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Walk
No 6: Llangeview - Coed Cwnwr - Llanllowell - Usk Flood Route (6½
miles - about 2 hours)
Boots are recommended for this walk as the track through the wood is rough and often muddy. |
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This is a
moderate walk with a long steep climb. There are no toilets or pubs, except
in Usk itself. |
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Leave the town square by the south-east corner and proceed along Four Ash Street. Pass the Greyhound Inn and continue on Chepstow Road. Turn right at The Olway Inn Hotel (formerly Casey's Court) and go up the steep hill. Continue along the lane, crossing above the dual carriageway. At the crossroads (where the Flood Route is signposted in other directions), go straight up the narrow lane. After about 150 metres ignore the parallel track on the right, which goes to a house. |
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At "Graig-Yr-Ieir" house (the white house
at the end of the lane), take the narrow, muddy track up the hill through
Mardy Hill Wood. At the top follow the track with a field to the left
and a hedge to the right. There are splendid views from here across to
the hills surrounding Abergavenny. (If a small dog follows you from the
first house on the right, take it back immediately or otherwise it might
follow you for miles!)
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Shortly after the next house on the left, follow the track round to the right. In Coed Cwnwr village, take the road to the right (where there is a postbox.) Follow this down the beautiful valley
called Llewelyn's Dingle. Turn right at the T-junction and go under the
dual carriageway. |
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Follow this to the T-junction by The Olway Inn Hotel and turn left. Follow the road back to the town square. |
![]() Llanllowell Church |
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A
printed, laminated card showing this walk route, along with relevant photographs,
is available at £0.90 from the Usk Library in Maryport Street and
from the Usk Rural Life Museum in New Market Street (the road that leaves
the main road by the Police Station at the east end of the bridge over
the river). If it is more convenient, the card can be ordered by using
the Order
Form.
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