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From the car park, join the riverside footpath, passing the spectacular falls and walking along the beautiful wooded gorge of the Afon Teifi. The building on the opposite bank is a 17th-century flour mill, complete with waterwheel. If the river is in spate and the riverside path inundated, go left along the road for a short distance and take the first turning on the right, opposite the chapel to rejoin the walk in 800 metres.

Cenarth is famous for its waterfalls, where salmon can be seen leaping in the autumn as they head up the Teifi to their spawning grounds, and where canoeists pit their skills against the cascades throughout the year. The traditional coracle is still used by fishermen on the river and Cenarth is the home of the National Coracle Centre of Wales.

Cenarth Bridge over the Afon Teifi

Eventually the footpath swings left, away from the river, climbing gently through the edge of woodland to a junction with a quiet lane (an alternative start joins here), bearing right along it. After negotiating a sharp left bend by Penwenallt Farm, continue for a further 150 metres then go right, through a kissing gate in the hedge, cross a field to another kissing gate on the far side and once through, turn left to walk along the top edge of a steeply wooded gorge, with glimpses through the trees of the Teifi Valley to the right. The path eventually begins to descend, emerging onto a farm track, where it is necessary to climb a stone step stile to the left of a gate before proceeding into the hamlet of Cwm-cou and a surfaced lane which bends round to the left and a junction with the B4333.