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Walk No 19: Pentwyn Farm - Llandenny - Llangeview - Usk Flood Route
(8 miles - 3 hours; route shortened on 25.04.25; last revised on 25.04.25)

Boots are essential for this walk as stretches of it are often very muddy.
Binoculars are useful for spotting stiles and footpath markers in the distance.
It is strongly recommended to do this walk only in winter when the vegetation has died back
and there is some chance of finding the "path" in the plantation just before Cefn Tilla Court.

St David's Church, Llangeview
(See an enlargement of this photo.)

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Walk No 19: Pentwyn Farm - Llandenny - Llangeview - Usk Flood Route (8 miles - 3 hours; route shortened on 25.04.25; last revised on 25.04.25) Boots are essential for this walk as stretches of it are often very muddy. Binoculars are useful for spotting stiles and footpath markers in the distance. It is strongly recommended to do this walk only in winter when the vegetation has died back and there is some chance of finding the "path" in the plantation just before Cefn Tilla Court.
This is a substantial walk on quiet lanes and through farmland and woodland.
Pentwyn Farm		Leave the town square and turn right on the main road in the direction of Raglan and the A449. After passing the school, take the minor road to Gwehelog (straight on) where the main road bends right. Continue straight on at the junction with Ladyhill. After ¼ mile turn right into a lane by the allotments. After a mile, pass a red brick farmhouse on the right. Go down the hill and up the other side and, immediately after the private drive to Pentwyn Farm, cross a gate on the right and take an often muddy, overgrown and tree-lined track parallel to the farm drive; it’s not obvious that this is a right of way.
Follow closely the wire fence and hedge on the right and cross a stile hidden behind bushes at the overgrown corner of the field. Turn half right, immediately passing a long, wooden building, and head for a large tree at the corner of the field. Cross a stile, go straight down the field and cross a stile 30 metres to the left of a telegraph pole. Cross two small footbridges, turn right, following the stream for 20 metres, then turn left on a narrow, indistinct path. Go uphill through the trees. Head for the large trees at the end of the plantation, to reach a stile between the 2 largest trees. (Note that from the second footbridge to this stile there is no clearly defined path and it can be very overgrown at times!) Turn left on the lane, ignoring the private drive to Cefn Tilla Court.
After about 1 km pass the main entrance to Cefn Tilla Court on the left and shortly cross a stile on the right at a waymark post just after a large tree. Follow the signposted direction and cross a stile. Go straight on with a hedge on the left. Go through a metal gate and head for the far left corner of the next field. Cross 2 adjacent stiles on the left and follow the hedge on the right round to a metal gate. Turn right on the lane (in Llandenny village) and continue on a track, soon crossing a dual carriageway (A449).		Llandenny

At the end of the track cross a brook and go through a metal gate. Turn half right and head for 2 short, grey walls to the left of tall trees at the field boundary. Go through 2 metal gates and turn right into the South Wales Gliding Club's field. Take extreme care when there is gliding activity in progress. Follow the brook and field edge for some distance and go through a tunnel under a road with metal gates at each side. Head half left across the field, passing to the right of the first large tree and well to the left of the next one. Go through a wide opening with a short section of metal fence each side into the next field and turn half right. Go through a small wooden gate at the corner of the field. Turn right on the busy B4235, soon passing The Lodge by Cefn Tilla (formerly Llangeview Lodge and before that the Rat Trap).

Just before the dual carriageway turn left on a lane. Continue on this, ignoring a minor lane on the left at a bend. Continue on the lane beyond a short track leading to the disused St David's Church (always left open for visitors) and turn right at the crossroads (signposted Usk). Follow this to the T-junction by the Olway Inn and turn left. Follow the road back to the town square.		St David's Church, Llangeview (See an enlargement of this photo.)