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The Wye Valley Way offers a perfect mix of river and hill walking as it follows the River Wye for 136 miles from river's mouth at Chepstow to the slopes of Plynlimon in Powys criss-crossing the border between England and Wales. The walk leads through a dramatic limestone gorge, dense woodland beneath limestone crags and past peaceful river meadows in some of the most superb scenery in the heart of the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the birthplace of tourism and the Picturesque movement. The route passes through historic Tintern, Monmouth and Ross-on-Wye and into the gentler rolling landscape of Herefordshire with black and white villages, famed cider orchards, landscaped parks and fertile agricultural plains into the rugged uplands of Powys.
The new official guide describes the whole route in detail, from Chepstow to its source in Hafren Forest, all illustrated with colour photographs and OS map extracts, and also includes a Wye Valley Walk passport, for walkers to collect stamps along the route for a permanent record of their journey.
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
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.
