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Walk
No 9: Usk Flood Route - Llantrisant - Coed Cwnwr
(8 miles - about 2½ hours) Boots are recommended for this walk as there are some very boggy sections. |
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This is a substantial
walk with 2 steep climbs, following very quiet country lanes and some
rough tracks. Refreshments can be obtained at the
Greyhound Inn near
Llantrisant (in
addition to the many pubs and cafes in Usk itself). |
![]() The Greyhound Inn (now closed) |
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Continue along the lane, crossing above the dual carriageway. Shortly afterwards turn right at the crossroads (where the Flood Route is signposted).
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After 1 mile turn left on the main road in Llanllowell and follow this for about half a mile, passing the Greyhound Inn near Llantrisant (which serves great food, especially the fried fish). Go straight on at the junction where one can turn right for Llantrisant village and after 50 metres take the lane on the left (a house unusually called "The Hand" is situated at the corner). |
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If a small dog follows you from the next house on the left, take it back immediately or otherwise it might follow you for miles! When visibility is good, there are splendid views from here across to the hills surrounding Abergavenny. Follow the track which climbs a little then descends through a wood, this section being very rutted and muddy. Eventually it joins a lane near a house on the right called Graig-Yr-Ieir. Continue downhill and straight on at the cross-roads. Follow the lane back to Usk, turning left after the Olway Inn Hotel. Follow this back to the town square. |
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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, Usk, NP15 1AU (Tel. 01291 673777) and from Usk Library at 18A
Maryport Street, Usk, NP15 1AE (Tel. 01291 674925). 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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