St Teilos Church

The walk down to St Teilos Church rewards you with something genuinely old - we're talking 6th century old, though what you see has been added to and patched up over the centuries like most rural churches. It sits quietly in the Carmarthenshire countryside near Carmarthen, the kind of place where you half expect a monk to round the corner still carrying his manuscripts.

The church itself is small and unpretentious. Stone walls, a proper working interior with evidence of medieval craftwork if you know where to look. The real draw is the setting and the sense of continuity - people have been coming here to pray for 1,400 years. That's the sort of thing that either matters to you or it doesn't.

Walkers will get the most from a visit, especially those combining it with a ramble around the local lanes. History types will want to spend time reading the inscriptions and picking out the different building periods. Kids might find it a bit quiet unless they're already keen on churches.

Allow an hour if you're taking the full walk in, half that if you just pop in from the road. There's no visitor centre or café - it's genuinely just the church. Free to visit, though donations are the done thing. Winter can be muddy underfoot, so decent boots help.

If you're based at Head For The Hills Glamping nearby, this makes an excellent morning outing before settling in for the afternoon. The Carmarthenshire countryside around here has plenty of other walks worth doing too.