Walk 4

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Walk No 4: Llanllowell and Usk Flood Route (4½ miles - about 1¼ hours)
This is an easy route with no steep hills but it does involve walking 1½ miles on a road without pavement. The Flood Route could more appropriately be called the Flood Avoidance Route as the narrow lane from Llanllowell provides a route to Usk when the main road is very occasionally flooded about a mile south of Usk centre. (Note that in the first half mile of this walk there is a small number of private gardens which usually have spectacular floral displays in Summer.)
Usk Prison		Leave the town square by the south west corner (signposted "Llantrisant 4") and follow the road round the corner, passing the entrance to the churchyard. Turn left at the next corner (by the One Stop supermarket) on to Maryport Street. Continue past the Sessions House and prison and out of town.
Follow this road for about 1½ miles, cross the Olway Brook and reach the hamlet of Llanllowell. Opposite St Llywel's Church, take the lane on the left (signposted Usk Flood Route).		St. Llywel's Church, Llanllowell
The Old Priory, Llanllowell		Looking towards Usk from Llanllowell
Follow this for 1 mile and turn left at the crossroads (signposted Usk Flood Route). Cross over the dual carriageway. Follow this to a T-junction by The Olway Inn Hotel and turn left. Follow the road back to the town square.		Looking south-east from Llanllowell

A printed, laminated card showing this walk route, along with relevant photographs, is available at £1.00 from the Usk Rural Life Museum in New Market Street and from the Usk Library at 18A Maryport Street, Usk, NP15 1AE (Tel. 01291 674925, Fax: 01291 674924). If it is more convenient, the card can be ordered by completing the easy-to-use Order Form. It can also be ordered more cheaply in digital format (PDF file) on the alternative Order Form.

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