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River Usk and Llanwenarth Walk 10 D DISTANCE 9 11 4 miles/6.4 kms 8 12 TIME 2 hours 7 13 C GRADE 6 14 Moderate - quite long with 5 a climb from the flood plain to the railway pac B 1 2 4 STARTING POINT 3 A Byefield Lane Car Park (free except Tuesdays) THE ROUTE 1 Leave the SW corner of Byefield Lane Car Park and walk SW across Castle Meadows to Usk Bridge 2 Ascend to the road, cross and descend 17 steps on the W side to the river bank 3 Pass through two metal gates and follow the path westwards along the river bank 4 Cross a foot bridge 5 Cross a stile into a wooded area with a hill to the right. Take care as the river has eroded the bank and there is a drop to the left at this point 6 Cross the large foot bridge and continue along the river bank 7 After a further footbridge and stiles, turn right heading NE with the field boundary to your right towards Llanwenarth 8 Three more stiles bring you onto the tarmac road at Llanwenarth 9 Turn right here, past the church and eastwards towards Abergavenny 10 Take the right hand fork in the road 11 After about 300m, turn right over a stile just before some barn conversions (signed ‘River Usk’) 12 Cross the field and overa stile into the woods 13 Follow the path back to the large foot bridge 14 Turn left at the bridge and re-trace your route back to Byefield Lane POINTS OF INTEREST A The Usk Bridge was originally built in the middle ages, by Jasper Tudor, who was Duke of Bedford and Baron of Aber- gavenny. The mediaeval bridge was joined to a parallel 19th century tramroad bridge to create the current bridge and parts of both remain B The bank here is eroded on the outside of the bends in the river, where the force of the stream is strongest at times of flood C A chain ferry used to operate between the Usk banks at Llanwenarth and Govilon (Boat Farm is a reminder) D The Abergavenny and Border Counties Show was held annually in the fields near St Peter’s Church until the 1990s This route information has been prepared by Monmouthshire County Council Countryside Services with support from the countryside Council for Wales..

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