About this wood
Coed y Foel is prominent south east facing upland sessile oak woodland. Felled during the First War all the oak trees are growing from coppice stools. Since grazing was stopped in 1987, when the wood was purchased and fenced by the Trust, bilberries, grasses other flora are widespread, along with holly as an under storey species. The woodland is obliquely viewed from the town of Llandysul some 2 miles to the south, thus forming an important landscape feature. The site is attractive and well used. There is a car park and a good network of public and permissive footpaths including a circular walk.
The main block, Compartment 1, is hillside oak coppice which underwent some thinning in the last plan period. Compartment 2 was rough meadow which is now dominated by scrub, bracken and bramble. Compartment 3, (the Blaen Cwm extension) and Compartment 4 is also oak coppice but have not been thinned. There is a small stream, Gwemffrwdd, running alongside the carpark, crossed by a substantial culvert and foot bridge.
The key features of this site are ancient semi natural woodland and informal public access.
