Borth is a village of 1,400 people (2011) in Ceredigion. It lies on the coast 7 miles north of Aberystwyth.
Understand
The village is the quintessential British seaside resort, with mixed sand and stony beach, sea wall, pubs and shops selling plastic buckets and spades.
Get in
By train
By car
The small B4353 goes through the village and connects to the A487 between Aberystwyth and Machynlleth.
By bus
There is an hourly bus service between Aberystwyth and Ynyslas via Borth on Monday-Saturday (no Sunday service)
Get around
See
- Ynyslas, 52.53°, -4.055°. 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.
- Borth Animalarium, 52.4856°, -4.044°. small zoo 2016-11-19
- Borth station museum, 52.49076°, -4.04974°. 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 2017-04-12
Do
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
There are a number of hotels and B&B in the village and a few caravan sites on the edge of town.
- Brynowen Holiday Park, 52.4800°, -4.0485°, +44 330 123 4984. Caravans and cabins 2019-08-05
- YHA Borth, 52.4966°, -4.0518°, +44 345 260 2561. 2019-08-05
- Pebbles beach guest house b&b, 1874 High St, 52.4886°, -4.0511°, +44 1970 871690. 2019-08-05
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