corner with waymarks. Keep on downhill following waymarks If you walk with a dog, please be aware that there is and stiles out to the road (25). livestock in some of the fields and farmers will expect dogs Thecorner view with across waymarks. the TrothyKeep on Valley downhill to following the woods waymarks above Ifto you be walk on leads with aand dog, kept please strictly be under aware control. that there Please is is there that aware be please dog, a with walk you If waymarks following downhill on Keep waymarks. with corner Wonastowand stiles outand to into the Kingswoodroad (25). can be seen over the houses livestockfollow the in Countrysome of Code:the fields and farmers will expect dogs dogs expect will farmers and fields the of some in livestock ). 25 ( road the to out stiles and onThe the view left acrossas you the bear Trothy right alongValley the to the lane. woods The above cream to be on leads and kept strictly under control. Please Please control. under strictly kept and leads on be to above woods the to Valley Trothy the across view The • cottageWonastow used and to into be Kingswood the old Post can Office. be seen At over the the far houses side of follow theBe Country safe – plan Code: ahead and follow any signs Code: Country the follow houses the over seen be can Kingswood into and Wonastow Brookmeadon the left ( as26 ), you turn bear left rightby the along finger the post lane. down The a creamnarrow cream The lane. the along right bear you as left the on •• BeLeave safe gates– plan andahead property and follow as you any find signs them signs any follow and ahead plan – safe Be • pathcottage next usedto the to stream be the and old Postfollow Office. the path At as the it farturns side right of of side far the At Office. Post old the be to used cottage overBrookmead the stream (26 and), turn then left continue by the fingeralong thepost lane down to thea narrow end. •• LeaveProtect gates plants and and property animals, as youand find take them your litter home them find you as property and gates Leave • narrow a down post finger the by left turn ), 26 ( Brookmead path next to the stream and follow the path as it turns right right turns it as path the follow and stream the to next path Turn left into the road and go downhill 20 yards to the over the stream and then continue along the lane to the end. •• ProtectKeep dogsplants under and animals, close control and take your litter home Mitchel Troy Troy Mitchel home litter your take and animals, and plants Protect • end. the to lane the along continue then and stream the over entrance to Ivy Cottage (27). Turn right into this entrance at Walks No 5 theTurn finger left post. into theThe roadroute andgoes go through downhill the 20private yards garden to the of •• KeepConsider dogs otherunder people close control control close under dogs Keep • the to yards 20 downhill go and road the into left Turn entrance to Ivy Cottage (27). Turn right into this entrance at Walks No 5 5 No Walks at entrance this into right Turn ). 27 ( Cottage Ivy to entrance Ivy Cottage, so please keep to the path by the boundary on •The pathConsider to the other right people of the Old Church wall and the people other Consider • thethe left, finger down post. steps, The acrossroute goes a stream through and the up private and over garden a stile of of garden private the through goes route The post. finger the Ivy Cottage, so please keep to the path by the boundary on recommended path in Woods are not Public on boundary the by path the to keep please so Cottage, Ivy with one tree at the centre. There is a stone recording this just into a pasture field. TheRights path of to Way the right and ofare the walked Penallt withOld Churchthe permission wall and ofthe the PENALLT LOOP the and wall Church Old Penallt the of right the to path The the left, down steps, across a stream and up and over a stile recommended path in Caer Llan Woods are not Public Public not are Woods Llan Caer in path recommended stile a over and up and stream a across steps, down left, the along the road. In the 1990s there was an ostrich farm on this Follow the hedgerow on your left to a stile in the corner. Go over this land-owners. Such permission may be withdrawn at any with one tree at the centre. There is a stone recording this just into a pasture field. Rights of Way and are walked with the permission of the PENALLT LOOP P O O L T L L A N E P the of permission the with walked are and Way of Rights field. pasture a into just this recording stone a is There centre. the at tree one with corner. and, ignoring the stile immediately on the left, continue to follow the time. along the road. In the 1990s there was an ostrich farm on this Follow the hedgerow on your left to a stile in the corner. Go over this this over Go corner. the in stile a to left