Short Walk to the Melincourt Falls to Enjoy This 24 metre Cascade

Trail Review: https://roamingspices.com/melincourt-falls/ Music: https://soundcloud.com/scandinavianz/scandinavianz-adventure-free-download-soon-on-spotify?si=5152483566014e4ea74a5526d74f4efd _____________________ South Wales is blessed with a wide variety of waterfalls. Many of these are located within the Brecon Beacons National Park, with the main concentration found towards the National Park’s southern edge in the area known as ‘Waterfall Country’. The two most popular walks, each leading you to multiple waterfalls, are the Four Waterfalls walk and the Elidir Trail. What’s more, a short distance to the west lies the single, but hugely impressive, Henrhyd Falls. However, there is another majestic cascade that lies just to the southwest of the National Park’s boundary, in the Neath Valley, and is known as Melincourt Falls (in Welsh: Sgwd Rhyd-yr-Hesg). As impressive as this waterfall is, I believe that it doesn’t get the coverage it deserves mainly because it sits outside of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Well, let’s go explore… Where is the Melincourt Falls? The falls are located on the Melincourt Brook (river), 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of the village of Resolven, in the Neath Valley. Where to Park for the Melincourt Falls? There is a dedicated car park for the Melincourt Falls walk located just off the B4434 (Grid Reference SN821019), directly across the road from the trailhead. Check out the exact car park location below: https://goo.gl/maps/u34WSwJioajJ87cZ7 Melincourt Falls Walk Description From the car park head directly across the road and follow the path to the right of the small white stone building. You will soon pass a sign indicating that you are entering the 13 acre / 5 hectare Melincourt Nature Reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW). The Melincourt Falls walk now leads you through a tranquil, verdant, wooded valley, along a flat, well made up dirt/gravel path, with the Melincourt Brook sitting 8-10 metres down to your left. You simply remain on this trail for 10-15 minutes until the path comes to an end and the Melincourt Falls appear directly ahead of you. The falls themselves are certainly impressive, plunging 24 metres (80 feet) over a resistant band of Pennant Measures sandstone onto the multitude of boulders that have tumbled from the falls’ shelf over the years. If you wish to get closer to the falls or indeed cross to the other bank for a different viewing perspective, it does require some scrambling over incredibly slippery stones and rocks. You have been warned!!! Once you have finished admiring the falls and taken your obligatory photo or ten, it is a case of retracing your steps back along the trail to the car park.