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Dolaucothi Estate Trail, Dolaucothi
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–19 °C (52–66 °F)
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Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Follow this circular to the highest point on the Dolaucothi Estate in Carmarthen. Views over the winding Cothi River, Dolaucothi Gold Mines & village of Pumsaint, before returning along an old railway. Glimpse at red squirrel or pine marten in the woods.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 7.0 km · 4.3 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 6.1 km · 3.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 6.7 km NE of Llansawel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Carmarthenshire
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Visitor Car Park, Dolaucothi Gold Mines, Pumsaint, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, SA19 8US;52.04511, -3.95160;SN662403 → Visitor Car Park, Dolaucothi Gold Mines, Pumsaint, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, SA19 8US;52.04511, -3.95160;SN662403
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 52.0529, -3.9514
- Route start
- 52.0453, -3.9518
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19859173
- Official info
- nationaltrust.org.uk/cy/visit/wales/dolaucothi/l
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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