Wye Valley Walk
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox hiking trail The Wye Valley Walk (Template:Langx) is a long distance footpath in Wales and England following the course of the River Wye.
History
In 1975 the Wye Valley Walk opened with a Script error: No such module "convert". stretch between St. Arvans and Monmouth.[1] Further stretches were added, leading to it becoming a 34-mile (55 km) footpath by 1981.[1] During the 1980s, gaps between Ross-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye and Rhayader were integrated into the pathway, forming a Script error: No such module "convert". walk reaching from near the river's mouth at Chepstow in Monmouthshire, to Rhayader in Mid Wales.[1]
In September 2002, the route was finally extended to start or finish in Coed Hafren, having passed within viewing distance of the source of the River Wye on Plynlimon near Aberystwyth, a total of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
The route
The Wye Valley Walk is marked out by circular yellow waymark arrows, finger posts, and signs showing the path's logo, a leaping salmon. Most of the route follows Public Rights of Way. Some parts are permissive paths where owners have agreed for them to be used. Parts of Plynlimon are open countryside in which there is a right to roam established by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.[2]
The route passes through Chepstow, the Wye Valley AONB, Tintern, Monmouth, Ross-on-Wye, Symonds Yat, Hereford, Hay-on-Wye, Builth Wells, Rhayader, and Llangurig to Plynlimon.
The route of the Wye Valley Walk can be broken into 17 stages,[3] though the entire walk is often walked in seven day-length sections from Chepstow to Plynlimon, or vice versa.[4]
Days and sections
Days and sections* described in the text The Wye Valley Walk, and The Wye Valley Walk website, both by The Wye Valley Partnership.[3][4]
Day 1
- Section 1: Chepstow Castle to Tintern Abbey – Script error: No such module "convert".
- Section 2: Tintern Abbey to Monmouth – Script error: No such module "convert".
Day 2
- Section 1: Monmouth to Symonds Yat – Script error: No such module "convert".
- Section 2: Symonds Yat to Kerne Bridge – Script error: No such module "convert".
- Section 3: Kerne Bridge to Ross-on-Wye – Script error: No such module "convert".
Day 3
- Section 1: Ross-on-Wye to Fownhope – Script error: No such module "convert".
- Section 2: Fownhope to Hereford – Script error: No such module "convert".
Day 4
- Section 1: Hereford to Byford – Script error: No such module "convert".
- Section 2: Byford to Bredwardine – Script error: No such module "convert".
- Section 3: Bredwardine to Hay-on-Wye – Script error: No such module "convert".
Day 5
- Section 1: Hay-on-Wye to Glasbury – Script error: No such module "convert".
- Section 2: Glasbury to Erwood – Script error: No such module "convert".
- Section 3: Erwood to Builth Wells – Script error: No such module "convert".
Day 6
- Section 1: Builth Wells to Newbridge-on-Wye – Script error: No such module "convert".
- Section 2: Newbridge-on-Wye to Rhayader – Script error: No such module "convert".
Day 7
- Section 1: Rhayader to Llangurig – Script error: No such module "convert".
- Section 2: Llangurig to Rhyd-y-benwch (Plynlimon) – Script error: No such module "convert".
*miles and km rounded to whole numbers
Landmarks
The Wye Valley Walk passes the following notable landmarks:
Rail access
The following stations have services provided by Transport for Wales which can be used to connect with the Wye Valley Walk:
References
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