The Wye Valley Walk (eBook)

From Plynlimon to Chepstow

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2024 | 2. Auflage
208 Seiten
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-78765-142-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The Wye Valley Walk follows the River Wye for 219km (136 miles) through the beautiful and varied landscape of the Welsh borders. Typically taking 10 days to walk, the route starts at the river's source on Plynlimon and follows the Wye valley to Chepstow. The Wye Valley Walk is a perfect mix of river and hill walking, suitable for any reasonably fit walker.

Autor

The Wye Valley Walk Partnership works to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the area by promoting its economic and social development and its suitability for quiet and informal enjoyment to the public. The team work hard to maintain the area's beauty for future generations.

Inhalt

Introduction

Lower reaches of the Wye
Middle and Upper reaches of the Wye
Wildlife and nature conservation
Practicalities
How to use this guidebook
When to go
Maps
Public Rights of Way
Waymarks
Countryside code
Safe walking
Easy access

The Route

Stage 1 Chepstow Castle to Tintern Abbey
Stage 2 Tintern Abbey to Monmouth
Stage 3 Monmouth to Symonds Yat
Stage 4 Symonds Yat to Kerne Bridge
Stage 5 Kerne Bridge to Ross-on-Wye
Stage 6 Ross-on-Wye to Fownhope
Stage 7 Fownhope to Hereford
Stage 8 Hereford to Byford
Stage 9 Byford to Bredwardine
Stage 10 Bredwardine to Hay-on-Wye
Stage 11 Hay-on-Wye to Glasbury
Stage 12 Glasbury to Erwood
Stage 13 Erwood to Builth Wells
Stage 14 Builth Wells to Newbridge-on-Wye
Stage 15 Newbridge-on-Wye to Rhayader
Stage 16 Rhayader to Llangurig 1
Stage 17 Llangurig to Rhyd-y-benwch (Hafren Forest car park)
Stage 18 Leaving the Walk

Appendix 1 Route summary
Appendix 2 Tourist information and advice
Appendix 3 Accommodation and public transport

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.9.2024
• Zusatzinfo: Colour photos and 18 OS map extracts
• Verlagsort: Kendal
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Schlagworte: builth wells • Forest of Dean • Hay on Wye • Hereford • hike • llangurig • Llanidloes • Monmouth • rhayader • ross-on-wye • Tintern Abbey • Welsh borders • Wye Valley National Landscape
• ISBN-10: 1-78765-142-8 / 1787651428
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78765-142-5 / 9781787651425