Llandybie and Carmel nature reserve

Event Details

  • Start Date Sunday, 23rd of May 2021
  • End Date Sunday, 23rd of May 2021
  • Start/End Time 10:30 - 15:30
  • Near Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
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  • Approx Distance 7 Miles
  • TerrainSome steps, and some steep inclines in the reserve, but on good paths.

This 7 mile approx. walk starts in the village of Llandybie.

Exploring the village we will walk past St Tybie's church and then we will inspect the impressive Victorian clock which was once used for timekeeping by workers at the now closed Cilyrychen lime quarry and has been handed back to the village.

Viewed as an innovation when first installed in the 1870s, the newly restored clock has been housed in an observatory-style building constructed specially to commemorate the village’s industrial heritage.

We leave the village through some fields to a beautiful woodland, and then on to Carmel nature reserve which is made up of ancient woodland, flower rich grassland and an impressive limestone quarry and is also the location of a Turlough or disappearing lake.

After exploring the reserve we return to Llandybie via another lovely woodland and a beautiful path alongside Nant Gwenlais a lovely stream.

There are some ups and downs on this walk including several made wooden steps and some inclines and declines in the reserve but rewarded with fabulous views from the top.

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