719 walks across Wales

• Bannau Brycheiniog: Black Mountains

  Table Mountain, Crickhowell

  Iron Age fort on a flat-topped spur above the town, short and steep with a big reward.

  3.4 mi2 hr 15 Demanding
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Black Mountains

  Pen Cerrig-calch

  Limestone caps a sandstone hill above Crickhowell, which is geologically odd and makes for good walking.

  6.2 mi4 hr Strenuous
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Black Mountains

  Waun Fach

  Highest point in the Black Mountains, a flat peaty dome reached along a long ridge.

  7.5 mi4 hr 30 Strenuous
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Black Mountains

  Mynydd Troed

  Steep and shapely, standing apart from the main Black Mountains ridge with a view over both sides.

  3.1 mi1 hr 55 Demanding
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Black Mountains

  Talgarth and Pwll y Wrach

  Short loop from a working watermill to a wooded waterfall, with tea at both ends.

  2.5 mi1 hr 20 Moderate
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Black Mountains

  Llangattock Escarpment

  Limestone cliff line above the Usk valley, with old quarries and tramroads along the terrace.

  4.3 mi2 hr 40 Demanding
• Usk Valley and Abergavenny

  Tretower and Cwmdu

  Gentle farmland circuit from a medieval court and castle that sit side by side.

  3.1 mi1 hr 45 Moderate
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Black Mountains

  Allt yr Esgair

  Wooded ridge between the Usk valley and Llangorse Lake, with a hillfort on the crest.

  3.1 mi1 hr 45 Moderate
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Black Mountains

  Capel-y-ffin

  Climbs from a tiny chapel in the Vale of Ewyas onto the ridge above, with a monastery ruin nearby.

  5.0 mi3 hr 10 Demanding
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Black Mountains

  Llanigon and the Black Mountain Foothills

  Rising farmland between Hay and the mountains, with dingles, old lanes and a steady climb towards the ridge without committing to it.

  3.7 mi2 hr 15 Moderate
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Fforest Fawr and the Waterfalls

  Four Waterfalls, Ystradfellte

  Circuit of four falls in the wooded gorges below Ystradfellte, including one you can walk behind.

  5.3 mi3 hr 30 Demanding
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Fforest Fawr and the Waterfalls

  Henrhyd Falls

  The highest single drop in south Wales, ninety feet into a wooded gorge, with a path behind the curtain.

  0.9 mi40 min Moderate
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Fforest Fawr and the Waterfalls

  Craig-y-nos Country Park

  Parkland and lakes below the Black Mountain, laid out for an opera singer who built a theatre here.

  1.9 mi55 min Easy
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Fforest Fawr and the Waterfalls

  Cribarth

  Limestone hill above the Tawe, quarried and tramwayed all over, with the whole upper valley below.

  3.7 mi2 hr 20 Demanding
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Fforest Fawr and the Waterfalls

  Fan Gyhirych

  Steep-sided whaleback in the western Bannau, seen by thousands from the road and climbed by almost nobody.

  4.3 mi2 hr 45 Strenuous
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Fforest Fawr and the Waterfalls

  Sarn Helen and the Roman Fort

  Follows the Roman road that ran the length of Wales, across open moor above the Tawe.

  4.0 mi2 hr 20 Moderate
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Fforest Fawr and the Waterfalls

  Ystradgynlais and the Tawe

  Riverside loop from the largest town in southern Powys, through a landscape quietly turning green again.

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

  Glyntawe and the Cave Country

  Walks the ground above one of the longest cave systems in Britain, on limestone riddled with shakeholes.

  3.1 mi1 hr 50 Moderate
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Fforest Fawr and the Waterfalls

  Cray Reservoir

  Quiet circuit of a small reservoir in the western Bannau, with the escarpment behind it.

  3.1 mi1 hr 40 Moderate
• Bannau Brycheiniog: Central Beacons

  The Taf Fawr Reservoirs

  Three reservoirs in the valley below Pen y Fan, linked by forest tracks and sheltered when the tops are unwalkable.

  3.7 mi2 hr Moderate
• Usk Valley and Abergavenny

  Llangynidr Moor and Canal

  Up from the canal onto open limestone moor scattered with shakeholes and old workings, and back down to the towpath.

  4.0 mi2 hr 20 Demanding
• Cambrian Mountains

  Llyn Clywedog

  Long finger of water in the hills above Llanidloes, held back by the tallest concrete dam in Britain.

  3.7 mi2 hr 15 Moderate
• Cambrian Mountains

  Source of the Severn

  Follow the Severn upstream from a forest car park to the patch of peat bog on Pumlumon where Britain’s longest river begins as a trickle.

  6.8 mi3 hr 30 Demanding
• Cambrian Mountains

  Pumlumon Fawr

  The highest ground in mid Wales and the source of three rivers. Big, bleak, boggy and completely deserted compared with anywhere in Eryri.

  6.8 mi4 hr Strenuous
• Cambrian Mountains

  Dylife Gorge and Ffrwd Fawr

  An abandoned lead mining settlement high on the mountain road, a spectacular gorge and one of the tallest waterfalls in Wales dropping into it.

  3.7 mi2 hr 15 Demanding
• Cambrian Mountains

  Llanidloes and the Young Severn

  Short loop out of the first town on the Severn, picking up the river and the old market hall.

  2.2 mi55 min Easy
• Cambrian Mountains

  Y Fan Lead Mines

  The remains of what was briefly the richest lead mine in the world, on a hillside above Llanidloes, now grassed over and almost silent.

