This is a substantial walk with a few moderate climbs, across farmland and following very quiet country lanes. Refreshments can be obtained at three pubs on or near the route (in addition to those in Usk itself).

Leave the town square by the south east corner and proceed along Four Ash Street. Pass the Greyhound Inn (now closed) and continue on Chepstow Road. Turn right at The Olway Inn Hotel (formerly Casey's Court). Continue along the lane, crossing above the dual carriageway. Turn left at the crossroads, where the Flood Route is signposted.
(A 1½ mile extension to this itinerary can be made but it involves a long steep climb and a very boggy track - see text-only file (Walk 10b) which includes this extension.)

After a few minutes you will see St David's Church on the left. Shortly after passing a house called 'The Yews' on the right, at a bend take the footpath to the left, crossing the stream by a small wooden bridge.

Turn right and head for the corner of the field diagonally opposite. Cross the stream by a wooden bridge and turn left on the lane.

St David's Church, Llangeview

Turn right on the main road (B4235) and continue for 5 minutes. Shortly after passing the Rat Trap hotel, go through a small wooden gate on the left and head half right across the field to a gated footbridge. After crossing the brook, head half right for the more distant, large tree and the far corner of the field, where there is a road bridge over the dual carriageway. Go through the tunnel (with metal gates at each end) under the minor road and follow the field edge with the brook on the left. Cross the stile into the South Wales Gliding Club's field. Take extreme care when there is gliding activity in progress. (See a photo of the Club's Pawnee tug (tow plane).)

The Raglan Arms, Llandenny

Keep to the left edge of the field, still alongside the brook. Where there is a yellow warning notice about the danger from aircraft, turn left and go through 2 metal gates close together. Head slightly left to the far corner of the field.

Go through the metal gate, immediately cross the brook and follow the track to the right which crosses the dual carriageway and leads to the tiny village of Llandenny.

Turn left on the road at The Raglan Arms (tel. 01291 690800); this pub, which serves sophisticated food, is closed on Sunday evening and all day Monday.

Keep straight on at the junction, signposted Cold Harbour, and after about half a mile, just before the crossroads, go through the kissing gate on the left into Kitty's Orchard (Gwent Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve). Follow the path to a kissing gate and then keep to the left side of the field. At a metal gate near the third large tree, turn right and head for a stile in front of a white house. Turn right on the lane and, shortly after, left on the larger lane.

Llandenny
(See a photo taken in the opposite direction.)

Near the area called Llandenny Walks

After about a mile, at the junction near a yellow gravel bin, go straight uphill. At the top of the hill cross a stile on the left.

(If, instead of turning left, you take the road to the right at this point, you will soon come to the Hall Inn. A good choice of meals can be had here. Return to the stile by the Give Way sign if you make this detour.)

Turn right, cross the field and cross a stile to the left of a tree. Go slightly left, heading for a large tree with a double trunk. Continue in approximately the same direction, heading for a red brick farmhouse. Go downhill and through a wide gap in the line of trees where there are remnants of an old fence. Head for the red brick house and cross a stile by a large tree to the left of the house. Turn right on the lane, eventually passing the allotments. Turn left on the main road and follow it back to Usk centre.