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Walk No 18: Red Hill - Mardy Hill Wood - Newhouse Wood - Llangeview
(4½ miles - about 1½ hours; directions last revised on 27.12.24)

Boots are recommended for this walk as various sections are rough and muddy.
At some times of year it can also be overgrown and not easy walking in other parts.

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

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Page last updated 27.12.24

Walk No 18: Red Hill - Mardy Hill Wood - Newhouse Wood - Llangeview (4½ miles - about 1½ hours; directions last revised on 27.12.24) Boots are recommended for this walk as various sections are rough and muddy. At some times of year it can also be overgrown and not easy walking in other parts.
This walk has one long steep climb and offers excellent views from the hills to the east of Usk.
East of Usk		Leave the town square by the south east corner (i.e. the same side of the square as the Castle Inn) and proceed along Four Ash Street. Pass the former Greyhound Inn (now a private house) and continue on Chepstow Road. Turn right at the Olway Inn on to Red Hill. Climb the short hill and continue along the lane, crossing the dual carriageway. At the next crossroads go straight ahead up the narrow lane. Continue uphill, ignoring after about 120 metres 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 and stony 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. (There are splendid views from here across to the hills surrounding Abergavenny.) On reaching a footpath post on the left, to the left of 2 metal gates (just before a house on the right), cross the stile on the left and go half left across the field to a dilapidated stile (difficult to cross) about half way along the conifer plantation.		East of Mardy Hill Wood (See enlargement)

East of Usk		Cross the stile and go down through a clearing in the trees (which is sometimes overgrown in summer). Cross a stile and go straight ahead with a wire fence and plantation on the left. Where the fence turns 90 degrees left, go straight across the field, heading for a tall tree. (There is a superb view from here, shown left.)

Go through or cross a metal gate and straight ahead downhill, with Newhouse Wood on the left. After 2 minutes go left through a gap between trees at the corner of the field, then down the next field, heading for the disused church (St David's) in the distance. Cross a stile and go down the next field, keeping close to the hedge on the left. Cross the stile at the bottom. Turn left on the lane and right at the next crossroads. Follow this to the T-junction by the Olway Inn and turn left. Follow the road back to the town square.		St David's Church, Llangeview (See a winter photo)