Walking Around Painscastle Guidebook

by: Jane Griffiths
Stretching north from the Wye Valley between Builth Wells and Hay-on-Wye lies a wealth of open access hill land and secluded river valleys. The River Arrow has its source in this area, before flowing east to Kington and a few miles further to the west the Edw follows its course to the Wye. This is an area rich in history, with prehistoric remains including hill forts and stone circles. Castle sites at Painscastle, Hundred House and Gwaunceste Hill provide reminders of the Norman occupation.

This guidebook describes 20 excellent walking routes exploring the best of this quiet and attractive area. For each walk there is a short description outlining its features and difficulty, public transport information and starting point grid reference. This is followed by numbered step-by-step route finding instructions supported by a sketch map showing numbers referenced to the text. A summary chart details all the walks giving at-a-glance information on terrain, distance, grade, walking time, starting location and linking walks.

The walk locations are:
1 New and Old Radnor - 8.25 miles
2 New Radnor, Smatcher and Burl Hill - 8.75 miles
3 Llynheilyn, Black Yat and Gwaunceste Hill - 8 miles
4 Hergest Ridge from Gladestry - 3.75 miles
5 Glascwm Hill from Glascwm village - 4 miles
6 Aberedw Hill - 7.25 miles
7 Wylfre from Hundred House - 7 miles
8 Giant's Grave, Little Hill and Glascwm from Hundred House - 8.5 miles
9 Michaelchurch-on-Arrow and Milton Hill - 4 miles
10 Aberedw Valley - 3.75 or 5.75 miles
11 Aberedw Rocks and River Wye Path - 5.75 miles
12 The Skreen and Twyn Y Garth - 4 miles
13 Llanstephan - 3.75 miles
14 Llandeilo Hill - 5.5 miles
15 Rhulen Hill - 3.5 miles
16 Paincastle - 4.25 miles
17 Rhosgoch Common from Rhosgoch village - 4.5 miles
18 Holy Well from Glasbury - 4.75 miles
19 Glasbury amd River Wye - 3.5 miles
20 Hay-on-Wye riverside Walk - 6.5 miles
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ISBN 9781902302799 Pages 41 (2016) 148mm x 210mm