your on hedgerow the Follow this on farm ostrich an was there 1990s the In road. the along hedge to a stile down amongst trees (28), rejoining the path that land-owners. Such permission may be withdrawn at any any at withdrawn be may permission Such land-owners. Crosscorner. this main road, which is the busy B4293, with great care and and, ignoring the stile immediately on the left, continue to follow the the follow to continue left, the on immediately stile the ignoring and, corner. brought you up from Mitchel Troy. Retrace your steps, following the time.For your own safety, please comply with all notices time. go straight down the track opposite to just before Gockett House. hedge to a stile down amongst trees (28), rejoining the path that that path the rejoining ), 28 ( trees amongst down stile a to hedge Cross this main road, which is the busy B4293, with great care and first map, down to the lane leading out on to the main road opposite erected by the Forestry Commission and their and care great with B4293, busy the is which road, main this Cross Turn right onto the footpath through bracken, follow this past the brought you up from Mitchel Troy. Retrace your steps, following the For your own safety, please comply with all notices notices all with comply please safety, own your For the following steps, your Retrace Troy. Mitchel from up you brought go straight down the track opposite to just before Gockett House. the church gate. contractors at times of harvesting the woodland and House. Gockett before just to opposite track the down straight go house and follow the wall into Caer Llan Wood. Go down through first map, down to the lane leading out on to the main road opposite erected by the Forestry Commission and their their and Commission Forestry the by erected opposite road main the to on out leading lane the to down map, first Turn right onto the footpath through bracken, follow this past the by the holders of shooting rights when culling. It is the past this follow bracken, through footpath the onto right Turn the wood (ignoring the first waymarked path to the right) for about the church gate. contractors at times of harvesting the woodland and and woodland the harvesting of times at contractors gate. church the house and follow the wall into Caer Llan Wood. Go down through extremely risky and your own responsibility if you through down Go Wood. Llan Caer into wall the follow and house 80 the yards wood to (ignoring the second the first waymark waymarked post (path21). to Atthe this right) point for about the by the holders of shooting rights when culling. It is is It culling. when rights shooting of holders the by about for right) the to path waymarked first the (ignoring wood the landowner kindly allows walkers to take the pretty path through the ignore these signs. 80 yards to the second waymark post (21). At this point the extremely risky and your own responsibility if you you if responsibility own your and risky extremely the point this At ). 21 ( post waymark second the to yards 80 landowner kindly allows walkers to take the pretty path through the ignoreIt is strongly these signs. recommended that this leaflet is used in signs. these ignore the through path pretty the take to walkers allows kindly landowner Itconjunction is strongly with recommended the Ordnance that Survey this Explorer leaflet is Map used OL14. in in used is leaflet this that recommended strongly is It conjunctionMitchel Troy with Churchthe Ordnance Car ParkSurvey (at Explorer SO492104) Map OL14. can be OL14. 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Continue guaranteenot responsible access for to their any maintenance.of the Mitchel Troy Walks and is is and Walks Troy Mitchel the of any to access guarantee not responsible for their maintenance. maintenance. their for responsible not throughwood, the so wood, turn past right a along waymarked a broad, path well that trodden joins from path. the Continue right. For further information, please contact Mitchel Troy Local Continue path. trodden well broad, a along right turn so wood, through the wood, past a waymarked path that joins from the right. right. the from joins that path waymarked a past wood, the through At the removable metal fence out of the wood, go straight ahead ForPaths further Group information, on 01600 please 715618 contact or look Mitchel on the TroyPaths Local Group Local Troy Mitchel contact please information, further For andAt then the slightlyremovable downhill metal tofence the out steps of the at thewood, side go ofstraight Caer ahead Llan Pathspage Group of www.mitcheltroy.com on 01600 715618 or look Any on comments the Paths wouldGroup be Group Paths the on look or 715618 01600 on Group Paths ahead straight go wood, the of out fence metal removable the At Houseand (22 then). slightlyGo down downhill and then to the up stepsthe next at theset sideof steps of Caer to the Llan pagevery much of www.mitcheltroy.com appreciated. Any comments would be be would comments Any www.mitcheltroy.com of page Llan Caer of side the at steps the to downhill slightly then and terraceHouse and ( 22walk). alongsideGo down andthe housethen up to theits driveway.next set of Caer steps Llan to isthe very much appreciated. appreciated. much very the to steps of set next the up then and down Go ). 