Cenarth Cenarth is a small community but has much to offer the visitor from the excellent Coracle Museum, to a board walk along the river which offers access to all, pubs, petrol station with shop and toilets. Extract from The Teifi Valley Trail Guide (due to be published in 2026): “Cenarth is notable for its spectacular waterfall, the bridge built with circular holes (spandrels) that reduce the weight without loss of strength, the 17th Century flour mill and the coracle museum. Historically, Cenarth was famed for its coracles. A ‘cwrwgl’ in Welsh, is a small boat made from woven wood with a waterproof covering. Constructing a coracle is a skilled craft, passed down from generation to generation. Coracles have been built and used by different cultures around the world for thousands of years. Traditionally in Wales, each river has its own design. The frame of the local Teifi coracle is made of willow branches with a gunwale of hazel rods. The carrying strap is made from twisted willow, hazel or oak and the paddle of larch, ash or elm. To fish, a net would be secured between two coracles which then drift downstream catching fish as they go. The National Coracle Centre at Cenarth provides a good overview of the history of the coracle. The parish church, built in 1872 on an ancient ecclesiastical site, is dedicated to the local 6th century saint, St Llawddog. The 12th century font is unusual in being decorated with five human faces. Outside the church entrance is the 5th-6th century inscribed Gellidywyll Stone. The Latin ‘CVRCAGN – FILI ANDAGELI’ translates as ‘Curcagnus son of Andagellus’. A little downstream, is the beautifully preserved and slate roofed Ffynnon Llawddog (Llawddog’s well). It is still used today and is said never to run dry.” National Coracle Museum – Cenarth, SA38 9JL Petrol Station and grocery store Pub – The Three Horseshoes – Cenarth, SA38 9JL Pub – White Hart – Cenarth, SA38 9JL Deli – The Deli Cenarth, SA38 9JL Café – Tŷ Te Cenarth, SA38 9JL Toilets (April to October) Other shops and cafés Bus route 460 between Cardigan and Carmarthen calls in Cenarth
