Valentia Island Dursey Island Dursey Caherdaniel Cahersiveen Dingle Inishark Bear Island Bear Inishbo n Inishturk Belmullet Killorglin Clifden Clear Island Island Achill Island Kilkieran Clare Tralee Listowel Inishmore Kenmare Skibbereen KERRY Ballybunion Maam CrossMaam Kilkee Bantry Killarney Ballycroy Inisheer Castleisland Leenane Balderg Kilrush MAYO Abbeyfeale Westport Dunmanway Ballyvaughan Ennistymon Rathkeale Millstreet Claremorris Ballina Macroom Castlebar Ballinrobe Newcastle West Clonakilty Galway Swinford Charleville Kanturk CORK Ennis GALWAY Oranmore Gort Bandon CLARE LIMERICK Mallow Ballyhaunis Cork Tuam Mitchelstown Easky Athenry Rossan PointRossan Limerick Kinsale Kilmallock Cobh Loughrea Tipperary ROSCOMMON Ballaghaderreen SLIGO St John's Point Aran Island Killybegs Fermoy Castlerea Bundoran Midleton OF IRELAND Cloyne Sligo REPUBLIC Foreland Boyle Nenagh Bloody Templemore Ballinasloe TIPPERARY Ballyshannon Banagher Roscommon Thurles Cahir LEITRIM Dungarvan Roscrea Clonmel Youghal DONEGAL Tory Island Cashel Carrick-on-Shannon Birr Athlone Donegal Ballybofey WATERFORD Horn Head Horn OFFALY FERMANAGH Moate Letterkenny Mountrath LONGFORD Enniskillen Kilcormac Longford Mountmellick Castlederg Newtownbutler Castlecomer Clara Portarlington Kilkenny LAOIS Carrick-on-Suir Tramore Strabane Tullamore Callan WESTMEATH Lisnaskea Granard KILKENNY Newtownstewart Thomastown Abbeyleix Monach Islands Monach Malin Head Malin Portlaoise Omagh Edenderry Mullingar Rosinish Cavan Vatersay Monasterevin South Uist South Cootehill Bailieborough Waterford Sandray Heaval Clones Buncrana TYRONE Bagenalstown North Uist North Carndonagh CAVAN Baile Mhanaich Lochboisdale Berneray B Mingulay Monaghan Barra enbecula Newbridge Londonderry NORTHERN Graiguenamanagh New Ross Ballybay CARLOW IRELAND Athy Geirinis Carrickmacross Moville Borris MONAGHAN Dungiven Castlebay Carlow Baleshare Enniscorthy KILDARE Dungannon Kildare Cookstown Maynooth Crossmaglen LONDONDERRY Pabbay Kells Navan Moneymore Berneray Inishowen Wexford Celbridge Portstewart Tullow Armagh Trim Keady Scilly Isles Scilly Head MEATH Magherafelt Limavady Hallagro Blackwater Coleraine Rudha WEXFORD Scarp Naas Rosslare Hushinish T Castleblayney aransay Port nan Long Ronay Lochmaddy Point Clondalkin ARMAGH T Dundalk Craigavon WICKLOW Rhinns PointRhinns iree Portrush Gallan Gorey Head Lucan LOUTH Maghera Rathdrum Ardee Portadown Tallaght Tarbert Balbriggan Tandragee Harris Bushmills Arklow Swords Greystones WESTERN ISLES DUBLIN Rathfriland Randalstown Ballymoney Fionnpho r Drogheda Canna Crumlin Dublin ANTRIM Newry Coll Lurgan Airidh a Bhruaich Airidh Iona
SEE Warrenpoint Dromore Isle of Lewis Sennen Banbridge Rathlin Island Rathlin Malahide Po Dun LaoghaireDun Stornoway Scalpay Bray Lisburn St Just Ballymena Dunvegan Oronsay Antrim Skerries Land's End t Belfast Wicklow Rush r Ballycastle t Askaig Po Colonsay Borgh Isle of Skye Tobermory Rum r Shiant Islands Po t Ellen Islay Ballynahinch
ON PAGE 28 Eigg Muck Ulva of Llanthony Priory. the spectacular arched ruins remains of a monastery and chapels and churches, the on this walk you’ll see country and contemplation here, and St David spent time in prayer for years, nigh on 1,500 since a place of tranquil reflection and Twmpa. The dale has been ridges that lead to Hay Bluff sheltered by the long upland of the Brecon Beacons, green in the Black Mountains 1 ‘River bridge’ and go past over to L. Take path signed DOWN Kilkeel r
