The Four Falls Trail in Brecon Beacons National Park is a really beautiful hike to see…four waterfalls! The first waterfall you see is Sgwd Clun Gwyn (Fall of the White Meadow). It’s the easiest of the four falls to visit. After Sgwd Clun Gwyn, it becomes far more strenuous to see the other three falls.

Sgwd Isaf Clun-Gwyn is along the same river, hence the “Lower” Fall of the White Meadow in English. And to get to the lower falls, you’ve got to head downhill. And that’s uphill and downhill for the other two falls also. While a hike to two falls might be moderate, when you add two other falls on top of these two, it becomes a rather strenuous hike, in my opinion.

The falls are very beautiful, to say the least. Sgwd Isaf Clun-Gwyn might be the most complicated of the falls. Depending on the source, the falls are listed at 20-30 meters (~60-90 feet). At the “viewpoint” for this falls, the viewpoint being in the middle of the river, you can’t see all of the drops. You can see some smaller drops very clearly and can also get a glimpse of some of the larger drops. But I couldn’t get a glimpse of the whole shebang. There are four or five drops that compose Sgwd Isaf Clun-Gwyn, so some people might classify this as four or five separate waterfalls.

Directions:

1. Main route A465 will likely be your starting point. Take the exit to Glynneath, which will put you on A4109.
2. From A4109, you’ll very quickly after turn right onto B4242, and then left onto Pontneathvaughan Road. You’ll continue on this road for about 5 miles.
3. Google Maps tried to direct us down a very narrow country road (which didn’t have any signage for the falls). I continued until I saw the actual sign for the waterfalls trail, and turned right. It was still a very narrow road but it led us directly to the Cwm Porth Car Park. (You can also start at the Gwaun Hepste Car Park, though it does lead you down some different trails.)
4. There is a £4 fee to park, and then you can start the hike to the falls.

Accessibility: 3/10 (moderate/strenuous for whole set)
Height: 40′
Length of Hike: 5.5 miles for the whole set

Where in the World is Sgwd Isaf Clun-Gwyn?