Penallt Pubs

Section Six Section Six Wa lks - Penallt Pubs Circular A moderately easy circular walk starting Walk along the road towards the village and ending along the river, but rising into centre and go into the Boat Inn car park. the wooded hills around. Some excellent At the far end of the car park follow the views with a couple of pubs en-route. path beside the football pitch before going left over the iron footbridge from Bus service: 69 England into Wales (1). Bus stop: Redbrook,The Bell (by Penallt Viaduct was a crossing for the Wye the Millennium Green) Valley Railway opened in 1876. It originally Length: 5.6 km (3.5 miles) had stations on each side of the 300ft span Walking time: About 2.5 hours - one called Redbrook, one called Penallt Halt Refreshments: The Bell and Boat, Redbrook. Bush Inn, - largely used to deliver beer to the pub. Penallt. Turn right along the lane past The Boat. After 20 metres go through the bridlegate on your right (2). Follow the riverside path past the Penallt Viaduct cottage on your left, and carry on for another 750 metres until you reach a left Follow the road past the church as it right to Penallt Village Common and the Penallt turning up a waymarked path through Old Church bends sharply left around the edge of Bush Inn (9). 3 Washings Wood (3). Church Hill Common to reach a 5 Passing the inn on your left come to a Sweet 4 The path emerges onto a surfaced fingerpost pointing left (just past the track next to a stone cottage (Pentwyn Chestnut (6) Tree track near a cottage, turn right horse riding arena) . Cottage), follow this to Lone Lane (10). and continue up a path to Church Go down the path to a gate which leads The woods around Penallt were a source of Hill join Birches Road you across a small field to a second gate. pudding stone, an odd mixed-up rock which Common (4).Turn Continue down the path to the bottom. looks as though it’s been made of lumps of right on 6 Cross over the stream, and go over the gravel, flint and coal chips. Used as millstones the road stile. in cider presses, the stones would be rolled 2 and START/ FINISH down to the river to be taken away by boat. continue Walk up the narrow field straight ahead The Boat Inn 1 7 up to and cross another stile (into Lane). Turn left down Lone Lane for at least a Penallt Cross straight over, following the path kilometre until you reach Hillside 8 The Church (on opposite (through woodland) to the top, Cottage (11). Bell Inn your right) (5). where the path bears right on to Glyn Go through the small white gate and 9 Road (7). Penallt church is follow the grassy track to a waymarked The Bush Inn worth a detour.There is Follow Glyn Road uphill and bear left at post at the top of some steps. 11 an ancient ‘veteran’ sweet the junction towards ‘Monmouth’. At Lone Lane 12 Go down the steps to the old railway chestnut tree just outside the corner of the road, cross the stone line. Cross the line and turn left on the (8) 10 the entrance, and good stile into the field ,following the Wye Valley Walk which leads back to the views from the churchyard. hedge to a second stone stile. Here turn Boat Inn (12). 78 D ISCOVER THE W YE VALLEY ON F OOT AND BY B US 2006 D ISCOVER THE W YE VALLEY ON F OOT AND BY B US 2006 79.

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