Where is Ystwyth Trail?

Ystwyth Trail is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.3597°, -4.0333°.

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Ystwyth Trail

Ystwyth Trail in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Ystwyth Trail 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.

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The Ystwyth Trail is a 21-mile (34 km) multi-use rail trail linking Aberystwyth, Llanfarian, Ystrad Meurig and Tregaron in Ceredigion, Wales. Cycling and walking are permitted along the entire length while horseriding is permitted on several sections only. The £1.7m Ystwyth Trail was partially completed in September 2008 and runs along part of the former track bed of the Old Manchester and Milford Railway, a Great Western Railway branch line opened in 1867, and closed as part of the beeching cuts in 1963. It remains incomplete today, with multiple road diversions due to objections during planning. The Ystwyth Trail links with other routes via Lampeter and Devil's Bridge creating a link with both the Lôn Cambria and Lôn Teifi long-distance cycling routes (Sustrans national network routes 81 and 82).

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Background

History

The Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway was opened by the Manchester and Milford Railway (M&MR) in 1867, with the aim of providing a route from the industrial hub of Manchester, to the port of Milford Haven. However, the company faced repeated financial issues and was eventually sold to GWR in 1911, which was in turn nationalised in 1948 under British Railways. By the 1960s, low levels of traffic and the resulting commercial losses led to the 1963 Beeching Report recommending the line's closure. In spite of the social implications on the region, the line was closed to both freight and passenger traffic by 1965. In the 2000s, sections of the trackbed were purchased by Ceredigion Country…

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