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Hafren Forest Boardwalk – Hafren Cascades Boardwalk loop from Rhyd-y-benwch

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Hafren Forest Boardwalk – Hafren Cascades Boardwalk loop from Rhyd-y-benwch

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Hafren Forest Boardwalk – Hafren Cascades Boardwalk loop from Rhyd-y-benwch

06:51

23.2km

690m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 8, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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239 m

Hafren Forest Boardwalk

Highlight • River

A stunning board walk wheelchair accessible you can further the walk to the waterfall this may be difficult terrain for some each is different

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461 m

Hafren Forest Stream and Boardwalk

Highlight • River

Although the forest still produces timber for Natural Resources Wales, it has also developed as a wildlife habitat and as a tourist attraction. The red kite is seen in the …

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478 m

Hafren Cascades Boardwalk

Highlight • Waterfall

The forest covers around 40 square kilometres (15 square miles), and consists mainly of pine and spruce trees. It takes its name from the Afon Hafren (Welsh for 'River Severn') …

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3.19 km

Blaen Hafren Falls is a small but pretty waterfall along the infant River Severn, situated in the Hafren Forest. Along this waterway, and indeed the many streams nearby, you can find dippers, frogs, toads and other amphibians, plus freshwater fish.

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8.36 km

Pen Pumlumon Arwystli

Highlight • Summit

The second highest summit in the Pumlumon range, Pen Pumlumon Arwystli lies just to the south of the source of the River Severn, the longest in the UK. It boasts …

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10.1 km

Pen Pumlumon Llygad-Bychan summit

Highlight • Lake

Third highest summit in the Pumlumon range, Pen Pumlumon Llygad-bychan is perhaps most notable for its proximity to the source of the River Wye. To the north of the summit …

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11.1 km

Pumlumon Fawr summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

A beautiful part of Mid Wales that is often over looked. Stunning remote landscape of great beauty without the crowds of the more popular peaks.

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11.1 km

Pumlumon Fawr summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

This is a beautiful area and less busy than the more popular peaks of Wales. It's a stunning, remote landscape of lakes and barren hills that are still high enough to be in the Nuttall category.

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23.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.4 km

5.87 km

2.71 km

206 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.96 km

5.29 km

4.63 km

4.21 km

2.64 km

495 m

Elevation

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Highest point (740 m)

Lowest point (320 m)

Weather

Thursday 25 June

25°C

16°C

40 %

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Hafren Forest Boardwalk – Hafren Cascades Boardwalk loop from Rhyd-y-benwch

Hafren Forest Boardwalk

Hafren Forest Stream and Boardwalk

Hafren Cascades Boardwalk

Blaen Hafren Falls

Pen Pumlumon Arwystli

Pen Pumlumon Llygad-Bychan summit

Pumlumon Fawr summit

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