Rhiwbina Living Issue 55
Summer 2022 issue of the award-winning magazine for Rhiwbina.
Summer 2022 issue of the award-winning magazine for Rhiwbina.
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Water<br />
features<br />
South Wales is rich in<br />
waterfalls. Slip on your walking<br />
shoes, pack a flask, and take<br />
time to admire these calming<br />
wonders of nature for free<br />
Melincourt Falls<br />
Situated in the Vale of Neath,<br />
Melincourt Falls sits at the end of a<br />
short walk from the car park.<br />
It has been drawing visitors to the<br />
site for over two centuries, and it has<br />
been said that the falls inspired the<br />
artist JMW Turner to paint them. At<br />
over 80 feet high, the falls certainly<br />
catch the eye as they plunge off<br />
Melin Court Brook, a left-bank<br />
tributary of the River Neath.<br />
Considered one of the easier of<br />
the Welsh waterfalls to visit, the<br />
experience is further enhanced by a<br />
gentle stream that gurgles through<br />
the vegetation.<br />
The falls can be accessed from the<br />
public footpath that sits on the B4434<br />
Resolven to Tonna Road. It's situated<br />
about a mile south of Resolven.<br />
Henrhyd Falls<br />
The path leading to the highest<br />
waterfall in South Wales is<br />
maintained but even so, it is best<br />
to treat it with caution as it does<br />
get hilly and wet in places.<br />
Its 90 feet drop marks it out<br />
as one of the finest in what is<br />
considered 'Brecon Beacons<br />
Waterfall Country.' The falls<br />
occur where the small river Nant<br />
Llech drops over the faulted<br />
edge of a hard sandstone known<br />
as the Farewell Rock.<br />
The area was surveyed<br />
by the Canadian geologist<br />
William Logan in the 1800s. He<br />
discovered early fossilised trees<br />
that are now on display outside<br />
Swansea Museum.<br />
If you're a fan of Batman, you<br />
might also recognise it from the<br />
2012 film, The Dark Knight Rises,<br />
staring Christian Bale, Anne<br />
Hathaway, and Tom Hardy.<br />
Sgwd yr Eira<br />
Translated from the Welsh,<br />
meaning Waterfalls of Snow,<br />
Sgwd yr Eira is one of the most<br />
well-known waterfalls in South<br />
Wales.<br />
It is located on the Afon<br />
Hepste and is part of the Four<br />
Falls Walk that sits between<br />
the villages of Ystradfellte and<br />
Pontneddfechan.<br />
The falls are famous for having<br />
a footpath that leads behind the<br />
falling water, although this can<br />
be closed after periods of heavy<br />
rain.<br />
You can take a 2.5 mile walk<br />
from Pontneddfechan to the<br />
falls, passing through woodland<br />
on a series of footpaths with<br />
some moderate climbs on the<br />
way.<br />
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