Ynyslas
Coordinates: 52°31′48″N 4°03′18″W / 52.53°N 4.055°W
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 Ynyslas
Ynyslas shown within Ceredigion |
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| OS grid reference | SN608894 |
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| Principal area | Ceredigion |
| Ceremonial county | Dyfed |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Dialling code | 01970 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Ceredigion |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Ceredigion | |
Ynyslas is a small Welsh village about 1.5 miles north of Borth and 8 miles north of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion. It is sandwiched between a long sandy beach in Cardigan Bay and the beach in the Dyfi Estuary. The area between the sea and the estuary beach is made up of the Ynyslas Sand Dunes which are part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve and home to many rare plants and animals. The sands of the estuary beach can be driven onto and parked upon. The nature reserve has a visitor centre with toilets and a small shop. At the start of some BBC 1 programmes it shows people flying kites on sand dunes and this was filmed at Ynyslas.
The northern end of the Ceredigion Coast Path extends to the Dyfi Estuary National Nature Reserve at Ynyslas.[1]
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[edit] Ecology
The Dyfi National Nature Reserve and the Ynyslas Sand Dunes are situated where mouth of Afon Leri joins the Dyfi Estuary at Ynyslas. Cors Fochno is situated to the east beyond the Afon Leri. At low tide the remains of an ancient submerged forest with stumps of petrified oak, pine, birch, willow and hazel are exposed on the beach.[2]
[edit] Railway
From 1867 Ynyslas had a station on the Cambrian Railways, with sidings serving the riverside wharves. The Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway proposed to create a narrow-gauge line to the wharves in the 1890s but this was never built. Ynyslas station was closed by the London Midland Region of British Railways on 14th June 1965.
[edit] Trivia
One of the BBC One idents involving kites was shot at Ynyslas.
[edit] Sport
Borth Rowing Club stores its boat at, and launches from the Ynyslas Boatyard on the banks of the Afon Leri.
The 18 hole golf course at the Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club stretches from Borth to Ynyslas.
The beach is ideal for windsurfing, surfing and kiting both on the seafront and in the estuary.
[edit] References
- ^ The Long Distance Walkers' Association - Ceredigion Coast Path
- ^ Anon. "Submerged forest". BBC home:Mid wales. BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/coast/pages/5.shtml. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
[edit] See also
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