Independent Trails: Fact File WVWN1

Wye Valley Walk ~ North: Rhyd-y-benwch to Hay-on-Wye

Trail Facts

Total Distance: 62 miles (99km)

Duration: 6 nights, 5 walking days

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 8¹/₄ miles (13km)/16^1/₂ miles (26.5km)

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: Hay-on-Wye

Tour code: WVWN1

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 Builth Wells. 16^1/₂ miles (26.5km).

 

Day 5: Builth Wells to Boughrood. 12³/₄ miles (20.5km).

 

Day 6: Boughrood to Hay-on-Wye. 8¹/₄ miles (13km).

 

Day 7: Depart from Hay-on-Wye.

What's included?

• 6 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): 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): Hereford

End of trail to Hereford: There is a regular bus service (Service 39) from Hay-on-Wye to Hereford Railway Station. The journey takes approximately 55 minutes.

 

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