Rhos Goch National Nature Reserve
Rhos Goch National Nature Reserve, located near Painscastle on the England/Wales border, is one of the largest raised bogs in mid and south Wales. ‘Goch’ is Welsh for ‘red’, and in autumn the bog accordingly becomes a stunning carpet of red and gold.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Newchurch Hill and Church of St Mary, Newchurch.
Painscastle Castle
Ruins
Photo: Phil Laycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Painscastle Castle is a castle in the village of Painscastle in Powys, Wales. It lies between Builth and Hay-on-Wye, approximately 3 miles from the Wales-England border today.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clyro and Newchurch.
Clyro
Village
Photo: Mike Price, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clyro is a village and community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales, with 781 inhabitants as of the 2011 UK Census. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 1.5 miles to the south-east.
Newchurch
Village
Newchurch is a small rural village in Powys, Wales, centred around St Mary's Church. The village is within the community of Gladestry, about 5 miles north of Hay-on-Wye, and is on the Offa's Dyke Path, one of the UK's National Trails.
Clifford
Village
Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clifford is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and 2.5 miles to the north of Hay-on-Wye. It lies on the south bank of the River Wye, which here forms the border between Wales and England.
Rhos Goch National Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: nature reserve on the England/Wales border
- Categories: national nature reserve and recreation area
- Location: Painscastle, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.1278° or 52° 7′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.1759° or 3° 10′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C4R4RHF+4JOpenStreetMap ID
way 1465295404OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q7321482
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Rhos Goch National Nature Reserve” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Gwarchodfa Natur Genedlaethol Rhos Goch”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dol-y-cannau and Rhos-gôch.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rhos Goch Common and Rhosgoch Golf & Leisure Club.
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