Four waterfall walk, Ystradfellte

Sunday we decided to go for a walk instead of another day cycling and headed to the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park, near Ystradfellte, where we were promised waterfalls, and we weren’t disappointed!

As we arrived at the car park we watched a group kit themselves out with potholing gear, waterproofs and head torches. We followed this group down to a large cave; where the group slowly disappeared into the tiniest of holes, waving to us as they pushed each others legs and bottoms!

Back up to the car park and across the road we start the walk along the Nedd Fecha. This walk is about 6-miles and is quite tricky in places as there is a lot of climbing up and down some VERY steep paths, some of which are slippery. We had two little ones with us and they found it very challenging so much so they only made it to the first waterfall.

The first waterfall you come to is Sgwd Clun Gwyn, there are two different routes to access this waterfall but we chose not to cross the bridge so viewed the fall from above instead of approaching it from the side.

Turing away from Sgwd Clun Gwyn we continued along the path to Sgwd y Pannwr. This is where the route gets too difficult for the younger members of the group! The paths are very rocky and take you extremely close to the edge. Caution!

The Second water fall Sgwd y Pannwr is approached from the side; here after a little tuition from Terry, I managed to get some more interesting shots.


Following a steep path we traversed across the ground to the calmer river Mellte below which led us too the third waterfall.

The last waterfall is Sgwd-yr-Eira the “Waterfall of Snow” formed where the river leaps over a fifty foot cliff. This is the highlight of the walk as you can walk behind the thundering wall of water, very cool!