Llechryd You need to cross the ancient stone bridge from the route to visit the small community of Llechryd. Here you will find shops and public toilets. The fields around the bridge become water meadows when the river floods. Extract from The Teifi Valley Trail Guide (due to be published in 2026): “Llechryd, Welsh for ‘Slate Ford’, is the first point on the River Teifi upstream of Cardigan where crossing was possible. The Teifi used to be tidal up to Llechryd and was a navigable commercial corridor using flat bottomed ‘lighters’ which could carry heavy cargo. Around 1730-1750 there was a major agricultural depression. Sir Benjamin Hammet (c1736-1800) who built Castell Malgwyn mansion is thought to have promoted the tin plate industry, together with the canal and bridge building, to create jobs ‘during a dearth’. With local charcoal and water power available, cargoes of tin and iron supported iron forging and tin plating which prevented rusting. The tin plate was exported as far as London, Birmingham and Bristol. In its heyday, over 350 men and women were employed. It is difficult to imagine that by 1800, the tin plating works at Castell Malgwyn were the second largest in Britain. During the 1840s, slate debris in the river from quarrying downstream resulted in the choking of the Teifi along Cilgerran gorge, restricting navigation upstream to traditional coracles and very small boats.” Petrol and Premier Siop y Pentref – Llechryd, SA43 2NR Coracle Fish and Chips – Llechryd, SA43 2NR Toilets (opposite Petrol Station) Bus route 460 between Cardigan and Carmarthen calls in Llechryd
