Cerdded Cymru - The Welsh Walks Guide

Aberystwyth Edition


Walks Menu    Llanilar Walks   Llanilar and Mole Catchers Wood Circuit (6 miles)

Summary 
Distance: 6 miles Grade: C+
Starting place: 
LLanilar Church, at signpost denoting public right of way..
Starting place map reference:  SN623077
Parking place: 
East side of Llanilar Church graveyard.
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500 feet
250 m
Image courtesy of Ordnance Survey, © 2024 Microsoft Corporation



Leg 1:     Start of leg GR: SN624077
From the footpath sign proceed with graveyard wall on the left and over a style. Follow the field boundary on the right through the gate. Turn half left to cross the field diagonally to another gate. Proceed, at right angles to the fence, to the gate and style at the tarmac road ahead.

Leg 2:     Start of leg GR: SN619754
At the tarmac road turn right and follow the road to the end of the old railway embankment. Turn left through gate and immediately left again through wire to the embankment. this will shortly be reworked to form a multi use track. Continue along the old railway track until a tarmac road is reached near an electricity sub station

Leg 3:     Start of leg GR: SN607757
At the tarmac road turn right and cross the bridge,then turn right at bridleway sign. Follow track turning left after passing the farmhouse. Continue on track uphill to farm road. Turn left and continue to a minor tarmacced road. Turn left on the road for about 800 yards 750 m.to a right angled left bend. Turn right here through the gate at the bridleway sign.

Leg 4:     Start of leg GR: SN613771
From the gate follow route with hedge on the left and later fenced each side, past the radio mast to a minor tarmacced road. Continue in the same direction until when going downhill the public house name in New Cross can be seen. Just before the pub see a lane going right.

Leg 5:     Start of leg GR: SN634770
Proceed along the lane going right until the farm buildings come into sight. Bear right through a gate and follow a footpath, largely over a farm track, down to Glennydd Farm. Immediately after passing the farm house go through the gate on the right and continue along the farm track to a bridge across the river Ystwyth

Leg 6:     Start of leg GR: SN629753
Cross the bridge and turn right along the old railway track, through the station ruins and the old station yard to a tarmac road. Follow this to return to your start point.





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