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HOMEPAGE |
Walk No 19: Pentwyn
Farm - Llandenny - Llangeview - Springdale Farm Nature Reserve - Llanllowell Boots are essential
for this walk as stretches of it are often very muddy. |
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Follow closely the wire fence and hedge on the right to a stile 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. |
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After about 1 km cross a stile on the right by a footpath
sign 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 |
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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. Just before the dual carriageway turn left on a lane. Just after a house called The Barn cross a footbridge on the right and go straight ahead. Where the trees on the right end, go slightly left and cross a footbridge hidden in the trees on the left side of the field (impossible to see until you are close). Turn right on the lane. |
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(The walk can be shortened
considerably by remaining on the lane and turning right at the crossroads
(signposted Usk). |
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If doing the full walk, cross a stile on the left just before a track on the right leading to St David's Church. Go straight up the field edge and cross a stile. Go straight up the next field and then slightly left through a gap in the trees to enter another field. Turn right and climb the hill, with Newhouse Wood on the right. |
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Turn right on a lane and shortly take the track on the right across a cattle grid. Follow it round to the left and go through a metal gate (often left open). Just before a house at the end of a drive go through a small wooden gate on the right and turn left, shortly crossing a stile. Go straight across the field and through an opening into the next field. Go straight on with a wire fence on the right. Cross a brook into the next field and follow the brook and wire fence on the right. Go through two metal gates at the right corner of the field and turn left on a track. Shortly turn right on the lane. |
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Turn right at the T-junction and go under the dual carriageway. Opposite St Llywel's Church in Llanllowell turn right on to the Usk Flood Route (actually a flood avoidance route). Follow this for 1 mile and turn left at the crossroads (signposted Usk). Follow this to the T-junction by the Olway Inn Hotel and turn left. Follow the road back to the town square. |
A
laminated A5 card showing this walk route, along with photographs, can
be easily ordered here.
The walk can be ordered more cheaply in digital format (PDF file) on the alternative Order Form. |
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