Hafod Uchtryd

#3812 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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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. Hafod Uchtryd land was within the boundaries of the Cistercian Abbey Strata Florida. Originally a hunting lodge for Welsh Chieftains, it became home to the landed gentry and the nobility. In the late eighteenth century, a celebrated landscape was created under the ownership of Thomas Johnes. ()

Coordinates: 52°22'12"N, 3°57'42"W

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Hafod Uchtryd – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Padarn's Church, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, National Library of Wales, Ystwyth Trail.

5 miNW
Monastery
St Padarn's Church, Aberystwyth
128 min walk • Saint Padarn's Church is a parish church of the Church in Wales, and the largest mediaeval church in mid-Wales. It is at Llanbadarn Fawr, near Aberystwyth, in Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom.
5.3 miNW
Concerts and shows, Cinema, Museum
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth
136 min walk • Aberystwyth Arts Centre is an arts centre in Wales, located on Aberystwyth University's Penglais campus. One of the largest in Wales, it comprises a theatre, concert hall, studio and cinema, as well as four gallery spaces and cafés, bars, and shops.
5.4 miNW
Bookshop, Library
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
139 min walk • The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales and is one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies.
3.1 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Ystwyth Trail, Aberystwyth
80 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.
5 miNE
52°24'42"N • 3°51'56"W
The Silver Mountain Experience, Ponterwyd
127 min walk • Mine, Museum
4.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Mynach Falls, Devil's Bridge
121 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.
5.3 miNW
Museum, Art museum
Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection, Aberystwyth
136 min walk • The Aberystwyth University Ceramic Collection & Archive is located in Aberystwyth, Wales. It holds one of the major collections of studio ceramics in Britain and is particularly noted for its studio pottery of the period 1920–1940.
3.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Dyfi Biosphere
97 min walk • The Dyfi Biosphere is situated at the coast of south-central Wales in the estuary of the River Dyfi, and is a biosphere reserve representative of salt marshes and estuarine systems in the west of the United Kingdom. The estuary forms one of the most important wildfowl and shorebird centres in Wales and also comprises a Ramsar site.
4.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Coed Rheidol National Nature Reserve, Devil's Bridge
111 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.
3.2 miNE
Zoo
The Magic of Life Butterfly House, Ponterwyd
83 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.
5.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Cwmsymlog
130 min walk • 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.