Ynyslas (, meaning "Blue Island") is a small

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village about 1.5 miles north of

Borth Borth ( cy, Y Borth) is a village and seaside resort in Ceredigion, Mid Wales, 7 miles (11 km) north of Aberystwyth on the Ceredigion Coast Path. The community includes the settlement of Ynyslas. The population was 1,399 in 2011. From bein ...

and 8 miles north of

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth () is a university and seaside town as well as a community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located in the historic county of Cardiganshire, means "the mouth of the Ystwyth". Aberystwyth University has been a major educational location in ...

, within the county of

Ceredigion Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cere ...

. It is sandwiched between a long sandy beach in

Cardigan Bay Cardigan Bay ( cy, Bae Ceredigion) is a large inlet of the Irish Sea, indenting the west coast of Wales between Bardsey Island, Gwynedd in the north, and Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire at its southern end. It is the largest bay in Wales. Geograp ...

and the beach in the Dyfi Estuary. The area between the sea and the estuary beach is made up of the

Ynyslas Sand Dunes Ynyslas Sand Dunes () are sand dunes located in Ceredigion, Wales. They border Cardigan Bay and the Dyfi Estuary between Ynyslas, Ceredigion and Aberdyfi, Gwynedd. The sand dunes are part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve. Wildlife Vivip ...

which are part of the

Dyfi National Nature Reserve The Dyfi National Nature Reserve, managed by Natural Resources Wales, the successor body to the Countryside Council for Wales, is located north of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion, Wales on the Dyfi estuary. The area was designated as a ...

and home to many rare plants and animals. The sands of the estuary beach can be driven onto and parked upon. The nature reserve has a visitor centre with toilets and a small shop. At the start of some

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programmes, the idents show people flying kites on sand dunes, and this was filmed at Ynyslas. The northern end of the

Ceredigion Coast Path The Ceredigion Coast Path ( cy, Llwybr Arfordir Ceredigion) is a waymarked long distance footpath in the United Kingdom, on the coast of Ceredigion, Wales. It is in length, running along the coast of Cardigan Bay from Cardigan to ...

extends to the Dyfi Estuary National Nature Reserve at Ynyslas.

Ecology

The

and the

are situated where the mouth of the

Afon Leri The Afon Leri ( en, River Leri) is a river in Ceredigion, Wales. It rises at Llyn Craig-y-Pistyll and is joined at Talybont by Afon Ceulan before passing behind Borth to its mouth in the Dyfi estuary at Ynyslas. The river once flowed into Ca ...

joins the Dyfi Estuary at Ynyslas.

Cors Fochno Cors Fochno is a raised peat bog near the village of Borth, in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. Lying on the south side of the Dyfi estuary, it forms a component part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve. It was designated a UNESCO (Unite ...

is situated to the east beyond the

. At low tide the remains of an ancient submerged forest with stumps of

petrified In geology, petrifaction or petrification () is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals. Petrified wood typifies this proce ...

oak, pine, birch, willow and hazel are exposed on the beach.

Railway

From 1867 Ynyslas had a railway station on the

Cambrian Railways The Cambrian Railways owned of track over a large area of mid Wales. The system was an amalgamation of a number of railways that were incorporated in 1864, 1865 and 1904. The Cambrian connected with two larger railways with connections to the ...

, with sidings serving the riverside wharves. The

Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway The Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway was a gauge narrow gauge railway in Cardiganshire (now Ceredigion) in Mid Wales. It ran from (later renamed ''Llandre station'') on the Cambrian Line, through the village of Tal-y-bont and the valley of t ...

proposed to create a narrow-gauge line to the wharves in the 1890s but this was never built. Ynyslas railway station was closed by the London Midland Region of

British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...

on 14 June 1965.

Recreation

Borth Rowing Club stores its boat at, and launches from the Ynyslas Boatyard on the banks of the

. The 18 hole

golf course A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". Th ...

at the Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club stretches from

to Ynyslas. Swimming is not allowed at Ynyslas in the sea or estuary, due to the dangerously strong currents.Dyfi National Nature Reserve - Ynyslas Visitor Centre, near Aberystwyth
/ref> Ynyslas was the home of the Aberystwyth Beach Cricket Society, under the name the Ynyslas Oval.

References

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Ecology

Railway

Recreation

See also

References