  3.1 mi1 hr 50 Moderate
• Cambrian Mountains

  Llangurig and the Upper Wye

  The highest village on the Wye, with a quiet loop through the valley farmland and along the young river.

  3.1 mi1 hr 50 Moderate
• Severn Valley and Newtown

  Newtown Riverside

  Level surfaced paths either side of the Severn through the town’s parks, linked by footbridges so you can make the loop as long or short as you like.

  1.9 mi45 min Easy
• Severn Valley and Newtown

  Gregynog Estate

  Waymarked trails through parkland, an old-growth wood and a sunken garden on a national nature reserve estate north of Newtown.

  2.5 mi1 hr 10 Easy
• Severn Valley and Newtown

  Dolforwyn Castle

  A Welsh-built castle on a wooded ridge above the Severn, raised by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in deliberate defiance of the English king.

  3.1 mi1 hr 50 Moderate
• Severn Valley and Newtown

  The Kerry Ridgeway

  A prehistoric ridge route running fifteen miles along the watershed to the English border, walkable in sections with views both north and south the whole way.

  5.6 mi3 hr Moderate
• Severn Valley and Newtown

  Berriew and the Rhiw

  One of the prettiest villages in Montgomeryshire, with a short loop taking in the river, the aqueduct and the canal.

  2.8 mi1 hr 30 Easy
• Severn Valley and Newtown

  Caersws and the Roman Fort

  A flat riverside loop from a village built inside the outline of a Roman fort, with the Severn alongside for much of it.

  2.5 mi1 hr 20 Easy
• Montgomery and the Border

  Welshpool Canal Loop

  The Montgomery Canal through the middle of Welshpool, flat and surfaced, with the restored sections busy with wildlife.

  3.1 mi1 hr 15 Easy
• Montgomery and the Border

  Powis Castle Deer Park

  Medieval deer park below one of the great castles of the borders, with veteran oaks and a fallow deer herd that has been here for centuries.

  2.5 mi1 hr 20 Moderate
• Montgomery and the Border

  Montgomery Castle

  Up to the castle ruins on their rock above one of the best-preserved small Georgian towns in Wales. Short, steep at the end, and a very good view for the effort.

  1.9 mi1 hr Moderate
• Montgomery and the Border

  Beacon Ring, Long Mountain

  An Iron Age hillfort on the ridge east of Welshpool, planted inside with trees in the shape of the letters E R for the 1953 coronation.

  4.0 mi2 hr 15 Moderate
• Montgomery and the Border

  Breidden Hill and Rodney’s Pillar

  A steep wooded hill standing alone above the Severn plain, topped by a monument to an eighteenth-century admiral. Sharp climb, enormous view.

  3.7 mi2 hr 30 Demanding
• Montgomery and the Border

  Llanymynech Rocks

  A vast abandoned limestone quarry on the border, with a Hoffmann kiln, an old tramway and a nature reserve on the cliff faces.

  2.5 mi1 hr 25 Moderate
• Montgomery and the Border

  Llanfyllin and the Cain Valley

  Farmland and woodland circuits from a small market town, climbing for views over the Cain valley and the Berwyn beyond.

  3.7 mi2 hr 10 Moderate
• Dyfi Valley and Machynlleth

  Machynlleth and Glyndŵr’s Way

  Out of town on the national trail, climbing away from the Dyfi with Machynlleth below you within ten minutes.

  3.7 mi2 hr Moderate
• Dyfi Valley and Machynlleth

  Foel Fadian

  The highest point on Glyndŵr’s Way, in genuinely remote country above the Dyfi, with a steep drop into the cwm below the summit.

  3.7 mi2 hr 20 Demanding
• Dyfi Valley and Machynlleth

  Dyfi Forest above Corris

  Forestry tracks climbing out of a slate village, past spoil tips and tramway inclines slowly disappearing under trees.

  4.3 mi2 hr 30 Demanding
• Dyfi Valley and Machynlleth

  Pennal and the Dyfi Estuary

  A quiet loop from a village with a Roman fort, a Glyndŵr connection and the Dyfi estuary opening out below.

  3.4 mi1 hr 55 Moderate
• Berwyn and Lake Vyrnwy

  Lake Vyrnwy Circular

  The full circuit of the lake on a quiet road, long but never steep and never in doubt. Shorter sections from any of the car parks if twelve miles is more than you fancy.

  11.8 mi5 hr Demanding
• Berwyn and Lake Vyrnwy

  Rhiwargor Waterfall

  A short steep loop to a waterfall at the top end of Lake Vyrnwy, with a viewing platform partway up. Very good value for the time it takes.

  1.2 mi40 min Moderate
• Berwyn and Lake Vyrnwy

  Pistyll Rhaeadr

  The tallest single-drop waterfall in Wales, at the end of a long narrow lane. Stand at the bottom in five minutes, or take the steep path to the top of the fall.

  1.6 mi1 hr Moderate
• Berwyn and Lake Vyrnwy

  Cadair Berwyn and Moel Sych

  The highest ground in Wales outside Eryri and the Bannau. Serious weather, poor paths in places, and one of the finest hidden lakes in the country.

  7.5 mi4 hr 30 Strenuous
• Berwyn and Lake Vyrnwy

  Craig Rhiwarth

  A steep climb from a slate village to an Iron Age hillfort on a crag, with old quarry workings on the way and the Tanat valley below.

  3.1 mi2 hr Demanding

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