Jump to content

Download GPX file for this article
52.486-4.050Full screen dynamic map
From Wikivoyage

Borth is a village of 1,400 people (2011) in Ceredigion. It lies on the coast 7 miles north of Aberystwyth. The village is the quintessential British seaside resort, with mixed sand and stony beach, sea wall, pubs and shops selling plastic buckets and spades.

Understand

[edit]

Get in

[edit]

By train

[edit]

By car

[edit]

The small B4353 goes through the village and connects to the A487 between Aberystwyth and Machynlleth.

By bus

[edit]

There is an hourly bus service between Aberystwyth and Ynyslas via Borth on Monday-Saturday (no Sunday service)

Get around

[edit]
Map
Map of Borth

See

[edit]
  • 1 Ynyslas. Large sandy beach and sand dunes on the Dyfi estuary. Small nature information hut open in summer. Parking on the sand, payment in peak season.. Ynyslas (Q8054078) on Wikidata Ynyslas on Wikipedia
  • 2 Borth Animalarium, +44 7957775581. Daily: Nov-Mar 10AM-4PM; Apr-Oct 10AM-6PM. A small zoo. Adult £8; child (3-15) £6; under 3 free: OAP, student, disabled £7.20. Borth Wild Animal Kingdom (Q4946742) on Wikidata Borth Animalarium on Wikipedia
  • 3 Borth station museum (On the station platform). Sa Tu Th 11AM-4PM, Su Bank holidays noon-4PM. A museum of local railway artefacts, in the restored waiting room and booking office of Borth railway station. The museum is run by volunteers, and featured in the bilingual crime drama Hinterland/Y Gwyll. Free.

Do

[edit]

Buy

[edit]
  • 1 It's A Gift, +44 1970 871271. A seaside bucket and spade shop like from the 1960s.

Eat

[edit]

Drink

[edit]

Sleep

[edit]

There are a number of hotels and B&B in the village and a few caravan sites on the edge of town.

Connect

[edit]

Go next

[edit]
This city travel guide to Borth is a usable article. It has information on how to get there and on restaurants and hotels. An adventurous person could use this article, but please feel free to improve it by editing the page.