 miNW
Outdoor activities, Park, Zoo
Borth Animalarium, Borth
163 min walk • Borth Wild Animal Kingdom, formerly known as Borth Animalarium, is a zoo, located in the seaside Welsh town of Borth, 7 miles north of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion, Mid Wales. It occupies 12 acres and in 2015 had some 27,000 visitors..
5.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Plynlimon
151 min walk • Pumlumon is the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains in Wales, and the highest point in Mid Wales. It is a massif that dominates the surrounding countryside and is the highest point of Ceredigion.
7.3 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Ystwyth Trail, Aberystwyth
187 min walk • The Ystwyth Trail is a 21-mile multi-use rail trail linking Aberystwyth, Llanfarian, Ystrad Meurig and Tregaron in Ceredigion, Wales. Cycling and walking are permitted along the entire length while horseriding is permitted on several sections only.
2.7 miSE
52°24'42"N • 3°51'56"W
The Silver Mountain Experience, Ponterwyd
70 min walk • Mine, Museum
5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Mynach Falls, Devil's Bridge
128 min walk • Mynach Falls is a waterfall near Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. It occurs where the River Mynach drops 90 metres in 5 steps down a steep and narrow ravine before it meets the River Rheidol.
5.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Hafod Uchtryd
130 min walk • Hafod Uchtryd is a wooded and landscaped estate in the Ystwyth valley in Ceredigion, Wales. Near Devil's Bridge, Cwmystwyth and Pont-rhyd-y-groes, it is off the B4574 road.
4.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Coed Rheidol National Nature Reserve, Devil's Bridge
112 min walk • Coed Rheidol National Nature Reserve forms part of the long ribbon of woodland adjoining the Afon Mynach and Afon Rheidol around the lower slopes of hills near Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion.
3.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Nant-y-moch Reservoir
98 min walk • Nant-y-moch Reservoir Welsh pronunciation is situated in the Cambrian Mountains in northern Ceredigion, Wales, near Pumlumon. The reservoir which flooded a part of the valley of the River Rheidol and its headwaters derives its name from a stream, the Nant-y-moch, which formerly flowed into the River Rheidol at this spot.
3.3 miS
Zoo
The Magic of Life Butterfly House, Ponterwyd
86 min walk • The Magic of Life Butterfly House is an all-weather butterfly zoo visitor attraction near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion in Wales. It was opened in July 2002 by rain forest conservationist, the Earl of Cranbrook.
4.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Y Garn
123 min walk • Y Garn is a subsidiary summit of Pen Pumlumon Fawr and the fourth highest peak on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.
3 miW
Forts and castles
Ystrad Peithyll
77 min walk • Ystrad Peithyll is the remains of a small 12th-century motte-and-bailey castle on the River Peithyll, near Penrhyn-coch in northern Ceredigion, Wales. The castle was attacked and destroyed by followers of Gruffydd ap Rhys in the early 12th century.