Byrgwm Walk, Brechfa Forest
4.2 miles (6.8 km). About 2 hours, easy.
Start: SN 544 315. Finish: SN 549 321. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Map incomplete. Natural Resources Wales’s line for this walk is about 3.5 miles of the 4.2 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 217 m of climbing and 166 m of descent; highest point 213 m.
Facts
- Code
- WA 1160
- Distance
- 4.2 miles (6.8 km). We measure 3.5 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- naturalresources.wales
- Walking time
- About 2 hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Wales
- County
- Carmarthenshire
- Total ascent
- About 217 m. Highest point 213 m
Getting there
- Car park
- Byrgwm Picnic Area, 50 m from the start. Directions SN 544 315
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: a bus stop, 2.2 km away (Directions).
Getting back
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: a bus stop, 2.9 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 75 m in a kilometre (1 in 13), starting 0.9 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Walks nearby
- WA 1049Dinefwr Park Wildlife Walk3 miles, circular. Starts 7 miles away
- WA 1093'Capability' Brown walk at Dinefwr1.5 miles, circular. Starts 7.2 miles away
- WA 1121Miner's Way trail at Dolaucothi1 mile, circular. Starts 9.1 miles away
- WA 1090Dolaucothi Parkland walk1.5 miles, circular. Starts 9.3 miles away
- WA 1034Dolaucothi Estate Trail4.5 miles, circular. Starts 9.3 miles away
- WA 1061Dolaucothi Woodland Trail3 miles, circular. Starts 9.5 miles away
Sources
Checked against naturalresources.wales on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Natural Resources Wales, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Natural Resources Wales information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Facts: naturalresources.wales
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