Apologies I wasn’t clear in what I wrote, I was referring to Llangunllo. However by the looks of it same could apply at Altnabraec as the layout is essentially similar, the difference being that at Llangunllo there is no access path as such, you just go through the front yard of the station house.
I am staying near Llangunllo over Easter and planning on using the station multiple times a day. If all goes to plan tomorrow, my son and I will arrive on the 12.29, catch the 14.39 to go shopping in Knighton, arrive back on the 16.22 and then meet my wife off the 19.14.
So by the end of the day we should have a good idea how friendly the station's neighbours are!
Will report back.
Update: I've just looked on Streetview and in 2009 and 2011 there was a small road sign pointing to the station, with another sign pointing towards Llangunllo village, attached to the same pole. This pole was opposite the UWC crossing, rather than the driveway of the house and the station sign was pointing towards the crossing. By 2021, the pole had moved to the correct location opposite the driveway gates, but there is no longer a sign to the railway station attached to it, only the one to the village remains!
I think we can all guess what happened to the missing sign, but what isn't clear is how or why the sign pole ended up in the wrong place pre-2009. Did the house owner take it upon themselves to move it to encourage passengers to walk along the ballast rather than through their drive? Was there a legitimate route next to the track? (Very unlikely and no evidence whatsoever in photographs from 2013/14). Did the contractors just make a mistake? (they were sent to put up a pole and did so where they assumed the station entrance was).