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Photo along the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Queensferry, Wales.

Wales Coast PathPhoto Petra Nesti / Pexels

Places to explore near Aberystwyth StationAberystwyth

13 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Aberystwyth, a village in Ceredigion, mid Wales.Highlight

Aberystwyth

Village

Seaside university and county town on Cardigan Bay, with a promenade, ruined castle, cliff railway and the National Library of Wales.

0 km SE · Ceredigion

Photo along the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Queensferry, Wales.Highlight

Wales Coast Path

Long-distance path

Walk the outline of a whole nation — 870 miles of cliff, estuary and beach from Chepstow round to Queensferry.

0.3 km SW · spans 16 counties

Photo of Vale of Rheidol Railway, a visitor attraction near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, mid Wales.Highlight

Vale of Rheidol Railway

Attraction near Aberystwyth

Narrow-gauge steam railway climbing from Aberystwyth up the Rheidol Valley to Devil's Bridge.

0.3 km SE

Photo: Constitution Hill, a viewpoint near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, mid Wales.Highlight

Constitution Hill

Viewpoint near Aberystwyth

Headland above Aberystwyth reached by a Victorian cliff railway, with a camera obscura and views along the Cardigan Bay coast.

1.2 km N

Photo of St Padarn's Church, Llanbadarn Fawr, a church in Ceredigion, mid Wales.Highlight

St Padarn's Church, Llanbadarn Fawr

Church near Llanbadarn Fawr

The largest medieval church in mid Wales, a 13th-century cruciform building on an early monastic site near Aberystwyth.

1.5 km E

Photo of Clarach Bay Beach, a beach near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, mid Wales.Highlight

Clarach Bay Beach

Beach near Aberystwyth

Sheltered pebble-and-sand holiday beach in a small valley between Aberystwyth and Borth.

2.1 km N

Photo of Wallog, a beach near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, mid Wales.Highlight

Wallog

Beach near Aberystwyth

Remote shingle beach a short walk from Clarach, beside the mysterious Sarn Wallog shingle causeway.

4.2 km N

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Starling Cloud, a pub near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, mid Wales.

Starling Cloud

Pub near Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth pub with rooms and a courtyard, near the seafront and the National Library of Wales.

0.8 km SE

Photo of the coast at Mynachdy'r Graig, Ceredigion, mid Wales.

Mynachdy'r Graig

Coastline near Llanrhystud

A National Trust place in Ceredigion.

7.6 km S

Borth

Village

Long-street seaside village on a shingle-and-sand spit north of Aberystwyth, backed by the Cors Fochno raised bog.

8.8 km N · Ceredigion

Everything else within 10 km (3) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.