Independent Trails: Fact File

Independent Trails: Fact File UVW1

Usk Valley Walk

Trail Facts

Total Distance: 48 miles (77 km)
Duration: 5 nights, 4 walking days
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 8 miles (13 km)/15¾ miles (25 km)
Waymarking: The Usk Valley Walk is clearly waymarked and is very easy to follow.
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Caerleon
End of holiday: Brecon
Tour code: UVW1

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Caerleon

Day 2: Caerleon to Usk 10 ¼ miles (16.5 km)

Day 3: Usk to Abergavenny 14 miles (22.5km)

Day 4: Abergavenny to Talybont-on-Usk 15¾ miles (25 km)

Day 5: Talybont-on-Usk to Brecon 8 miles (13 km)

Day 6: Depart from Breco

What's included

5 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses along the trail.
Traditional cooked breakfast.
Door to door luggage transfer.
Maps and a guidebook describing the trail.
An information pack containing an itinerary, instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
Emergency assistance

Travel Information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.

Most convenient railway station (start of trail): Newport

Onward travel: Newport Transport Bus (Service 9/7B) from Newport Railway Station to Caerleon (approximately 25 minutes).

Most convenient railway station (end of trail): Abergavenny

End of trail to Abergavenny Railway Station: 60-60 Bus (Service X43) to Abergavenny Railway Station (approximately 45 minutes).