Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion

Devil's Bridge
Devil's Bridge is located in Ceredigion
Devil's Bridge
Devil's Bridge
Location within Ceredigion
Population455 (2011 census)
Community
  • Pontarfynach
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
List of places
UK
Wales
Ceredigion
52°22′36″N 3°51′00″W / 52.3768°N 3.8500°W / 52.3768; -3.8500

Devil's Bridge (Welsh: Pontarfynach, lit. "The bridge on the Mynach") is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales. Above the River Mynach on the edge of the village is a series of three stacked bridges, constructed hundreds of years apart, from which the village gets its English name.

Devil's Bridge and the Hafod Arms Hotel before the construction of the third bridge, c. 1860
View from the Devil's Bridge, 1781

The village is on the A4120 road, about 10 miles (16 km) east of Aberystwyth.

The population of Pontarfynach community at the 2011 census was 455.[1] The mid-2016 estimate suggests that the population had dropped slightly to 429.[2]

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. ^ "PONTARFYNACH Population". citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.