Borth

village and community in Ceredigion, Wales, UK

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

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

See

  • 🌍 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.. 
  • 🌍 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)
  • 🌍 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

Buy

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

Eat

Drink

Sleep

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

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