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]- 1 Borth railway station. The Cambrian Line between Machynlleth and Aberystwyth.
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
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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..
- 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.
- 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]- The beach.
- Walk along the cliff tops along part of the Wales Coast Path to Aberystwyth
- 1 Borth and Ynyslas Golf Club, ☏ +44 1970 871202.
Buy
[edit]- 1 It's A Gift, ☏ +44 1970 871271. A seaside bucket and spade shop like from the 1960s.
Eat
[edit]- 1 Victoria Inn, High St,, ☏ +44 1970 871417.
- 2 The Acorn, ☏ +44 1970 871582. Fish and chips takeaway.
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.
- 1 Brynowen Holiday Park, ☏ +44 330 123 4984. Caravans and cabins.
- 2 YHA Borth, ☏ +44 345 260 2561.
- 3 Pebbles beach guest house b&b, 1874 High St, ☏ +44 1970 871690.