Name: Pen Pych Car Park
Address: Blaen-Y-cwm Rd, Blaencwm, Treorchy CF42 5DG, United Kingdom, Treorchy

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Blaen-Y-cwm Rd, Blaencwm, Treorchy CF42 5DG, United Kingdom

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What is the rating of Pen Pych Car Park?: Pen Pych Car Park is rated 4.6 out of 5 based on 86 reviews.
Where is Pen Pych Car Park located?: Blaen-Y-cwm Rd, Blaencwm, Treorchy CF42 5DG, United Kingdom

Reviews (8)

angryfish 38 2024 Mar 14

Shortish walk, but a bit slippery the higher you get, but well worth it.
The Waterfal, like most in South Wales, are more spectacular when it's been raining. Am planning to return to do the lower cascades.
Good place for dog walking. Did not see any sheep. Saw one picnic table on the walk up.

Eleftheria Fyrogeni 2023 Jun 24

Beautiful view point, you can see all the valley. Enough space for 10-15 cars. We stopped by early lunch time and an ice cream was parked there and serving. Beautiful spot to stop by.

Graham Morgan#1 2022 Aug 22

Lovely walk up to the waterfall 🙌 , some nice mtb trails up that way too 🤘

Ellie Brodie 2022 Apr 29

The waterfalls are great. You get to see them at several points as you walk. The gravel path up to the lookout to one of the waterfalls is not a difficult walk and takes about 20-25 minutes if you stop to take in the views a bit (depending on how fast you walk). I'm a moderate paced walker.

Beyond that, to get to the main waterfall, the path is much harder as it consists of rocky steps and less fit people may struggle. I'd take poles if you're not fit and/or struggle with stability.

I've visited on sunny days and days with drizzle and mist. Even when visiting on a sunny day parts of the second half of the trail were a bit wet up to the main waterfall. On wet days definitely recommend sensible footwear or a walking stick for stability.

We doubled back to do the lower route as well to see the smaller (but more overgrown waterfalls) as well.

Car park is small with no facilities. In spite of this, it is a beautiful short hike.

Michelle F 2021 Nov 24

Gorgeous scenery. Moderate walk/climb, the views are definitely worth it. There's a lovely resting point half way up with a picnic bench, it overlooks a beautiful view.
(I visited in July and my photos are from then)

Mart W. 2021 Oct 27

Some really lovely forestry walking (kind demanding same way) with some scenic streams and falls, including the main 🌟 - PEN PYCH Waterfall 💦💙💚
21 m tall, with outstanding views to Rhondda Fawr Valley on top of the mountain of the same name.
👌👌👌

Leopard 2021 Jun 06

Pictures won’t show the great sceneries. A really good to start a walk to the top of Penpych with great views. If you can’t walk far, you could picnic at the beginning.

Julie Brown 2020 Oct 27

Fantastic views over the Rhondda valley below and spectacular waterfalls. It does get slippery on the way up to Pen Pych main waterfall on wet days and is steep in parts the the rewards are well worth it. We walked the route again recently, but also walked the lower route to see cascades and a smaller longer waterfall on the river Nant Felin. Fantastic!!!