Independent Trails: Fact File WVWN2

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

Trail Facts

Total Distance: 62 miles (99km)

Duration: 7 nights, 6 walking days

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 7 miles (11km)/12 3/4 miles (20.5km)

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: WVWN2

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: Depart Hay-on-Wye.

7 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: Newtown

Onward travel: There is a regular bus service between Newtown and Llanidloes (Service 75). The journey takes 35 minutes.