22 ( House a largeterrace country and housewalk alongside set in 25 the acres house of garden, to its driveway. field and Caerwoodland Llan is is Llan Caer driveway. its to house the alongside walk and terrace The photographs in this leaflet were kindly provided by Elaine useda large as a country field study house centre set in 25 as acres well asof garden, a wonderful field and setting woodland for woodland and field garden, of acres 25 in set house country large a TheSavage, photographs Rosey Ringer in this and leaflet the Inn were at Penallt, kindly who provided retain bycopyright. Elaine Elaine by provided kindly were leaflet this in photographs The weddings.used as It awas field built study around centre the asbeginning well as of a the wonderful 19th century setting and for for setting wonderful a as well as centre study field a as used th Savage, Rosey Ringer and the Inn at Penallt, who retain copyright. copyright. retain who Penallt, at Inn the and Ringer Rosey Savage, th considerablyweddings. extended It was built in aroundthe second the beginning half of that of thecentury, 19 century although and The publication of this series of leaflets has and century 19 the of beginning the around built was It weddings. The publication of this series of leaflets has has leaflets of series this of publication The it hadconsiderably no road access extended until in 1890the second and water half of was that supplied century, althoughfrom a been made possible with the aid of a although century, that of half second the in extended considerably it had no road access until 1890 and water was supplied from a beenCommunity made possible Environmental with the Grant aid of from a Church Farm Guesthouse a of aid the with possible made been a from supplied was water and 1890 until access road no had it local spring in the woods. Church Farm Guesthouse Guesthouse Farm Church local spring in the woods. CommunityMonmouthshire Environmental County Council Grant and a from grant from Grant Environmental Community woods. the in spring local At the end of the drive, turn left and continue along the lower Craig- Monmouthshirefrom Mitchel County Troy Council United and Community a grant grant a and Council County At the end of the drive, turn left and continue along the lower Craig- Craig- lower the along continue and left turn drive, the of end the At y-Dorth road for about quarter of a mile, bearing right at Caer Llan fromCouncil. Mitchel Troy United Community Community United Troy Mitchel from y-Dorth road for about quarter of a mile, bearing right at Caer Llan Council. Council. Llan Caer at right bearing mile, a of quarter about for road y-Dorth Cottage, up to the stone stile on the right (23) that leans slightly Cottage, up to the stone stile on the right (23) that leans slightly Published by Mitchel Troy Community Group with assistance from JIM’S BLUEBELL WALK slightly leans that ) 23 ( right the on stile stone the to up Cottage, and can be tricky to cross. Follow the path downhill between the Published by Mitchel Troy Community Group with assistance from JIM’S BLUEBELL WALK K L A W L L E B E U L B S ’ M I J from assistance with Group unity Comm Troy Mitchel by Published and can be tricky to cross. Follow the path downhill between the MCC Countryside Service. Printed by Clarke Printers on recycled the between downhill path the Follow cross. to tricky be can and hedge to the right and the fence to the left. At a stile with stone MCC Countryside Service. Printed by Clarke Printers on recycled recycled on Printers Clarke by Printed Service. Countryside MCC hedge to the right and the fence to the left. At a stile with stone paper. March 2011 stone with stile a At left. the to fence the and right the to hedge steps (24), turn diagonally right and keep on towards the fence paper. March 2011 2011 March paper. steps (24), turn diagonally right and keep on towards the fence fence the towards on keep and right diagonally turn ), 24 ( steps Penallt Loop 10 miles (nearly!), allow 6 hours for the views and lunch, steep ascent, many stiles - not dog friendly OS Explorer Map OL14 Car park at SO492104 SO492104 at park Car OL14 Map Explorer OS ly friend dog not - stiles many scent, a steep lunch, and views the for hours 6 allow (nearly!), miles 10 Loop Penallt

