Around Llangorse Lake
Our view
From the car park next to the toilets, walk across the access road and continue straight across the Common on a grassy track. This leads to a small footbridge over the Afon Llynfi. Cross the bridge and bear diagonally left to cross the centre of the field towards another small footbridge and stile. Although you are on level ground, the walk has great views over some of the surrounding peaks and on this stretch you’ll see the sloping table top of Pen y Fan clearly ahead in the distance. Continue in the same direction across the next field until you come to a stone wall, which is vaulted by a step stile. Cross this and maintain the same direction. You’ll notice a small copse on your lefthand side and beyond this a dense patch of reeds. At the end of this field, you come to a wooden footbridge. Cross this and the stile to continue in the same direction again. This leads on to a short boardwalk that takes you through a small gate. Keep straight ahead here, to the left-hand edge of the field.
Pass through another gate to continue along the same line. At the end of this field, pass through another gate and join a broad grassy track at a junction. This is Llangasty Nature Reserve and if you turn left here, you’ll come to a hide on your left-hand side. To continue, keep straight ahead, passing through a wide gate with two waymarkers on it. Keep left to walk above a small wood and then, at the end of the wood, bear around to the left on another boardwalk, which leads you to a kissing gate. Go into the wood and cross a footbridge to continue to another kissing gate. Keep ahead here, along the bottom of the field to another gate and maintain your direction to run along a scenic section of the lake shore – a great place to take a break. After passing a few lofty Scots pines you reach yet another gate, by the elegant 19th-century Church of St Gastyn’s. This, along with the nearby school and manor house, were built by Robert Raikes, the originator of the Sunday School in Britain.
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Nearby places to stay
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- Launderette
- Ice pack facility
- Picnic Area
- Shop onsite
