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Foxgloves beside the coast path with green cliffs stretching away along the sea
The Wales Coast Path in early summer
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Between the hills
and the sea

Rolling farmland patchworked with wooded valleys, quiet lanes full of wild flowers, and the unspoilt coastline of Cardigan Bay — Brongwyn is a base for all of it.

Our nearest beach · 3 miles

Mwnt, the jewel of Cardigan Bay

A secluded little cove looked after by the National Trust, with golden sand, rock pools and a stream — perfect for sandcastles.

Walks around the headland have views that take your breath away, and you may spot dolphins, seals and porpoises from the clifftops. The tiny chapel on the cliff above the beach dates from the 13th century.

Golden sandy cove at Mwnt beneath a green conical hill, sea thrift in the foreground
Mwnt, three miles from the park
Orange montbretia in front of a wide sandy estuary beach and a green headland
Poppit Sands and the Teifi estuary
Beaches

Sandy coves within twenty minutes

A long, beautiful coastline where flowered clifftops, dunes and wooded valleys alternate with fishing villages, enchanting coves and rugged cliffs.

4 miles

Aberporth

A charming seaside village with two sheltered sandy beaches and rock pools to investigate at low tide. Great for swimming, sailing and fishing.

under 7 miles

Tresaith

Two beaches at the foot of a pretty valley, and a waterfall that tumbles off the cliff onto the sand below.

8 miles

Penbryn

A National Trust cove almost a mile long, reached by a path through bluebell woods. Very little light pollution — wonderful for stargazing.

within 20 minutes

Poppit Sands

A wide sandy beach at the mouth of the Teifi estuary, near Cemaes Head.

Also nearby: Llangrannog · Cwm Tydu · Cei Bach · New Quay · Gwbert · Ceibwr · Cwm yr Eglwys · Newport

Sea thrift on a clifftop above a rocky inlet and green fields
Clifftops and coves
A small boat moored in a calm cove below wooded rocks
A quiet cove
Pink clifftop flowers in sharp focus with a blurred turquoise bay behind
Clifftop flowers above a bayIllustrative
A narrow footpath through a slope of bluebells above the sea
Bluebells on the coast path
Coastal headlands with gorse and heather above a grey-green sea
The coast near Cwm Tydu
Wales Coast Path

Clifftop walking in both directions

From Mwnt, the coast paths of Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire stretch away for miles — towering clifftops, secluded beaches and rugged coves, with views across Cardigan Bay.

Take a one-way walk and let the coastal buses bring you back to your starting point. Timetables change, so check before you set out.

Walks to download

Our favourite walks

A short family stroll or a challenging all-day hike. Download a route map before you go (PDF).

A narrow lane between tall hedgerows with foxgloves, the sea glimpsed beyond
A hedgerow lane towards the seaIllustrative

Quiet lanes and hedgerows full of wild flowers, from spring to autumn.

A bottlenose dolphin leaping clear of the sea
Cardigan Bay bottlenose dolphin
Wildlife

Dolphins, seals and seabirds

Cardigan Bay is home to Atlantic grey seals, harbour porpoises and the famous bottlenose dolphins.

Learn more about the bay's marine life at the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre, or visit the Wildlife Centre at Cilgerran on the River Teifi.

Reed-fringed pool reflecting a blue sky and winter trees
Wetland near Cilgerran
Fishing

Sea, shore and river

The waters around Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire offer wonderful fishing for sea, shore and freshwater anglers.

  • Fish from beaches and rocky headlands at Poppit Sands, Gwbert, Mwnt and Aberporth — just a few miles away.
  • Boats are available for sea fishing trips from New Quay.
  • The River Teifi is a fine salmon and game river: sewin (sea trout) from late May to early September, salmon from August to October, and brown trout through the season.
The Teifi estuary at Gwbert with moored boats and green hills
The Teifi estuary
Castles & history

A land of legends

You're never far from the sites of prehistoric settlers and early pilgrims. Cardigan itself — Aberteifi, “the mouth of the Teifi” — is a market town with its own castle, shops and theatre, three miles away.

Cardigan Castle

Rhys ap Gruffudd built the first Welsh stone castle here around 1170, and held the first Eisteddfod at Cardigan in 1176.

Cilgerran Castle

About five miles away, high on a gorge above the Teifi. Coracle races are still held on the river below each summer.

St Dogmaels Abbey

Four miles away — the ruins of a 12th-century Benedictine abbey overlooking the Teifi.

Mwnt Chapel

The tiny chapel on the cliff at Mwnt, three miles from Brongwyn, dates from the 13th century.

Pentre Ifan

One of Wales’ finest burial chambers, around 5,000 years old, near Newport.

Castell Henllys

A reconstructed Iron Age hillfort with roundhouses, between the Preseli Hills and the coast.

Poppies, foxgloves and campion along a lane-side bank
Wild flowers in the lanes
Gardens

A different garden every day

Garden lovers are spoilt for choice, with these all within about an hour's drive.

Mist lying in the folds of green hills at dawn, with scattered trees
Dawn mist in the valleysIllustrative

Your base for West Wales

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