Plynlimon, or Pumlumon in Welsh, is the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains in Wales, and the highest point in Mid Wales. It is a massif that dominates the surrounding countryside and is the highe
The River Wye is the fourth-longest river in the UK, stretching some 250 kilometres from its source on Plynlimon in Mid Wales to the Severn Estuary. The lower reaches of the river form part of the bor
Plynlimon
…of the lambs', is a former Dewey in the foothills. The longest river in Britain, the River Severn, has its source on the mountain, as do the rivers Wye and Rheidol. Folklore says there is a sleeping giant in Plynlimon…
The Wye at Hay-on-Wye
The Wye at Chepstow, showing the castle and the road bridge linking Monmouthshire (on the left) with Gloucestershire
"Father Plynlimon", the mountain from which "the three sisters", Gwy, Hafren and Rheidolyn make their way to the sea