CONTENTS
Map key
Overview map
Introduction
Geology and landscape
Plants and wildlife
The impact of man
Getting to and around the Wye Valley
Accommodation
When to go
What to take
Maps and waymarking
Using this guide
The Lower Wye: Chepstow to Ross-on-Wye
Walk 1 The Lancaut Peninsula
Walk 2 The Wyndcliff
Walk 3 The Devil’s Pulpit from the east
Walk 4 Tintern and the Angidy Valley
Walk 5 Trellech and Beacon Hill
Walk 6 The Kymin
Walk 7 King Arthur’s Cave and the Seven Sisters
Walk 8 Coppet Hill and Goodrich
The Middle Wye: Ross-on-Wye to Hay-on-Wye
Walk 9 Sellack and Hoarwithy
Walk 10 Capler Camp from Fownhope
Walk 11 Haugh Wood
Walk 12 Aconbury Hill
Walk 13 Breinton Springs
Walk 14 Black and White Weobley
Walk 15 Arthur’s Stone and Merbach Common
Walk 16 Kilvert’s Clyro
Upper Middle Wye: Hay-on-Wye to Newbridge-on-Wye
Walk 17 Talgarth and Llanelieu
Walk 18 The Begwns
Walk 19 Brechfa Pool
Walk 20 Llewellyn’s Cave and Aberedw Rocks
Walk 21 Llandeilo Hill and Twm Tobacco’s Grave
Walk 22 Builth and Banc-y-Celyn
Walk 23 Cors y Llyn
Walk 24 Shaky Bridge
The Upper Wye: Newbridge-on-Wye to Plynlimon
Walk 25 Above the Elan Valley reservoirs
Walk 26 Drygarn Fawr
Walk 27 Gilfach Farm
Walk 28 The Monks’ Trod
Walk 29 Llangurig to Llanidloes
Walk 30 Plynlimon and the source of the Wye
Appendix A Route summary table
Appendix B Useful contacts
Maps and waymarking
Walkers are encouraged to use the relevant 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey map to supplement the 1:50,000 map extracts (reproduced at 1:40,000 in the printed book and 1:50,000 in digital format). The whole of the valley is covered by nine 1:25,000 maps:
Outdoor Leisure 13 (Brecon Beacons National Park – Eastern Area)
Outdoor Leisure 14 (Wye Valley & Forest of Dean)
Explorer 188 (Builth Wells)
Explorer 189 (Hereford & Ross-on-Wye)
Explorer 200 (Llandrindod Wells & Elan Valley)
Explorer 201 (Knighton & Presteigne)
Explorer 202 (Leominster & Bromyard)
Explorer 213 (Aberystwyth & Cwm Rheidol)
Explorer 214 (Llanidloes & Newtown)
The Glanusk boundary stone and the summit escarpment of Aberedw Rocks (Walk 20)
Waymarking is generally good – especially in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty from Hereford southwards – although there are some areas where improvement is needed, both to waymarking and to footpath furniture such as stiles and gates. Path problems can be reported online at the relevant county council website (see Appendix B). Where there are ambiguities or obstacles, a more detailed description of how to overcome the difficulties is provided in the text.