Devil's Bridge Falls

The Devil’s Bridge Falls

Devil’s Bridge Falls in the Rheidol Gorge is a major attraction about 12 miles outside Aberystwyth, where the River Mynach drops 300ft to meet the River Rheidol. The unique falls attract thousands of visitors each year and even inspired William Wordsworth’s “Torrent at the Devil’s Bridge”. For a small charge, you can follow a pathway…

National Wool Museum

Story woven in the Teifi Valley

Located in the historic former Cambrian Mills in the Teifi Valley, the National Wool Museum charts the history of weaving in Wales, once the most important industry in the country. During the late 1800s and early part of the next century, the woollen industry sustained the Welsh rural community and Cambrian Mills was built on…

Rhoose Point

Wales: Inside the dragons’ lair

If dragons were real, then Wales is where they’d be most at home. The only country in the world to have a dragon displayed on its national flag, Wales is a land of Celtic myth and legend. Part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, Wales is bordered by England to the…

UK sites offer terrific view of night sky

It might come as a surprise to many people in the United Kingdom but South Korea’s Yeongyang Firefly Eco Park, Australia’s Warrumbungle National Park, the Grand Canyon National Park in the United States and Wales’ Elan Valley Estate have a vast amount in common… with all having been granted Dark Sky status due to their…

A surfing adventure in Snowdonia

Surrounded by green hills and lush forest in the shadow of an old power station you wouldn’t expect to find a freshwater lagoon that’s 300 metres long and an ideal spot for surfing… but that’s what you’ll find in the Conwy Valley beneath the mountains of Snowdonia. Welcome to the Surf Snowdonia Adventure Parc, a…