Welsh Water has confirmed that the highly anticipated repair of the Devil’s Gulch in the Elan Valley has been completed.

The beauty spot, which is popular with walkers and visitors to the Elan Valley, was reopened to the public last Friday after the repair work was completed weeks ahead of schedule.

The Gulch was closed for safety reasons in 2018 due to a rockfall.

The complex repair work was carried out by specialist North Wales-based contractors Colin Jones Rock Engineering Ltd.

The work, which started at the beginning of January 2023, involved descaling the rock formation, anchoring and bolting the rock, along with adding rock netting.

Vicky Martin, Welsh Water’s Head of Visitor Attraction Strategy said: “We are pleased to confirm that repair work to the Devil’s Gulch has been completed and the popular route is now open to the public once again.

“We appreciate the inconvenience the closure of the Gulch has caused regular users of this popular route and we would like to thank our customers and the community of Elan Valley for bearing with us while we completed this essential work.

“We’d like to thank our specialist contractor Colin Jones Rock Engineering Ltd for working tirelessly to get this work finished sooner than planned.”