This is a walk shown to us by Jim, who has enjoyed leading friends the Church and along through the copse and fields, following waymarks, to a lane and turn turn and lane a to waymarks, following fields, and copse the through along and Church the friends leading enjoyed has who Jim, by us to shown walk a is This through the bluebell woods above Mitchel Troy and around Penallt the pleached lime left. Walk past a house (13) on the right into woodland, keeping the the keeping woodland, into right the on ) 13 ( house a past Walk left. lime pleached the Penallt around and Troy Mitchel above woods bluebell the through for the past thirty years. This is not just a walk to enjoy in May pathway to the Church wall on your left until a stone stile is reached. Here bear right and and right bear Here reached. is stile stone a until left your on wall Church the to pathway May in enjoy to walk a just not is This years. thirty past the for though. With early spring flowers, autumn colours and winter lych-gate. then left looking out for waymarks high up on a tree (14). Continue Continue ). 14 ( tree a on up high waymarks for out looking left then lych-gate. winter and colours autumn flowers, spring early With though. views, this is a walk for every season. It visits Penallt Old Church Church Old Penallt visits It season. every for walk a is this views, From here, by the along this path, near to possible quarries for mill stones for which which for stones mill for quarries possible to near path, this along the by here, From and the Inn at Penallt (formerly known as the Bush Inn - see below below see - Inn Bush the as known (formerly Penallt at Inn the and stone mounting block, Penallt was renowned, to a stile with a finger post pointing to Meend Meend to pointing post finger a with stile a to renowned, was Penallt block, mounting stone to check opening times), where a pub lunch or a picnic can be be can picnic a or lunch pub a where times), opening check to bear left down the road Road, by Cae Caws Barn (15). Follow the direction of this finger post, post, finger this of direction the Follow ). 15 ( Barn Caws Cae by Road, road the down left bear enjoyed before the walk back down to Mitchel Troy. At nearly ten ten nearly At Troy. Mitchel to down back walk the before enjoyed for about 200 yards to a through a gate and fields to a stone stile at the main road into Penallt. Penallt. into road main the at stile stone a to fields and gate a through a to yards 200 about for miles, allow five and a half hours walking time with plenty more for for more plenty with time walking hours half a and five allow miles, gate and a stile on the Cross the road, turning left towards Penallt for about 100 yards to a a to yards 100 about for Penallt towards left turning road, the Cross the on stile a and gate lunch and admiring the views. views. the admiring and lunch right just before a metal stile into the field on the right (16). Follow the hedge on your your on hedge the Follow ). 16 ( right the on field the into stile metal a before just right There is one steep ascent and then a moderate walk through cottage (8). Through left for four fields to a double stile. Turn right here with a hedge now now hedge a with here right Turn stile. double a to fields four for left Through ). 8 ( cottage through walk moderate a then and ascent steep one is There woods and fields, across rolling countryside the gate, go round and on your right for two more fields. In the second field, head for the stile stile the for head field, second the In fields. more two for right your on and round go gate, the countryside rolling across fields, and woods with wide views, before a slightly more up a stony gully and on the far side of a shallow brook. After the stile bear half left towards towards left half bear stile the After brook. shallow a of side far the on and gully stony a up more slightly a before views, wide with gentle descent back down to Mitchel Troy. over a stile leading into a difficult to see stone stile almost in the corner of the field (17). After After ). 17 ( field the of corner the in almost stile stone see to difficult a into leading stile a over Troy. Mitchel to down back descent gentle From the church car park (1) at Mitchel the hill. Continue along this fairly level, although sometimes muddy, a field. Go on through a gate, past a converted barn and down an old this stile, turn half right to a wood and stone stile and then take one one take then and stile stone and wood a to right half turn stile, this old an down and barn converted a past gate, a through on Go field. a muddy, sometimes although level, fairly this along Continue hill. the Mitchel at ) 1 ( park car church the From Troy, go through the churchyard past the track for about a mile and three quarters, ignoring all paths off to left green lane with some large oak trees, a gate