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Bannau Brycheiniog: Fforest Fawr and the WaterfallsHenrhyd Falls
The highest single drop in south Wales, ninety feet into a wooded gorge, with a path behind the curtain.
- Distance
- 0.9 mi / 1.5 km
- Time
- 40 min
- Ascent
- 90 m
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Shape
- There and back
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
Descend the steps from the car park into the gorge, follow the path to the base of the falls, and climb back the way you came. You can walk behind the water when levels allow.
Worth knowing
- Ninety metres of descent and the same back up, in half a mile. Know that before you start.
- The rock behind the falls is slick and the spray soaks you. Worth it, but expect to get wet.
- Stood in for the entrance to the Batcave in a Batman film, which the local signage has never quite got over.
What you’ll see
A ninety-foot single drop, mossy gorge woodland, and the plunge pool below.
Background
The falls drop over a hard sandstone band into softer rock beneath, the same geology that produces the waterfall country a few miles east.