River Ystwyth

The River Ystwyth is a river in Ceredigion, Wales. The length of the main river is 20.5 miles. Its catchment area covers 75 square miles. Its source is a number of streams that include the Afon Diliw, located on the west slopes of Plynlimon on the border of Ceredigion and Powys in the Cambrian Mountains.

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Type: Stream
Description: river in Wales, UK
Also known as: “River Ystwith”, “Ystwyth”, and “Ystwyth River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aberystwyth Castle and Aberystwyth railway station.

Aberystwyth Castle

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Aberystwyth Castle is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales. It was built in response to the First Welsh War in the late 13th century, replacing an earlier fortress located a mile to the south.

Aberystwyth railway station

Railway station

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Aberystwyth railway station is located in the town of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales; it is served by passenger trains operated by Transport for Wales. It is the terminus of both the Cambrian Line and of the narrow-gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway.

Pen Dinas

Scenic viewpoint

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Pen Dinas is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aberystwyth and Penparcau.

Aberystwyth

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Aberystwyth is in the county of Ceredigion, in Wales. Aberystwyth, called the true capital of Wales by some, is a smallish town on the Ceredigion coast, just below the Dyfi estuary.

Penparcau

Village

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Penparcau is a village and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, situated to the south of Aberystwyth. The original village was a hamlet, but the building of extensive Art Deco style semi-detached social housing from the 1920s on transformed it.