719 walks across Wales

• Tywi Valley and Carmarthen

  The Botanic Garden and Waun Las

  The great glasshouse and the organic farm behind it, with meadow walks through a national nature reserve on the old Middleton estate.

  3.1 mi1 hr 45 Moderate
• Tywi Valley and Carmarthen

  Cilycwm and the Upper Tywi

  Hill paths above a village with one of the oldest nonconformist chapels in Wales, in the valley below Llyn Brianne.

  4.3 mi2 hr 30 Demanding
• Tywi Valley and Carmarthen

  Myddfai

  The village of the physicians, whose medical remedies were written down in the thirteenth century and traced to a lake fairy in the Black Mountain.

  3.7 mi2 hr 10 Moderate
• Tywi Valley and Carmarthen

  Pumsaint and the Cothi

  Riverside and farmland below the Roman gold mines, in a valley where the Romans cut seven miles of aqueduct along the contour.

  3.7 mi2 hr 10 Moderate
• Tywi Valley and Carmarthen

  Llansawel and Crug-y-bar

  Hill farmland between the Cothi and the Teifi, in country that gave its name to one of the best known Welsh hymn tunes.

  4.3 mi2 hr 30 Demanding
• Carmarthenshire Coast

  Brynamman and the Black Mountain Edge

  Where the coalfield meets the limestone, with open moor above a mining town and the Black Mountain escarpment beyond.

  4.3 mi2 hr 35 Demanding
• Carmarthenshire Coast

  The Amman Valley Tramroads

  Old tramroad and colliery ground above the Amman valley, greening over, with the Black Mountain filling the northern view.

  3.7 mi2 hr Moderate
• Tywi Valley and Carmarthen

  Carmarthen and the Tywi

  Riverside paths through the oldest town in Wales, past the castle and the Roman amphitheatre, with the tidal Tywi alongside.

  3.1 mi1 hr 40 Easy
• Carmarthenshire Coast

  Ferryside and the Tywi Estuary

  Across the water from Llansteffan castle, with estuary walking, cockle beds and a station on the doorstep.

  3.7 mi2 hr Moderate
• Carmarthenshire Coast

  Stradey Woods

  Estate woodland on the edge of Llanelli, with bluebells in spring and paths that get you out of the town within minutes.

  3.1 mi1 hr 45 Moderate
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Black Mountain

  Usk Reservoir Circuit

  Full circuit of a remote reservoir on a stone track, in forestry on the western edge of the park with almost nobody about.

  5.0 mi2 hr 40 Moderate
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Central Beacons

  Pontsticill Reservoir

  Round the shore of the Taf Fechan reservoir with the Brecon Mountain Railway running along one side and the Bannau escarpment ahead.

  4.3 mi2 hr 20 Moderate
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Central Beacons

  The Brinore Tramroad

  Horse-drawn tramroad from 1815 running from the canal up over the mountain, with the stone sleeper blocks still in place along the line.

  5.0 mi2 hr 45 Demanding
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Central Beacons

  Waun Rydd and the Bomber Memorial

  Up onto a broad peaty summit above Talybont, with a memorial to a Canadian bomber crew who flew into the mountain in 1942.

  5.0 mi3 hr 20 Strenuous
• Caerphilly and the Eastern Valleys

  Parc Bryn Bach

  Full circuit of a thirty-six acre lake on reclaimed opencast ground above Tredegar, surfaced and level the whole way round.

  3.1 mi1 hr 40 Easy
• Newport and the Gwent Levels

  The Fourteen Locks

  Staircase of locks lifting the canal fifty metres in seven hundred, one of the most concentrated flights of engineering in Britain.

  3.1 mi1 hr 45 Easy
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Central Beacons

  Priory Groves

  Woodland in the Honddu valley below Brecon Cathedral, stretching towards Llanddew, with paths through the trees minutes from the town centre.

  2.5 mi1 hr 25 Easy
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Fforest Fawr and the Waterfalls

  The Penderyn Tramway

  Old tramway between the limestone quarries and the Hirwaun ironworks, running level across the ground where the coalfield meets the park.

  3.7 mi2 hr Moderate
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Central Beacons

  Brecon to Brynich Lock

  The first stretch of canal out of Brecon, level and surfaced to the aqueduct where the waterway crosses the Usk.

  3.1 mi1 hr 40 Easy
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Central Beacons

  Tor y Foel

  A rounded hill between the canal and the reservoir, giving the full sweep of the central escarpment for a climb most people can manage.

  4.3 mi2 hr 50 Demanding
• Usk Valley and Abergavenny

  Llangynidr Locks

  A flight of five locks in a wooded stretch of the Mon and Brec canal, with a stone bridge and the Bannau escarpment behind.

  3.4 mi1 hr 45 Easy
• Usk Valley and Abergavenny

  Gilwern Wharf and the Canal

  Level towpath through wooded cuttings and along the hillside, on the stretch of canal that clings hardest to the valley side.

  3.7 mi1 hr 55 Easy
• Caerphilly and the Eastern Valleys

  Trefil and the Limestone Quarries

  The highest village in Wales, on limestone country above the coalfield, with quarries that fed the ironworks below for two centuries.

  4.3 mi2 hr 35 Demanding
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Central Beacons

  Cefn Coed Viaduct and the Taf Fechan

  Fifteen-arch curved viaduct over the Taf Fechan, with the Taff Trail running beneath it and woodland along the river.

  3.7 mi2 hr Moderate
• Rhondda and the Western Valleys

  Aberfan and the Taff Trail

  The village where a colliery tip engulfed a school in 1966, with a memorial garden on the site and the Taff Trail running through.

  3.1 mi1 hr 45 Moderate
• Rhondda and the Western Valleys

  Cyfarthfa Park

  Parkland around the ironmaster’s castle, looking down on the furnaces that made Merthyr the largest town in Wales and the iron capital of the world.

