Independent Trails: Fact File.ODPS3

Offa's Dyke Path ~ South: Chepstow to Knighton

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Trail Facts

Total distance: 81 miles (130km)
Duration: 8 nights, 7 days walking
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 8½ miles (13.5km)/ 15 miles (24km)
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: Knighton
Code: ODPS3

Itinerary

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

Day 2: Chepstow to St Briavels. 8½ miles (13.5km).

Day 3: St Briavels to Monmouth. 8½ miles (13.5km).

Day 4: Monmouth to Llantilio Crossenny. 9 miles (14.5km).

Day 5: Llantilio Crossenny to Longtown/Llanthony. 13½ miles (21.5km).

Day 6: Longtown/Llanthony to Hay-on-Wye. 13 miles (21km).

Day 7: Hay-on-Wye to Kington. 15 miles (24km).

Day 8: Kington to Knighton. 13 ½ miles (21.6km).

Day 9: Depart from Knighton 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.

What's included?

• 8 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 Knighton to London. The journey takes around 4 ½ hours.

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