Borth

Borth is a village of 1,400 people (2011) in Ceredigion. It lies on the coast 7 miles north of Aberystwyth. The village is the quintessential British seaside resort, with mixed sand and stony beach, sea wall, pubs and shops selling plastic buckets and spades.

Understand

Get in

By train

52.491-4.051 Borth railway station. The Cambrian Line between Machynlleth and Aberystwyth. (updated Nov 2016)

By car

The small B4353 goes through the village and connects to the A487 between Aberystwyth and Machynlleth.

By bus

There is an hourly bus service between Aberystwyth and Ynyslas via Borth on Monday-Saturday (no Sunday service)

Get around

Map of Borth

See

52.53-4.0551 Ynyslas. Large sandy beach and sand dunes on the Dyfi estuary. Small nature information hut open in summer. Parking on the sand, payment in peak season..
52.4856-4.0442 Borth Animalarium, ☏ +44 7957775581. Daily: Nov-Mar 10AM-4PM; Apr-Oct 10AM-6PM. A small zoo. Adult £8; child (3-15) £6; under 3 free: OAP, student, disabled £7.20. (updated Sep 2024)
52.49076-4.049743 Borth station museum (On the station platform). Sa Tu Th 11AM-4PM, Su Bank holidays noon-4PM. A museum of local railway artefacts, in the restored waiting room and booking office of Borth railway station. The museum is run by volunteers, and featured in the bilingual crime drama Hinterland/Y Gwyll. Free. (updated Apr 2017)

Do

The beach.
Walk along the cliff tops along part of the Wales Coast Path to Aberystwyth
52.4972-4.05121 Borth and Ynyslas Golf Club, ☏ +44 1970 871202.

Buy

52.4817-4.05091 It's A Gift, ☏ +44 1970 871271. A seaside bucket and spade shop like from the 1960s. (updated Aug 2019)

Eat

52.48924-4.051251 Victoria Inn, High St,, ☏ +44 1970 871417. (updated Nov 2016)
52.4851-4.05082 The Acorn, ☏ +44 1970 871582. Fish and chips takeaway. (updated Aug 2019)

Drink

Sleep

There are a number of hotels and B&B in the village and a few caravan sites on the edge of town.

52.48-4.04851 Brynowen Holiday Park, ☏ +44 330 123 4984. Caravans and cabins. (updated Aug 2019)
52.4966-4.05182 YHA Borth, ☏ +44 345 260 2561. (updated Aug 2019)
52.4886-4.05113 Pebbles beach guest house b&b, 1874 High St, ☏ +44 1970 871690. (updated Aug 2019)

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