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 Template:Convert stretch between St. Arvans and Monmouth.<ref name="Wye Valley Book">Template:Cite book</ref> Further stretches were added, leading to it becoming a 34-mile (55 km) footpath by 1981.<ref name="Wye Valley Book" /> During the 1980s, gaps between Ross-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye and Rhayader were integrated into the pathway, forming a Template:Convert walk reaching from near the river's mouth at Chepstow in Monmouthshire, to Rhayader in Mid Wales.<ref name="Wye Valley Book" />

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 Template:Convert.<ref name="Wye Valley Book" />

The route

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The southern end of the path, near Chepstow Castle

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Waymark signs on the path

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The northern end of the path

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.<ref name=essentials>The Wye Valley Walk: The essentials. Retrieved 12 April 2014</ref>

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,<ref name="Wye Valley Book Contents">Template:Cite book</ref> though the entire walk is often walked in seven day-length sections from Chepstow to Plynlimon, or vice versa.<ref name="Wye Valley Walk Interactive Maps">Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name="Wye Valley Book Contents" /><ref name="Wye Valley Walk Interactive Maps" />

Day 1

Section 1: Chepstow Castle to Tintern Abbey – Template:Convert
Section 2: Tintern Abbey to Monmouth – Template:Convert

Day 2

Section 1: Monmouth to Symonds Yat – Template:Convert
Section 2: Symonds Yat to Kerne Bridge – Template:Convert
Section 3: Kerne Bridge to Ross-on-Wye – Template:Convert

Day 3

Section 1: Ross-on-Wye to Fownhope – Template:Convert
Section 2: Fownhope to Hereford – Template:Convert

Day 4

Section 1: Hereford to Byford – Template:Convert
Section 2: Byford to Bredwardine – Template:Convert
Section 3: Bredwardine to Hay-on-Wye – Template:Convert

Day 5

Section 1: Hay-on-Wye to Glasbury – Template:Convert
Section 2: Glasbury to Erwood – Template:Convert
Section 3: Erwood to Builth Wells – Template:Convert

Day 6

Section 1: Builth Wells to Newbridge-on-Wye – Template:Convert
Section 2: Newbridge-on-Wye to Rhayader – Template:Convert

Day 7

Section 1: Rhayader to Llangurig – Template:Convert
Section 2: Llangurig to Rhyd-y-benwch (Plynlimon) – Template:Convert

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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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