part way down and walls more stile onto the lane leading to Lower Meend. Continue straight straight Continue Meend. Lower to leading lane the onto stile more walls and down way part gate a trees, oak large some with lane green left to off paths all ignoring quarters, three and mile a about for track the past churchyard the through go Troy, fourteenth century preaching cross to the and right and bearing right at the forest road. Look out for spring of huge stones. At the bottom (9), next to a house, cross the track down the lane past Noddfa (18) and out to the road. There are are There road. the to out and ) 18 ( Noddfa past lane the down track the cross house, a to next ), 9 ( bottom the At stones. huge of spring for out Look road. forest the at right bearing and right and the to cross preaching century fourteenth medieval lych-gate. Go up the lane flowers and deer, views to the left through the trees, including Troy coming in from the left and go over the stile, continuing up through a wonderful displays of daffodils in spring. spring. in daffodils of displays wonderful a through up continuing stile, the over go and left the from in coming Troy including trees, the through left the to views deer, and flowers lane the up Go lych-gate. medieval opposite the lych-gate (bearing right behind Farm and Troy House below, as well as the remains of old limestone young woodland on a permissive track and over a stile on to a road. Cross the road and go over a stile heading for the barn of The Farm. Farm. The of barn the for heading stile a over go and road the Cross road. a to on stile a over and track permissive a on woodland young limestone old of remains the as well as below, House Troy and Farm behind right (bearing lych-gate the opposite the cottage called Lamb’s Quay) and quarries. Near the junction with a footpath up from the fields, there is Cross the road and continue up the stony gulley and path to another Cross the stile on to a quiet road and turn left past The Farm down down Farm The past left turn and road quiet a to on stile the Cross another to path and gulley stony the up continue and road the Cross is there fields, the from up footpath a with junction the Near quarries. and Quay) Lamb’s called cottage the road. road. straight ahead over the first of nine stiles on a huge horse chestnut tree (5). It is possible this is one of many the road towards Tymawr Convent. Take the second stile on the right right the on stile second the Take Convent. Tymawr towards road the many of one is this possible is It ). 5 ( tree chestnut horse huge a on stiles nine of first the over ahead straight the path that leads straight up through the planted in the reign of Charles II when Troy House was rebuilt as a on the bend, just before Woodbine Cottage (19). Follow this footpath, footpath, this Follow ). 19 ( Cottage Woodbine before just bend, the on a as rebuilt was House Troy when II Charles of reign the in planted the through up straight leads that path the The Inn at Penallt Penallt at Inn The fields to the top of Common Road, opposite wedding present for Charles Somerset, son of the Marquis of of Marquis the of son Somerset, Charles for present wedding opposite Road, Common of top the to fields www.theinnatpenallt.co.uk with the fence on your right for two fields, past a small barn to a stile stile a to barn small a past fields, two for right your on fence the with www.theinnatpenallt.co.uk a building known locally as Carpenter’s Worcester, and these woods were part of the parkland for the house. to the left of a gate. Turn left down to a stile about 100 yards from the the from yards 100 about stile a to down left Turn gate. a of left the to house. the for parkland the of part were woods these and Worcester, Carpenter’s as locally known building a 01600 772765 772765 01600 Shop (2). Turn at the top for a wonderful left hand corner of the field. This takes you into a garden and past a a past and garden a into you takes This field. the of corner hand left wonderful a for top the at Turn ). 2 ( Shop Towards the end of the forest track, it bends sharply to the right and Bar meals: Friday and and Friday meals: Bar and right the to sharply bends it track, forest the of end the Towards view to the west along the Trothy and house on the right and then along the lane to Five Trees (20). This This ). 