Radnorshire
St Harmon and the Marteg
Quiet farmland and riverbank in the upper Wye country, where Francis Kilvert was vicar and wrote about walking these lanes.
- Distance
- 3.7 mi / 6 km
- Time
- 2 hr 10
- Ascent
- 220 m
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Shape
- Circular
Where it is
The circle shows the general area, not the exact start. Use the directions link below to get to the car park itself. Contours and paths shown are OpenTopoMap, drawn from OpenStreetMap data.
The route
Field paths and lanes loop from the village down to the Marteg and back. Gentle throughout.
Worth knowing
- Kilvert was vicar here from 1876 and his diary describes this exact countryside.
- The Marteg joins the Wye a mile downstream at Gilfach.
- Red kites are constant overhead.
What you’ll see
The Marteg, hedged farmland, the church, and kites over the fields.
Background
Kilvert’s diaries, written between 1870 and 1879, give one of the fullest accounts of rural Radnorshire life ever recorded.