Borth (Wales) 5.14

Borth is a coastal village 7 miles north of Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, Mid Wales. It lies on the Ceredigion Coast Path. The population was 1,399 in 2011.Features and historyBorth has a sandy beach and is a holiday seaside resort. There is a youth hostel in the village and caravan and camping sites nearby.An ancient submerged forest is visible at low tide along the beach, where stumps of oak, pine, birch, willow and hazel (preserved by the acid anaerobic conditions in the peat) can be seen. Radiocarbon dating suggests these trees died about 1500 BC. This submerged forest is also associated with the legend of Cantre'r Gwaelod.Cors Fochno, a raised peat mire, part of the Dyfi Biosphere, the only UNESCO Biosphere reserve in Wales, is located next to the village together with the Dyfi National Nature Reserve and visitors' centre at Ynyslas. The long distance footpath the Dyfi Valley Way passes through the village.