With its exquisite sandy beach and rural valley setting, Glandwr Tresaith is one of those special places you like to keep to yourself. Tresaith village lies in the valley of the river Saith and clings to the coastal slope of a small bay on Ceredigion’s Marine Heritage Coast. There are several sites of Special Scientific Interest in the immediate vicnity, the valley is home to buzzards and red kites, and the bay itself has its resident dolphins and visiting seals.

A unique feature of the beachat Tresaith is the Ffrwd y Felin waterfall which gushes from the River Saith over the clifftops onto the sand below. The river’s present course was formed during the Ice Age when its ancient bed along the bottom of the valley was blocked en route to the sea. At low tide, you can walk from Tresaith along the shore to the neighbouring mile-long beach at Penbryn. However tides can turn at very short notice and you should check the tide timetables before venturing out.

Away from the beach at Tresaith, there are several public footpaths for you to discover, including the coastal footpath with follows the clifftops to the neighbouring villages of Aberporth and Llangrannog, as well as several footpaths which venture from Tresaith into the valley’s woodland. There are also local cycle paths, and not too far away walking and exploring in the Cambrian mountains, Preseli hills, the river Teifi Trail and the Pembrokeshire National Park. You can also play golf, go fishing, shooting, and go horse riding in the area. Not too far from Tresaith you’ll find the rocky cove at Cwmtudu which is home to its seal population and a notorious hideway for smugglers (like Siôn Cwilt) and German U-Boats, the charming beach at Mwnt with it’s ancient church, and the nearby fishing harbour at New Quay.

The origins of the name Tresaith are unclear. It has been suggested that it is a contraction of Traeth Saith – the Beach of the Seven. According to tradition, an Irish king sent his seven daughters to sea in a sail-less and oar-less boat. They struck land again on this beach and fell in love and married seven young men from the seven most bountiful farms in the area.

Until the 19th Century, Tresaith consisted of only two buildings by the sea shore – the Ship public house and the thatched cottage, Pantmawr - serving vessels importing coal and lime to this part of Ceredigion. The Ship Inn remains very popular in the area for its food, ambience and views across the bay. You will also find numerous other restaurants and pubs in the vicinity, including The Ship in Llangrannog, Abdul’s in Cardigan, and Gogerddan Arms at Tanygroes.

The ancient parish church of St Michaels Penbryn is only a mile or two from Tresaith, and nearby you will come across Penbryn’s magnificent woodland and sandy beach. Along the road to Penbryn, you will pass a standing stone commemorating Corbalengus of the Ordovices tribe whose territories, some 2000 years ago, extended from north Wales to the area around Tresaith. The stone’s inscription reads Corbalengi Iacit Ordovs (Here Lies Corbalengus of the Ordovices), and when excavated in 1804 an urn of ashes was discovered along with coins from the reigns of the Roman Emperors Vespasian and Titus (69-81AD). These coins now reside in the National Museum in Cardiff.