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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.

East of Mardy Hill Wood, 06.03.06
East of Mardy Hill Wood (See enlargement)

A printed, laminated card showing this walk route, along with relevant photographs, is available at £1.00 from the Usk Library at 18A Maryport Street, Usk, NP15 1AE (Tel. 01291 674925, Fax: 01291 674924) 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 completing the easy-to-use Order Form.

Page last updated 04.12.08

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.
This is a moderate walk with a long steep climb. There are no toilets or pubs, except in Usk itself.
On the Flood Route		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.
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. When visibility is good, 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!)		East of Mardy Hill Wood (See enlargement)
Llewelyn's Dingle		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.
Opposite the church in Llanllowell, take the lane on the right (signposted Flood Route). Follow this for 1 mile and turn left at the crossroads (signposted Usk). Follow this to the T-junction by The Olway Inn Hotel and turn left. Follow the road back to the town square.		Llanllowell Church