20 ( Trees Five to lane the along then and right the on house Usk and Trothy the along west the to view the comes into view. The path then rises to a gate and weekends, plus Wednesday Wednesday plus weekends, and gate a to rises then path The view. into comes Valley Wye the valleys to the Sugar Loaf with the Little name commemorates the five trees that once grew at the junction of of junction the at grew once that trees five the commemorates name Little the with Loaf Sugar the to valleys stile out of the woodland into a field (6) with wonderful views along the & Thursday in summer summer in Thursday & the along views wonderful with ) 6 ( field a into woodland the of out stile Skirrid in front. the four parishes of Penallt, , and Mitchel Troy, Troy, Mitchel and Cwmcarvan Trellech, Penallt, of parishes four the front. in Skirrid Wye Valley and across to the wooded hills around Staunton. Bear 12 noon to 3:00pm 3:00pm to noon 12 Bear Staunton. around hills wooded the to across and Valley Wye Cross Common Road and turn right onto right alongside a fence to a gate and then head up across the field field the across up head then and gate a to fence a alongside right onto right turn and Road Common Cross the main road to Trellech. Walk along the towards the Church. The footpath runs below the churchyard wall but but wall churchyard the below runs footpath The Church. the towards the along Walk Trellech. to road main the verge for about 150 yards to Rock Cottage by permission of the landowner, which may be withdrawn at his his at withdrawn be may which landowner, the of permission by Cottage Rock to yards 150 about for verge drive, then cross the road to a footpath discretion, our route goes alongside the right-hand wall of the the of wall right-hand the alongside goes route our discretion, footpath a to road the cross then drive, running uphill next to a garden. At the top, churchyard to a stone stile into the churchyard. Here turn right and follow the road to to road the follow and right turn Here churchyard. the into stile stone a to churchyard top, the At garden. a to next uphill running turn left down the road for 60 yards and the junction (10). Bear left and and left Bear ). 10 ( junction the and yards 60 for road the down left turn The Old Church (7) is well worth a look inside. There is a useful useful a is There inside. look a worth well is ) 7 ( Church Old The turn right on to the footpath by the finger continue up the road to go over the the over go to road the up continue finger the by footpath the to on right turn written guide. On a site that may have seen worship for centuries centuries for worship seen have may that site a On guide. written post to The Graig (3). stone stile on the left by the bend. Go Go bend. the by left the on stile stone ). 3 ( Graig The to post before the Normans, as through this field, which can be a mass mass a be can which field, this through as Normans, the before Follow this, ignoring the gate, up into the very large yew tree of cowslips in spring, to another stile stile another to spring, in cowslips of tree yew large very the into up gate, the ignoring this, Follow woodland. Go over the forest boundary suggests, the oldest and gate with Wildlife Trust’s Trust’s Wildlife Gwent with gate and oldest the suggests, boundary forest the over Go woodland. stile and bear left up to the main forest parts date from the late Pentwyn Farm on the left. Turn right right Turn left. the on Farm Pentwyn late the from date parts forest main the to up left bear and stile track (4). Ignore the path on the right up thirteenth century. The and walk along the lane to the Inn at at Inn the to lane the along walk and The century. thirteenth up right the on path the Ignore ). 4 ( track Although the path through Troypark Woods is not classified as a dedication of the Penallt (11). ). 11 ( Penallt the of dedication a as classified not is Woods Troypark through path the Although Church is unknown but but unknown is Church Public Right of Way along its whole length, it goes across land that Standing on the village green, with the the with green, village the on Standing that land across goes it length, whole its along Way of Right Public enjoys open access and so may be walked freely. This land it may have been a a been have may it land This freely. walked be may so and access open enjoys pub behind, take the right fork up to to up fork right the take behind, pub belongs to the Forestry Commission, which reserves the right to staging-post on the the on staging-post to right the reserves which Commission, Forestry the to belongs the main road and continue up to and and to up continue and road main the exclude walkers whenever felling or clearance operations are route to St James’ James’ St to route are operations clearance or felling whenever walkers exclude over the stile next to the recently recently the to next stile the over taking place. Be aware also of restrictions imposed when wildlife is shrine at Compostela. Compostela. at shrine is wildlife when imposed restrictions of also aware Be place. taking renovated chapel (12). Follow the path path the Follow ). 12 ( chapel renovated being culled, looking out for the relevant notices. The path goes round round goes path The notices. relevant the for out looking culled, being