  3.1 mi1 hr 40 Easy
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Central Beacons

  Taf Fechan Gorge

  Limestone gorge north of Merthyr with ancient woodland, a viaduct overhead and lime-loving plants that grow nowhere else in the county.

  3.1 mi1 hr 50 Moderate
• Caerphilly and the Eastern Valleys

  Blaen Bran Community Woodland

  Two reservoirs in a hanging valley above Cwmbran, with community-planted woodland replacing conifer and open mountain above.

  3.1 mi1 hr 50 Moderate
• Caerphilly and the Eastern Valleys

  Henllys Bog and Woodland

  Marshy grassland and woodland on the edge of Cwmbran, protected for a butterfly that has disappeared from most of Britain.

  3.1 mi1 hr 45 Moderate
• Caerphilly and the Eastern Valleys

  Llanhilleth Mountain

  Open common between the Ebbw and Sirhowy valleys, with a medieval church on the hillside and ponies grazing the tops.

  4.3 mi2 hr 35 Demanding
• Caerphilly and the Eastern Valleys

  The Cwmcarn Forest Drive

  The full length of the forest drive on foot, climbing through felled and replanted ground to viewpoints over the Ebbw valley.

  5.0 mi2 hr 50 Demanding
• Caerphilly and the Eastern Valleys

  The Crumlin Arm at Risca

  Restored stretch of the Monmouthshire canal running along the valley side, level and traffic-free with the hills above.

  3.7 mi1 hr 55 Easy
• Usk Valley and Abergavenny

  Pontymoile Basin and the Canal

  The junction where the Monmouthshire and Brecon canals meet, with level towpath running north towards Abergavenny.

  3.7 mi1 hr 55 Easy
• Usk Valley and Abergavenny

  Llandegfedd Reservoir

  A large reservoir in quiet Monmouthshire countryside, with lakeside paths, hides and a good bird list through the winter.

  4.3 mi2 hr 20 Moderate
• Monmouthshire and the Lower Wye

  Gray Hill and Wentwood

  A Bronze Age stone circle and standing stones on open hillside above the forest, with the Severn estuary spread out below.

  3.7 mi2 hr 10 Moderate
• Newport and the Gwent Levels

  Caerwent Roman Town

  The most complete Roman town walls in Britain, still standing five metres high, around a village that sits inside them.

  3.1 mi1 hr 45 Easy
• Newport and the Gwent Levels

  Penhow and the Ridge

  Quiet field paths on the low ridge above the Gwent Levels, with a small castle and long views over the Severn.

  3.7 mi2 hr Moderate
• Monmouthshire and the Lower Wye

  The Angidy Valley

  The wooded side valley behind Tintern that powered Britain’s first wireworks, with ponds, leats and furnace remains among the trees.

  3.1 mi1 hr 50 Moderate
• Monmouthshire and the Lower Wye

  Chepstow Park Wood

  A large forest on the plateau above the Wye, with waymarked trails, veteran oaks among the conifer and almost no visitors.

  3.7 mi2 hr 10 Moderate
• Usk Valley and Abergavenny

  Llanover and the Usk

  Riverside and estate parkland where Lady Llanover promoted the Welsh language and effectively invented the Welsh national costume.

  3.7 mi2 hr Easy
• Usk Valley and Abergavenny

  Goytre Wharf

  Canal wharf with restored limekilns, level towpath in both directions and woodland along the cutting.

  3.4 mi1 hr 45 Easy
• Conwy Valley and the North Coast

  Bodlondeb Woods

  Mature woodland just outside the town walls, with estuary viewpoints and quiet paths minutes from the castle.

  2.2 mi1 hr 15 Easy
• Conwy Valley and the North Coast

  Lady Mary’s Walk

  A short climb through Gwydir Forest above Llanrwst, named for a seventeenth-century noblewoman whose family owned eighty thousand acres of this country.

  1.9 mi1 hr 10 Moderate
• Conwy Valley and the North Coast

  Trefriw to Llyn Crafnant

  Steep climb from the woollen mill village up through the woods to the lake, returning by the old mine tracks.

  4.3 mi2 hr 40 Demanding
• Conwy Valley and the North Coast

  Rowen and the Old Quarry Road

  Up from a village in the Conwy valley on the road the quarrymen walked to Penmaenmawr, with standing stones and burial chambers on the hill above.

  4.3 mi2 hr 40 Demanding
• Clwydian Range and Vale of Clwyd

  Brenig Archaeological Trail

  A shorter loop at Llyn Brenig taking in the excavated Bronze Age barrows on the eastern shore, with open moorland behind.

  4.3 mi2 hr 30 Moderate
• Clwydian Range and Vale of Clwyd

  Llangwm and Foel Goch

  Hill above a village on the Hiraethog Trail, with a summit view over three counties and a gorge below where farmers rioted over tithes in 1887.

  4.3 mi2 hr 40 Demanding
• Clwydian Range and Vale of Clwyd

  Llanrhaeadr and the Jesse Window

  A Vale of Clwyd village with almshouses, a pottery and a church holding one of the finest medieval stained glass windows in Britain.

  3.1 mi1 hr 45 Moderate
• Clwydian Range and Vale of Clwyd

  Cyffylliog and the Clywedog

  Woodland tracks and river paths in the Clywedog valley, linking a quiet village to the edge of Clocaenog Forest.

  3.7 mi2 hr 15 Moderate
• Clwydian Range and Vale of Clwyd

  Graigfechan and Offa’s Dyke

  Circuit from a village below the Clwydian ridge, climbing to join Offa’s Dyke Path with the whole Vale of Clwyd below.

  5.8 mi3 hr 10 Demanding

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