GUIDE TO THE AFON CEIRW

(GR 976455 to Grade 6 gorge)

NAME OF RIVER: Ceirw.

WHERE IS IT?: North Wales (tributary of the Alwen) that parallels the A5. Map.

PUT-INS/ TAKE-OUTS: The Ceirw can be paddled above the G6+ gorge, put in from bridge at 976455.

APPROX LENGTH: 2.5 km.

TIME NEEDED: Unknown.

ACCESS HASSLES: Access situation unknown.

WATER LEVEL INDICATORS: Unknown.

 

GRADING: 2 to 3 (because of tree hazards).

MAJOR HAZARDS/ FALLS: G6 Gorge at Ty-Nant. Full inspection impossible for 500m, that may drop 50m in several falls. A strand of barbed wire under first bridge to sneak under.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Take out of the river before the loop above the grade 6 gorge, to the old A5. This narrow bit has a nice stable beginners wave but is virtually blocked by many nasty trees. The portage to continue the river is a long walk to below the gorge down the old A5, to a path through a field.

Then you are on the main section of the river. Carrying on is recommended.

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CONTRIBUTED BY: I Garlick.