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metres Cushendall Walk down to road and cross Start km 20 0 40 0 60 0 Larne Castlewellan Newcastle 0 Jura ARGYLL & BUTE A 0 Isle of Mull Campbeltown A r dvasar Holywood r Cellar Head dlussa Mull of Kintyre Mull Port of Ness Raasay Gigha Carrickfergus Valentia Island Craignure Camborne St Agnes Arisaig Mallaig Port nan Giuran Scarba an oasis of lushest an oasis of lushest The Vale of Ewyas is JENNY WALTERS CHOSEN BY… Downpatrick Bangor Comber 21 Ramsey Ramsey Rudha Reidh u Whitehead Island Rona Newtownards Killyleagh Kennacraig Skokholm Skomer Falmouth Newquay Liza r Luing Island Lochaline Dursey Island Dursey Distance: 13km/8 miles u Island Caherdaniel Helston Kyleakin St David's Lochalsh Killean 2 Portaferry Redruth Kyle of Lochcar Have d Donaghadee Tighnabruaich Tarbert Airor Mathry Greenstone Lochgilphead Inverie Padstow r fo PEMBROKESHIRE Point Pemb r Glen nnan Gairloch Strumble Po Cahersiveen Dingle r T r on dwest Oban ruro Shiel Bridge Head Milford St Mawes Kinlochewe Connel Haven r St Austell Newgate VALE OF EWYAS MONMOUTHSHIRE tpatrick Ballachulish St Ballantrae T Primmill St Govan's Dornie Inishark orridon 4 oke Oinch r Stranraer Arran Lochinver Tintagel Rothesay Boscastle CORNWALL omeferry Bodmin Head Bear Island Bear Po Dundonnell Inveraray Strachur Fishgua r Neyland r Inishbo n tnac r Spean Bridge NORTH AYRSHIRENORTH W Dalmally B r r Millpo Bardsey adebridge Narberth Dunoon Holy Island odick Inishturk Isle Po Achnasheen oish Fowey Cairnryan Unapool Helensbu r A Lundy Girvan d Carmel Head Holyhead Belmullet r r Holy Island Gogarth La r t Erin d r Lochgoilhead Glencoe Bude 6 Fo Inve T G r Ullapool ossan Drummore t enby gs angles gently down through gate and keep with path as it can be jungle-like). Go through side of valley (the bracken here Lane’, and follow path along 2 reach waymarked crossroads. and over another stile to Keep ahead uphill on BW to R of farm and over stile. hedge on L. Follow BW uphill L to follow BW uphill with through a gate, then soon turn path across a footbridge and Continue Bach’. ‘Bal with continue ahead on BW signed beside river. At junction, through gate and along path Way (BW) Bach’, signed ‘Bal Honddu. Turn R with Beacons Treats Cafe and over the Afon Launceston r Killorglin Maybole Newton Stewa r Clifden Clear Island Looe t Island Achill eenock Island Peel Kilkieran GR A Clare W INVERCLYDE r Ca Crianlarich P HIGHLAND Ballaugh garry AYRSHIRE r Gou Cannich W Invermoriston Ardlui illiam r Cape SOUTH New Quay estwick Irvine gh Tralee Troon r Listowel East Kilbride Newcastle Pwllheli rath Inishmore Turn R, signed ‘Gunters 1.1km/¾ mile Douglas digan Kenmare Skibbereen Andreas Dalmellington Johnstone Garelochhead Emlyn Liskea r Hartland Time: 4 hours u 4 hours Time: Cas ock Ayr KERRY Ballybunion Maam CrossMaam Caerna r Aberae r St Clears D Garve ISLE OF MAN Po T Paisley Kilwinning Saltash orpoint Llangefni r Dumba T Kilkee Abersoch Carma r t 8 I Tarbet Bantry avistock Braunton r Killarney CARMARTHENSHIRE Anglesey letown Kilmarnock Clydebank E Durness t Einon Ilfracombe RENFREWSHIRE The Vale of Ewyas: N Moelfre d Whithorn Ballycroy Inisheer Holswo r Aberystwyth Okehampton Castleisland Llanelli t Leenane Alexandria fon Burrow on Cumnock T Kidwelly Criccieth Balderg Head Kilrush Steep-sided and Steep-sided and then STIRLING ton
