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Independent Trails: Fact File WVW4
Wye Valley Walk ~ Rhyd-y-benwch to Chepstow
Trail Facts
Total Distance: 137 miles (219km)
Duration: 14 nights, 13 walking days
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 61/4 miles (10km)/141/4 miles (23km).
Waymarking: The Wye Valley Walk is very clearly waymarked by discs with a leaping salmon logo and is very easy to follow.
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Llanidloes
End of holiday: Chepstow
Tour code: WVW4
Itinerary
Day 1: Travel to Llanidloes.
Day 2: Transfer to Rhyd-y-benwch, Hafren Forest after breakfast. Rhyd-y-benwch, Hafren Forest to Llangurig. 121/4 miles (19.5km).
Day 3: Llangurig to Rhayader. 12 miles (19km).
Day 4: Rhayader to Newbridge-on-Wye. 91/2 miles (15km).
Day 5: Newbridge-on-Wye to Builth Wells. 7 miles (11km).
Day 6: Builth Wells to Boughrood. 123/4 miles (20.5km).
Day 7: Boughrood to Hay-on-Wye. 81/4 miles (13km).
Day 8: Hay-on-Wye to Monnington-on-Wye. 111/2 miles (18.5km).
Day 9: Monnington-on-Wye to Hereford. 111/2 miles (18.5km).
Day 10: Hereford to Fownhope. 61/4 miles (10km).
Day 11: Fownhope to Ross-on-Wye. 111/4 miles (18km).
Day 12: Ross-on-Wye to Symonds Yat. 113/4 miles (19km).
Day 13: Symonds Yat to Redbrook. 81/2 miles (13.5km).
Day 14: Redbrook to Chepstow. 141/4 miles (23km).
Day 15: Depart from Chepstow.
What's included?
- 14 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses along the trail.
- Breakfast each day.
- 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): Newtown
Onward travel: There is a regular bus service between Newtown and Llanidloes (Service 75). The journey takes 35 minutes.
Most convenient railway station (end of trail): Chepstow