Independent Trails: Fact File.ODP1

Wales ~ Offa's Dyke Path

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Trail Facts

Total distance: 177 miles (283km)
Duration: 13 nights, 12 days walking
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 11½ miles (18.5km)/18 miles (29km)
Waymarking: Offa's Dyke path is clearly waymarked and is very easy to follow
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Chepstow
End of holiday: Prestatyn
Code: ODP1

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Chepstow where your first nights accommodation has been booked.

Day 2: Chepstow to Monmouth. 17 miles (27km).

Day 3: Monmouth to Pandy. 17 miles (27km).

Day 4: Pandy to Hay-on-Wye. 18 miles (29km).

Day 5: Hay-on-Wye to Kington. 15 miles (24km).

Day 6: Kington to Knighton. 14 miles (22.5km).

Day 7: Knighton to Brompton. 15 miles (24km).

Day 8: Brompton to Welshpool. 12 miles (19km)

Day 9: Welshpool Quay to Trefonen. 16½ miles (26.5km).

Day 10: Trefonen to Llangollen. 15½ miles (25km).

Day 11: Llangollen to Clwyd Gate. 13½ miles (21.5km)

Day 12: Clwyd Gate to Bodfari. 11.5 miles (18.5km)

Day 13: Bodfari to Prestatyn. 12 miles (19km)

Day 14: Depart from Prestatyn after breakfast.

Extra nights/Rest days

The sleepy town of Hay-on-Wye is a good choice for a rest day, particularly if you are keen on books. There are over 30 book stores in houses, shops, the old cinema and the ramshackle stone castle. Knighton is a good choice. It is an attractive old town and the Offa's Dyke Centre is well worth a visit. Llangollen is another pleasant old Welsh town with plenty to see and do.

What's included?

• 13 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns, guesthouses and farmhouse B&B's.
• Full Welsh breakfast.
• Door to door luggage transfer along the trail.
• A set of maps with the route marked on and a guidebook describing the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary, detailed 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 major city and International airports: London.

Outward journey from London to Chepstow: There is a fast and frequent rail service between London Euston or Paddington and Chepstow. The journey takes 2 hours 50 minutes.

Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: There is a regular train service from Prestatyn to London. The journey takes around 3 hours 15 minutes.

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