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Walk No 8: Llancayo - Trostrey Common - Gwehelog
(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 three climbs, one of them quite long but none of them severe. There is a pub with excellent food after about 5 miles.

Twyn Square, Usk
Twyn Square

 

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" 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 Upper Llancayo and continue through an attractive wooded valley.

 

Restored mill at Llancayo Court
The restored Llancayo Windmill
(luxury holiday home)
(See enlargement)


Just after the heavily wooded section you will pass a green barn (built by Morgans of Usk) and a footpath sign, both on the left. Turn immediately left into a narrow lane marked as "Unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles". There is a white cottage at this corner.
Go up the long hill and follow the lane round to the right at the point where there is a sign for Walnut Tree Cottage.

After a few minutes follow the lane round to the right, passing 3 connected corrugated iron sheds. Go downhill and at the bottom follow the lane round to the left, ignoring a small track on the left where "Cherry Tree" is signposted.

Turn left at the T-junction and climb the hill. Just after the Gwehelog Methodist Chapel (built in 1822) take the right turn at the crossroads.

 

 

Gwehelog Wesleyan Chapel
Gwehelog Wesleyan Chapel (built in 1822)

 

The Hall Inn, Gwehelog
The Hall Inn, Gwehelog

 

 

Follow the lane round to the left just after Ty-Gwyn Farm. Turn right on the main road near the Hall Inn. (A good selection of meals can be had here.)

Turn left opposite the Hall Inn and, after passing a few houses, follow the lane to the left (Ty-Freeman Road). Go down the steep hill. Follow the lane to the right after passing a yellow gravel bin.

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 £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.

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