Coed Gwernafon

Coed Gwernafon is one of an isolated cluster of 8 blocks of valley side ancient woodland around the headwater valleys of the River Trannon immediately west of the village of Llawr y Glyn. It is the largest of the 5 of these blocks that make up the Coedydd Llawr y Glyn SSSI and European SAC - "A remarkable group of acid sessile oak woodland situated on hill slopes around the headwaters of the river Trannon". Not all of the site is within the SSSI and SAC boundary. The woods are separated by mostly improved pasture on the lower hill slopes and large open tracts of improved upland grazing land on the hill tops. There is a large area of conifer forestry to the north, and the Llyn Clywedog reservoir and Cambrian Mountains Environmentally Sensitive Area lie immediately to the south.