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Mid Wales Walking Holiday Panoramas

The landscapes of Mid Wales are breathtaking, not so much for the raw natural beauty that is so striking in more mountainous areas, but for the wide horizons, the sense of space, and for the wild hill scenery gently rolling into the distance. It is almost impossible to capture the essence of these places in an ordinary photograph, so we are compiling a small library of panoramas from some of our favourite viewpoints, to try to give a better idea. Of course, nothing beats actually standing there and seeing it for real!

Click the name for a standard-resolution panorama.

Most panoramas can be viewed at higher quality - click HQ instead of the panorama name. The HQ option gives a clearer image, much better results when you use the "zoom", and is recommended if you are using broadband and/or don't mind waiting a bit longer for the image to download.

N.B. You need to have the Java Runtime Environment installed on your computer to view the panoramas; if they don't work, you probably haven't got Java. It's a free download, from http://www.java.com/en/

If you have installed Java, and they still won't work, please let us know.

HQ Blaen-y-ddôl Hillscape's base  
HQ Drysgol Between Pontrhydfendigaid and the Ystwyth valley; a fine viewpoint for the Cambrian Mountains Walk 01 Ysbyty Common
HQ Ysbyty Ystwyth Fine view up the Ystwyth valley, including the villages of Pontrhydygroes and Ysbyty Ystwyth Walk 02 Tynbedw Forest
HQ Frongoch Lake Created by lead-miners, and now enjoyed by anglers and walkers. A peaceful evening view Walk 04 Five Ponds
HQ Castell Grogwynion Just ½ mile from Blaen-y-ddôl, and a superb viewpoint for the Ystwyth valley and Cambrian Mountains

Walk 05 Brynafan

HQ Maenarthur High above the Ystwyth valley, a viewpoint created by a forward-looking local landowner

Walk 07 Ystwyth Gorge

HQ Craig Lan-las A newly accessible Hillscape summit thanks to the CRoW Act 2000 Walk 08 Craig Lan-las
HQ Pen Glog-fawr A little hill with a big view, 3 miles SE of Blaen-y-ddôl Walk 10 Miners' Bridge
HQ Trawsallt A favourite with our guests, and a fine lunch-stop Walk 11 Trawsallt
HQ Carreg Naw Llyn Nine-Lake Rock - one of the best Hillscape views Walk 12 Domen Milwyn
HQ Ceredigion Coast A view from the cliff-top between Aberystwyth and Borth Walk 14 Ceredigion Coast
HQ Dinas An ancient hill fort with great views of Plynlimon and the upper Rheidol valley. Walk 23 Dinas
HQ Pumlumon Fawr The highest point in the Cambrian Mountains Walk 24 Pumlumon Fawr
Walk 25 Plynlimon & 3 Sources
HQ Cader Idris An autumn panorama from Penygadair Walk 29 Cader Idris
HQ Carnyrhyrddod Briliiant views, stretching from the Llyn peninsula to Preseli, via most of upland Wales! Walk 30 Bryn Dafydd
HQ Lan-du Fawr Our "local" trig point at 1939' (593m) Walk 31 Teifi Pools
HQ Blaen Rhestr Close to the Monks' Trod, in the heart of the Cambrian Mountains Walk 32 Strata Florida
HQ Cors Caron National Nature Reserve near Tregaron Walk 33 Cors Caron
  Crugyn Ci Between the Elan and Wye valleys near Rhayader Walk 38 Pen-y-garreg & Garreg-ddu
HQ Cnwch A wonderful little Elan Valley hill-top Walk 39 Caban Coch

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