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Walk No 7: Llancayo - Cold Harbour - Llandenny Walks
(7½ miles - about 2¼ hours)

This walk takes you initially alongside the River Usk and then on quiet country lanes past a few farms and hamlets. There are no pubs or toilets directly on this route but after 5 miles a short detour of only 5 minutes takes you to a pub with excellent food.

The River Usk, looking upstream, taken from the road bridge.
The River Usk, looking upstream,
taken from the road bridge

 

Turn left out of the town square and walk along the main road to the bridge over the river. Take the path called "Conigar Walk" (shown in the photo) down to the riverbank just before the bridge. (See a photo of a commemorative plaque giving the history of the bridge and another explaining the origin of "Conigar Walk".) Follow this path to the end and turn left on the Abergavenny Road. After 4 or 5 minutes take the sloping path down to the riverbank and after a few hundred yards rejoin the main road.


When the pavement ends, cross to the other side to face oncoming traffic; after about 5 minutes take the right turn signposted Trostrey Common.

Pass the farm at Llancayo and continue through an attractive wooded valley, past a few houses and go uphill. Just after a house called 'Arosfa' stay on the main road, signposted Raglan.

 

Llancayo hamlet
The hamlet of Llancayo

Gwehelog Wesleyan Chapel
Gwehelog Wesleyan Chapel (built in 1822)

 

Climb the hill and pass the small Wesleyan Chapel (built in 1822).

At Cold Harbour cross over the main road, taking care with regard to traffic, and take the lane signposted Llandenny.

Pause at the top of the hill by the converted 'Big Wood Barn' to admire the fine view over the rolling countryside. A few minutes later, by looking back to the left, it is possible to see Skirrid Fawr and the top of the Sugarloaf, 2 of the 3 hills surrounding Abergavenny.

Some minutes later at the crossroads take the lane on the right (not signposted to anywhere).

 
Looking towards Skirrid Fawr
Looking towards Skirrid Fawr (See enlargement)
     

The Hall Inn, Gwehelog
The Hall Inn, Gwehelog

 

 

After 1 mile take the left turn at the junction (near a yellow gravel bin). (NB If, instead of turning left, you continue straight on up the steep hill at this point, you will come to the Hall Inn in Gwehelog village after 5 minutes. A good selection of meals can be had here.)


Continue along the lane for 2 miles, pass the allotments and then turn left on the main road. Follow it back to Usk centre.

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.

More photos taken on this route on 17.11.05

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