Other places · Mid Wales
Dyfi Furnace
In or near Aberdyfi.
Dyfi Furnace in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Rob Farrow — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Dovey Junction · 3.2 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Dyfi Furnace, the nearest railway station is Dovey Junction, located 3.2 km away. The postcode for navigation is SY20 8PJ. Entry details and accessibility information are not provided.
About
Dyfi Furnace is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
Photo gallery
See it from the streetimagery from 2026
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Heritage listing
http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=9822
From Cadw under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Dyfi Furnace is a restored mid 18th century charcoal fired blast furnace used for smelting iron ore. It has given its name to the adjoining hamlet of Furnace (Welsh: Ffwrnais).
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The site for Dyfi Furnace was chosen downstream of the waterfall on the River Einion to take advantage of the water power from the river and charcoal produced from the local woodlands, with the iron ore being shipped in from Cumbria via the Afon Dyfi. The furnace built around 1755 was only used for about fifty years to smelt iron ore. By 1810 it had been abandoned and the waterwheel removed. The etching by John George Wood to accompany his "The Principal Rivers of Wales", published 1813, shows the furnace in its transitional form with no waterwheel attached. Some time later a new waterwheel was installed – the one that has been renovated and is visible today – and the furnace became a…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.5381, -3.9403
- District
- Ceredigion
- Parish
- Ysgubor-y-coed
- Postcode
- SY20 8PJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli
- Nearest railway station
- Dovey Junction — 3.2 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q12056811 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dyfi Furnace (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Other places nearby
Furnace Waterfall
Waterfalls · 0.0 km
Furnace Bridge
Historic bridges · 0.0 km
Coed y Garth
Other places · 0.6 km
Coed Cwm Einion
Forests & woodlands · 0.7 km
Eglwys-fach
Villages · 0.7 km
Ynyshir
Other places · 0.8 km
Coed Penrhyn-Mawr
Mountains & hills · 0.9 km
Eglwys Fach
Historic churches · 0.9 km
Ynys-hir RSPB reserve
Wildlife reserves · 1.0 km
RSPB Ynys-hir
Forests & woodlands · 1.3 km
River Llyfnant
Reservoirs & lochs · 1.3 km
Ysgubor-y-coed
Castles · 1.5 km
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📷 4Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dyfi Furnace?
- Dyfi Furnace is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY20 8PJ), in the parish of Ysgubor-y-coed.
- What is Dyfi Furnace?
- Dyfi Furnace in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Dyfi Furnace?
- The nearest railway station is Dovey Junction, about 3.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode SY20 8PJ.
- Who owns Dyfi Furnace?
- Dyfi Furnace is owned by Cadw.
- Is Dyfi Furnace a listed building?
- Dyfi Furnace is officially recognised as II* listed.
- How do I get to Dyfi Furnace?
- The nearest railway station is Dovey Junction, about 3.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SY20 8PJ.