Afon Hepste (Welsh pronunciation:[ˈhɛpstɛ]) is a river in Powys, Wales, though partly forming the county's border with Rhondda Cynon Taf. It runs wholly within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Its headwaters, the Afon y Waun, Nant y Cwrier and Nant Hepste Fechan, rise on the Old Red Sandstone dip-slopes of Fforest Fawr and combine to form the Afon Hepste near the farmstead of Hepste Fechan. It enters onto the Carboniferous Limestone outcrop near this point and sections of its course downstream remain dry in all but flood conditions as the flow disappears underground. The river flows over the Millstone Grit outcrop from some way beyond Hepste Bridge.[1][2]
The Hepste plunges over a band of resistant gritstone to form Sgwd yr Eira (translated from Welsh as 'fall of snow'). A public footpath runs behind this fall, making it one of the most popular destinations in an area that has become known as Waterfall Country. One mile downstream of the fall, the river joins the Afon Mellte near to the village of Ystradfellte.
^Ordnance Survey Explorer map sheet 12 'Brecon Beacons National Park: western area'
AfonHepste (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈhɛpstɛ]) is a river in Powys, Wales, though partly forming the county's border with Rhondda Cynon Taf. It runs wholly...
waterfall. Sgwd Clun-gwyn, Afon Mellte Sgwd Isaf Clun-gwyn, Afon Mellte Sgwd y Pannwr, Afon Mellte Sgwd yr Eira, AfonHepste Evan Bevan (1803–1866), the...
David's Head Afon Saint Afon Daron Afon Cyllyfelin (R) Afon Soch Afon Horon (L) Afon Rhyd-hir Afon Penrhos (R) Afon Erch Afon Wen Afon Dwyfor Afon Dwyfach...
Ferry on the east side of Swansea Bay. The rivers Nedd Fechan, Mellte and Hepste rise in south Powys on the southern slopes of Fforest Fawr. This headwater...
(Welsh: Afon Mellte; Welsh pronunciation: [ˈmɛɬtɛ]) is a river in south Wales. It is formed by the confluence of the Afon Llia and the Afon Dringarth...
flows into the Afon Tarell, a tributary of the River Usk whilst to the south the headwaters of the Afon y Waun conduct water to the AfonHepste and eventually...
are the waterfalls of four or five rivers: the AfonHepste, Nedd Fechan, Afon Pyrddin, Afon Mellte and Afon Sychryd. In the lower valley, waterfalls can...
Pontneddfechan Sgwd yr Eira AfonHepste SN928099 near Ystradfellte, Penderyn Sgwd y Ffrwd Nant y Ffrwd SN862561 near Tywi Forest Sgwd y Pannwr Afon Mellte SN923102...
the Pyrddin – like that of its neighbours, the Nedd Fechan, Afon Mellte, and AfonHepste – is home to many rare bryophytes which enjoy the cool humid...
have been sourced from Gwaun Hepste just east of Ystradfellte. The railway required the construction across the AfonHepste of a 300 feet (91 m) long, 50...
that name at Coelbren and another for the celebrated Sgwd yr Eira on the Hepste. In places within the limestone and Twrch Sandstone outcrop are pockets...
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