Craig Sychtyn

View from Craig Sychtyn

Craig Sychtyn

A fine old wood with grand views across to the Tanat Valley and beyond to the Berwyn mountains

Location

Craig Sychtyn
Wern Ddu
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY10 9BN
A static map of Craig Sychtyn

Know before you go

Size
5 hectares
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Entry fee

Free
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Parking information

Park with care on the verge. Walk up the track signed Allt y Rhiw to the reserve.
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Grazing animals

None
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Walking trails

Steep footpaths and unfenced cliff top - take care!

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Access

Accessibility: Red

This site has narrow natural trails winding up a steep wooded bank. 

Dogs

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When to visit

Opening times

Open at all times

Best time to visit

April to July, September to November

About the reserve

The air blows fresh from Wales at Craig Sychtyn and there are grand views across to the Tanat Valley and beyond to the Berwyn Mountains from this fine old wood.

Pied flycatchers breed in this wood in nest-boxes supplied for them; listen for buzzards, ravens and woodpeckers. In spring look out for orchids and cowslips; in autumn for the bright orange berries of stinking iris; in summer for nettle-leaved bellflower, a local speciality also known as the blue foxglove.

The Oswestry uplands are dotted with old limestone quarry workings and here at Craig Sychtyn you will find lime kilns filled with leaves and a disused quarry – now a good place for limestone-loving flowers.  

How to get to Craig Sychtyn

Take the Trefonen road out of Oswestry and then turn right towards Llansilin. After approximately 3 miles up and down the hill turn left, signed Wern Ddu. Carry on up this lane for 1 ½ miles and then park with care on the verge. Walk up the track signed Allt y Rhiw to the reserve. 

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