Teifi Valley
Drefach Felindre and the Wool Trail
A self-guided walk round the village that was the centre of the Welsh woollen industry, with mills, drying fields and the museum at its heart.
- Distance
- 3.1 mi / 5 km
- Time
- 1 hr 45
- Ascent
- 150 m
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Shape
- Circular
Where it is
The circle shows the general area, not the exact start. Use the directions link below to get to the car park itself. Contours and paths shown are OpenTopoMap, drawn from OpenStreetMap data.
The route
The waymarked trail links the mill sites and the river through the village, extending into the surrounding farmland.
Worth knowing
- The National Wool Museum is in the old Cambrian Mills and is free to enter.
- At its peak the district had over fifty mills in a few square miles.
- The trail is interpreted with boards explaining each site.
What you’ll see
The wool museum and mill buildings, the river that powered them, and the tenter fields.
Background
The Teifi valley was the Welsh woollen industry’s heartland, supplying flannel to the industrial towns of England until the trade collapsed.