SWANSEA Bangor P Laxey Dalwhinnie RENFREWSHIRE Barmouth AYRSHIRE Bidefo r Ramsey Abe Lochearnhead Tywyn Plymouth Po R Altnaharra Killin Plympton Hamilton EAST MAYO Catsphairn Newtonmo r Laggan Dingwall thy G r Lampeter Swansea Beaumaris Abbeyfeale Llanberis O EAST Mauchline T r Glasgow Buckfastleigh 1 Castle Douglas thmadog Kirkintilloch r Strathaven Westport r Bridge of Allan Bridge 0 eat dy ega r Drumnad r Bonar Bridge Bonar Alness CEREDIGION F Dunmanway d Llandovery Galloway Salcombe Ballyvaughan Barnstaple Ennistymon Tongue I Ashbu r secluded. T L Lai r DEVON Kilsyth Lesmahagow New orrington L Rathkeale on Dunblane Llandudno ynton E SCOTLAND GWYNEDD Llandeilo Bethesda PERTH AND KINROSS PERTH New Cumnock Ammanford Millstreet Ai g Inverness Grade: Moderate Grade: Po Llanrwst Bettyhill Callander Neath T Glyncorrwg DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY Stirling e r Claremorris albot Po C Abe Ballina drie ton Macroom LANARKSHIRE r Dolgellau ochit Kirkcudbright T Castlebar r Forsinard Denny Ballinrobe thcawl Orme Great Larkhall editon otnes Inve r Newcastle West WALES Blaenau Ffestiniog Clonakilty South Molton South Galway Mallwyd t PORT TALBOTPORT NORTH 1 Aviemore Swinford Conwy Kingsbridge r 2 L Auchtera r T Charleville Machynlleth feldy NEATH Kanturk CORK Motherwell Crie ynmouth ain Ennis GALWAY T Cumbernauld Oranmore r Kingussie o r Falkirk go r Llanidloes Whitehaven Maesteg C BRIDGEND Colwyn Colwyn Dornoch Workington Exeter y-coed Betws- quay Tive Dumfries r Cowbridge Shotts LANARKSHIRE Grangemouth Melvich Nairn Gort oma r Bandon
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Dalbeattie CONWY TOM BAILEY TOM PHOTO: Carluke Newton Abbot Abe SOUTH Da r r Kinbrace CLARE Abe ton Dunkeld der Alloa r Marypo Dunfermline Lochmaben Paignton Pontypridd Bridge of Earn Bridge Lanark ty FALKIRK Me Bar LIMERICK Llangurig streams and a stile. Keep ahead side of vale, crossing two Follow path as it wends along after, again signed for Capel. and then R at junction soon go L uphill signed for Capel ffin’, with fence to R. At fork, straight on signed ‘Capel-y- scrubland to junction. Go Bridgend tmouth Mallow Grantown-on- Ballyhaunis Cork r Brixham T Tuam 1 B r LOTHIAN da r r VALE OF GLAMORGAN Bathgate Builth Abington CYNON TAFF T Mitchelstown yd l 4 gele Sidmouth P RHONDDA Pitlochry Mo eignmouth r W WEST Easky T r Dawlish econ r thyr ow-in-Furness Ness Minehead Denbigh Nearest town PLANNING Stiles 7 in places; can be muddy climb. Bracken very high country lanes, one short Is it for me? Grassy paths, grid ref SO289278 Llanthony Priory car park, Start/parking ROUTE Landranger 161 Maps OS Explorer OL13; None to start transportPublic toiletsPublic Llanthony Refreshments Llanthony Abergavenny arbat estatyn Athenry Newtown Rhayader PLAN YOUR WALK YOUR PLAN Rossan PointRossan r Kin e POWYS ellington Limerick For Kinsale W Spey Kilmallock Linlithgow DENBIGHSHIRE Exmouth Scrabster Eg r W Ruthin Braemar Honiton Rhyl t atchet at Hay-on- Crickhowell Cobh W MERTHYR r Mainland TYDFIL Burnham-on-Sea oss Llangollen eston-supe r es Watten Livingston Millom ells