Bwlch y Rhiw Church, Rhandirmwyn

The churchyard at Bwlch y Rhiw sits on a quiet hillside above Rhandirmwyn, a village that feels genuinely remote even though Llandovery is only a short drive away. It's a small, modest Welsh church - the sort of place where you'll likely be alone with the wind and whatever light filters through the trees. The setting is what makes it worth the detour, not the building itself. From up here you get proper views across the valley, the kind that remind you why people bothered building churches on hills in the first place.

The church itself is unpretentious stone, weathered by centuries of South Welsh weather. Inside it's simple and spare - whitewashed walls, old wooden pews, the sort of calm that doesn't feel like it's trying. If you're into church architecture or genealogy this might yield something interesting; if you're just after a walk with a bit of history attached, it serves that purpose well enough.

Allow half an hour here, maybe longer if you're exploring the graveyard. It's the kind of place that works best as part of a wider roaming rather than a destination in itself. Pair it with a proper walk in the Towy valley, and you've got something decent. The nearby caravan parks at Erwlon and Riverside Pods sit just down the road, both well-placed for this sort of low-key valley exploring. Spring or autumn get the best light here - winter can feel a bit bleak, summer sometimes too green and hemmed-in.