Craig y Rhiwarth

This reserve contains some of the finest examples of limestone plant communities in Brecknock. The reserve contains more than 400 species of trees, flowers, moss and lichens.

Location

Nearest town: Glyntawe. Post code SA9 1GP.

OS Map Reference

Main entrance: SN 843157

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Know before you go

Size

5 hectares

Entry fee

Free

Parking information

Park at Craig y Nos Country Park.

Grazing animals

None.

Walking trails

The reserve is open to visitors and you are allowed to visit the reserve on foot for your quiet enjoyment of the wildlife present. However, the site features many areas of scree, steep slopes and cliffs making access very difficult and which should be avoided for your safety. The site can be very wet at any time of year.

Access

The paths via Craig y Nos Country Park to the entrance of the reserve are wheelchair accessible.

Dogs

On a lead

When to visit

Opening times

Open access reserve.

Best time to visit

All year

About the reserve

The ash woodland has a ground flora that includes lily of the valley, wood spurge, wood fescue and various mosses.

Grassland areas of the reserve have typical limestone grassland flora such as wild thyme and salad burnet and the rarer soft-leaved sedge and mossy saxifrage.

Please Note:
The northern part of Craig y Rhiwarth Site of Special Scientific Interest is no longer part of the nature reserve. It is private land and access is restricted to existing public rights of way only.

Species:

Ash, Bird's-foot-trefoil, Bramble, Broad-leaved Helleborine, Bulbous Buttercup, Centaury, Cock's foot, Common Frog, Crested Dog's tail, Daisy, Dandelion, Eyebright, Field Wood-rush, Harebell, Hawthorn, Knapweed, Lily of the Valley, Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Quaking-grass, Raven, Red Clover, Ribwort Plantain, Salad Burnet, Selfheal, Sweet Vernal-grass, White Clover, Wild Thyme, Wood Spurge.