emont Thurso W Llandrindod Ebbw Biggar Caerphilly Annan Bargoed L V Loughrea Lathe r W T ytham St Anne's MORAY Penicuik ells CAERPHILLY ale CARDIFF Blai r aunton Auchtermuchty Tipperary alney Flint Isle Bridgwater Falkland r Musselbu A Aberlour Lossiemouth Barry Pe Cockermouth Knighton Keswick Peebles South Queensferry South BLAENAU GWENT W Oswestry Birkenhead Pontypool Risca Inverkeithing W 1 Cowdenbeath Blackpool Lockerbie Elgin Coniston 6 W ROSCOMMON r Ballaghaderreen Glen r Fleetwood r Southpo igton gowrie SLIGO Formby Ruabon St John's Point Seaton Aran Island th B ye Killybegs on Ambleside allasey Cardi Fermoy C Brynmawr FLINTSHIRE Castlerea Ilminster Ulverston Bundoran Bootle Chard r Castletown Cwmbran Hoy Axminster MIDLOTHIAN osby r -Ma Midleton Montgomery Mold OF IRELAND W Coupar Angus TORFAEN Du Cong Ellesmere othes Mo Edinburgh Cloyne Kirriemuir Clun Heysham Blaenavon G r WREXHAM elshpool Wick Dundee Sligo gh Newpo r Abe
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Settle NORTHUMBERLAND r Melksham r St Ab b cester Cheltenham STAFFORDSHIRE deen r Stockpo ove Lisnaskea St Granard o r Skipton KILKENNY omwich ¡ Coldst r MANCHESTER Newtownstewart Foula Nelson Thomastown Cheadle Stoke-on-Trent Abbeyleix W Persho r Hawes W Redditch r B r Monach Islands Monach d oud Stow-on-the- Stone Colne Dudley D r Malin Head Malin arminster estbury omsg Portlaoise T Keighley Omagh Chippenham Oldham Hudders eld WILTSHIRE Poole Ellon 's Head ewkesbury Edenderry Peterhead Leek DURHAM Mullingar oitwich Rosinish W Cricklade Malmesbury Bishop Auckland WEST MIDLANDS Evesham Halifax Bournemouth NORTH YORKSHIRE NORTH Cavan eam Vatersay alsall Monasterevin t South Uist South Cootehill Mainland Bailieborough Waterford Brighouse Consett W Rugeley
Ringwood SEE Avebury Sandray e Heaval Ponteland Corbridge Clones r Fraserbu r Uttoxeter Buncrana TYRONE Berwick-upon- Bagenalstown Richmond Solihull ove North Uist North Carndonagh Shipley ilton CAVAN T Devizes Baile Mhanaich Bradford Whaley Bridge Lochboisdale Ci amwo New Milton Swanage Glossop Berneray B Leyburn Morpeth Mingulay Bakewell Spennymoor r Monaghan Birmingham Buxton Alnwick Brockenhurst Barra encester enbecula Bingley Ashbourne Newbridge Holy Island Bedlington Salisbury Ilkley Londonderry WEST YORKSHIRE WEST Swindon Amesbury Penistone Catterick W Brandon W NORTHERN Wirksworth r Marlbo Graiguenamanagh New Ross Ballybay Faringdon Muckle Roe Muckle CARLOW Ashington Carterton Fair IRELAND Isle r ashington Lich eld old Athy Geirinis Carrickmacross other route than that of ascent the summit. A return by any Bera and then climbs north to above the crags of Craig Y Rudd before winding its way climbs to the viewpoint of Foel back’ the same way walk that route described is an ‘out and views in all directions. The summit that has stunning with a wonderful exposed it’s a huge bulk of mountain Mawr? At 2,263ft (690 metres) neglected summit of Mynydd car park and climb the often Snowdon Rhyd-Ddu path A4085 and park at the why not head north up the when staying at Beddgelert, ON PAGE 18 WARWICKSHIRE Moville th gh Borris W MONAGHAN Stanley Durham Bu r Har
