Cors Caron National Nature Reserve, Cors Caron

Name: Cors Caron National Nature Reserve
Address: Cors Caron, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Cors Caron

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Cors Caron is a raised bog in Ceredigion, Wales. Cors is the Welsh word for "bog". Cors Caron covers an area of approximately 349 hectares. Cors Caron represents the most intact surviving example of a raised bog landscape in the United Kingdom. About 44 different species groups inhabit the area including various land and aquatic plants, fish, insects, crustaceans, lichen, fungi, terrestrial mammals and birds. ()

Area: 3.33 mi²Elevation: 525 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°15'26"N, 3°55'14"W

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Cors Caron National Nature Reserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Strata Florida Abbey, Church of Saint David, Dyfi Biosphere, Bremia Fort.

3.7 miE
Monastery
Strata Florida Abbey, Pontrhydfendigaid
94 min walk • Strata Florida Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey situated just outside Pontrhydfendigaid, near Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. The abbey was founded in 1164.
5.6 miS
Church
Church of Saint David
142 min walk • St David's Church is a Grade II* listed medieval church in the Welsh village of Llanddewi Brefi, 3 miles south of Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion.
5.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Dyfi Biosphere
140 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.
5.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Bremia Fort
138 min walk • Bremia is the name of the Roman fort in Llanio, West Wales. It is in Llanddewi Brefi community area, south-west of Tregaron, in Ceredigion. The fort was built by the Romans around AD 75 and was in use to AD 120 in Roman Wales. The fort was situated on Sarn Helen, a Roman road leading north from the fort at Dolaucothi.
2.7 miS
Town
Tregaron
69 min walk • Tregaron is an ancient market town in Ceredigion, Wales, astride the River Brenig, a tributary of the River Teifi. Tregaron is 11 miles northeast of Lampeter.
5.1 miN
Church
St Afan's Church
131 min walk • Saint Afan's Church is located in Llanafan, 8 miles east of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, in Wales.
5.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Fanod
137 min walk • Llyn Fanod is an upland lake situated between Penuwch and Bontnewydd in Ceredigion, Wales. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest partly owned by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales. Public access is via a bridlepath from the road.
5.1 miW
Memorial
Mynydd Bach
131 min walk • Mynydd Bach is located in the midlands of Ceredigion. It is a range of low hills, rather than a single mountain as its name suggests. The highest point reaches 329 meters above sea level. This area contains a few small villages and is an important place in Ceredigion’s cultural history.
5.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Eiddwen
141 min walk • Llyn Eiddwen is a lake and site of special scientific interest near Trefenter in Ceredigion, Wales. It is the source of the River Aeron. This natural lake provides an environment to preserve rare local water-plant life and seasonal animals. It is owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales.
5.3 miN
Archaeological site
Trawscoed fort
135 min walk • Trawscoed fort is an Iron Age auxiliary hillfort in Ceredigion, Wales, located near the modern town of Trawsgoed that was first built in the 70s AD.