Leave the town square and turn left on the main road. Cross the river and turn left. Go up the steps at the side of the bus shelter and take the path along the embankment. Rejoin the pavement for 50 metres, then take the track to the left, passing to the left of Saint Madoc's churchyard. (Note the plaque (see photo) commemorating Alfred Russel Wallace, naturalist and author.) Take the lane to the right before Llanbadoc Island recreational area (where there is a "NO EXIT" sign) and turn left on the road. Immediately after a long, low building on the right turn right on to a bridleway which passes Ty Mawr Farm, turns left by a double garage, narrows, then climbs steeply through trees.

Continue on the track with a wire fence on the right and go through a small wooden gate. After a few minutes go through a small wooden gate and straight on between trees. After a few minutes pass to the left of a metal gate (often left open) and continue with a small sheep enclosure, bushes and wire fence on the right. Shortly reach 2 redundant gate posts and take the bridleway downhill between trees. (If this is blocked by fallen trees, take the path on the right embankment.) Go through a small wooden gate to the right of 2 larger gates and follow the waymarked track (Circular Walk 1) along the field edge.

Continue to the right of a small wood and, just after the second bridleway marker post, turn right down the field. Pass to the left of trees to the left of double power-line poles, then follow a line of trees on the left parallel to a track which leads to a lane. Go through a small metal gate to the right of a larger metal gate and turn right on the lane. Shortly turn left on a lane where Cefn Ila is signposted. (An optional detour can be made at this point to this large and very pleasant Woodland Trust site offering a number of paths.)

Soon cross a stile on the right. Go slightly left towards a wood, cross a stile and go straight ahead with a wire fence on the left. Cross a stile on the left in a dip and turn right. Go straight on where the wire fence turns right downhill. When a white house comes into view ahead, turn half left to cross a stile in a gap in the hedge. Continue straight towards a wide gap in the hedge between two trees at the distant field edge. Turn left before this gap and go uphill with a fence and trees on the right. Cross a stile to the right of a metal gate at the corner of the field and continue with a wood on the right. Cross a stile and continue with a wire fence on the left. Cross a stile, go downhill alongside the wire fence and cross a stile on the right.

West of Llanbadoc

Usk Valley and Llancayo Mill
(See enlargement of this photo.)

Go half right downhill on an obvious path, then swing right, soon climbing gently for a short distance. Shortly cross a stile 8 metres off to the left. Go straight ahead with a wood (Coed Duon) on the right.

Cross a stile to the right of a metal gate and turn right. Shortly turn left at a metal gate (don't go through it) and follow the field edge. Go downhill, cross a stile on the right and turn left. Go left downhill, gradually approaching large trees and a gully on the right, and cross two stiles 12 metres apart. Follow the path, cross a footbridge (not the one on the right) and follow the field edge. Take a track on the right before the field corner and shortly turn right on the road. Cross the river and return to the town square.