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Kingston d HERTFORDSHIRE Horsham Donaghadee Haywa CAMBRIDGESHIRE LONDON Sutterton P ough Reigate Biggleswade Tighnabruaich Tarbert Boston Airor Mathry Crowland Redhill GREATER LONDON Chatteris R Greenstone Head Lochgilphead Coningsby Brighton Inverie Padstow Hove W Baldock r O fo C 1 PEMBROKESHIRE Point Holbeach Pemb r Glen nnan are 0 W Gairloch Strumble Po r r r F T r oydon ds Heath Wimblington on dwest Harlow Grinstead aterbeach Cleethorpes Oban ruro Shiel Bridge Head Milford St Mawes Kinlochewe Connel Haven I r St Austell Newgate En eld Louth Spurn Head Spurn Caterham tpatrick L W Ballachulish St East Royston Ballantrae T Ingoldmells Primmill St Govan's Cambridge Dornie E Chigwell orridon oke ithernsea Oinch r Stranraer Oxted Arran Lochinver Tintagel W Rothesay Boscastle CORNWALL Skegness omeferry Bodmin Lewes Head Newhaven Uck eld Po Dundonnell Stansted Inveraray Da r Strachur isbech Fishgua r W Neyland Seafo r T r EAST SUSSEX unbridge unbridge tnac r Spean Bridge oolwich NORTH AYRSHIRENORTH Grade: Challenging tford W W 1 Sa Dalmally Littleport B r 2 r Millpo Bardsey B r adebridge alden Narberth Dunoon Mablethorpe Holy Island odick C Isle Po Chelmsford Downham Sevenoaks Hailsham d Achnasheen oish entwood Fowey r Cairnryan r Unapool Newmarket Helensbu r A Lundy Girvan Mildenhall Ely on Basildon owbo r d Carmel Head Market Rochester Holyhead r r Holy Island Gogarth La r t Erin d r Lochgoilhead Glencoe Bude Fo
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Refreshments Rhyd Ddu Nearest town Beddgelert PLANNING Stiles 6 Dogs on leads in bad weather or mist. mountain. Leave alone walking on a high exposed – rough and very steep Is it for me? 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SUFFOLK ymondham Grouville Eye Sandwich Saxmundham Clacton-on-Sea Bungay Haleswo r Ramsgate W Dover No r C alsham r Harwich No r omer W Deal th Ma Felixstowe oodbridge wich th r gate Beccles Happisburgh Y Leiston armouth Aldebu r G r Southwold eat Caister-on-Sea Lowestoft gh ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPPING ©CROWN COPYRIGHT 2015 IN ASSOCIATION WITH MEMORY-MAP/BAUER MEDIA’S MEDIA LICENCE NUMBER 057/15
START 1 ID: 2 TZID27556 TRAILZILLA Download OS maps Use the TZID to download the walk from www.lfto.com/routes or search for it in the Country Walking Best Walks in Britain App u for PC, iPhone, iPad and £12.50 from Android © Country Walking September 2015 September Walking © Country 5 stream and go ahead at stream clear path follow to junction reach to woods through on Go straight another lane. and junction along lane to Half Moon pub. pass turn L to L on ruin on L, fork past Just field and cross to footpath priory. to return 3 4 9.6km/6 miles 9.6km/6 along lane, Continue with hedge to R, cross stream, stream, R, cross with hedge to field ahead across and walk stile stone Go over signed ODP. along L edge of path and take in corner. stile field and over along L edge of next Continue steps. and down stile field, over signed stream Go ahead across lane. to track ODP and follow on along lane, Go straight signed gate through passing and ignoring all Llanthony Garn Farm. L and R to to paths 5 passing Trevelog Farm on L Farm Trevelog passing another 1km, and when after R downhill, hard swings road gate on through go straight over Continue and along track. Buy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapshop MONMOUTHSHIRE OF EWYAS VALE 7.5km/4¾ miles 7.5km/4¾ before R turn just Take 3.1km/2 miles 3.1km/2 sign to Go L following OS Explorer map OL13 u chapel, signed Offa’s Dyke Path Path Dyke chapel, signed Offa’s footbridge, Go over (ODP). another chapel on L andpast with footpath gate through L of to up and round sign. Walk and along gate through house, two and across beyond track ahead path Follow streams. with path along hillside –with path – and over posts by marked L, Bear slightly another stile. house on L, Cwm Ty passing along valley and continue in path. fork to signed Capel, 3 4 Capel and curve uphill through uphill through and curve Capel to paths ignoring faint bracken, on R. of fence in sight stay L to corner fence Bear R around ahead gate and go through next Go through signed Capel. sign, with access marked gate, 2km ahead for path and follow Go along valley. as it contours R, and to down bridleway past with stone along valley keep and wall path R. When to wall ahead to R, continue to curve edge of hidden cwm. reach curve to path R on grassy Turn dell, and then continue around to with fence north along vale to footpath ahead past R. Keep stream cross R and go on to and then turn R on broad zig-zag to bridleway grassy bridleway Follow gate. to down Turn lane. to farm through T-junction, R and then at bridge. turn L and over u 21
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START ID: 1 TRAILZILLA TZID27557 Download OS maps Use the TZID to download the walk from www.lfto.com/routes or search for it in the Country Walking Best Walks in Britain App u for PC, iPhone, iPad and £12.50 from Android © Country Walking September 2015 September Walking © Country follow the path back down to to back down the path follow the three (crossing the forest and the ascent) from stiles came. you going back the way into descend to Attempts and Llyn Planwydd Cwm a circuit and make Cwellyn ground steep end in rough, tried! I’ve – I know, 2 3 4.7km/3 miles 4.7km/3 back way only safe The 3.2km/2 miles 3.2km/2 westerly good path Take to the start is to retrace your your retrace is to the start to and along the back down steps Rudd and then Foel ridge to 3 4 on ridge heading along the top on ridge heading along the top (L). y Bera of Craig of the crags ridge R on narrowing Curve R. below Planwydd with Cwm finally curves path The y Bera Craig northerly leaving the summit and climbing to path The Mawr. of Mynydd so follow vague more becomes final slopes to The it carefully. and the rough the summit are Continue follow. to is hard path summit cairn. with it to Buy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapshop 4 GWYNEDD MYNYDD MAWR 2km/1 miles going R the stile Cross OS Explorer map u OL17 u 2 on the path with fence on R. with fence on the path in fence the stile cross Rise to with fence on path continuing Rudd Foel R. Rise towards over carefully. path following down (odd steeply Continue L of to pass rising to bits) in stile and cross plantation with plantation Continue fence. and when short distance R for goes R) it ends (the fence steeply ahead very continue and upwards path following Climb path. traversing crossing cairn and go pass to steeply angle The wall. broken through the path finally eases – follow the cairn and fantastic to Rudd. on Foel viewpoint 22
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