Article from Brecon Beacons National Park
Last Updated: 21 December 2007 15:42
Henrhyd Falls
This spectacular waterfall, the highest in the Geopark, drops off the edge of the Farewell Rock into a wooded gorge.
OS grid ref SN 853119
The falls and car park are owned and managed by the National Trust.
Geology
- Carboniferous: Farewell Rock, Coal Measures
Maps
- OS Landranger 160, Explorer map OL12
- Geological - BGS 1:50,000 sheet: 231 ‘Merthyr Tydfil’
Guides
- A Geotrail is to be published in 2008
Facilities
- free car parking at SN 853121
- Entry: free
Accessibility
- steep narrow paths; steep wooden steps; slippery rocks below waterfall
Transport links
- By car – signed along minor roads from A4221 and A4067
- By train - nearest stations at Neath and Merthyr Tydfil
- By bus - 63 service (Stagecoach) stops at Glyntawe & Pen-y-cae
- by bike -
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