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Pontymoile Basin – Monmouth and Brecon Canal loop from Cwmbran

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Pontymoile Basin – Monmouth and Brecon Canal loop from Cwmbran

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Pontymoile Basin – Monmouth and Brecon Canal loop from Cwmbran

02:44

42.4km

420m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 53 m for 71 m

After 42.4 km for 71 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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24.9 km

Baffle Haus

Highlight • Cafe

Motorbikes, great coffee, cakes, sandwiches, really friendly staff, just a short ride from the canal. Great place to stop for a fuel up. baffleculture.com

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28.8 km

Stone Bridge and Canal View

Highlight • Viewpoint

go in the week.

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34.8 km

Whimsical Spacehopper Figures

Highlight • Structure

Can you spot them?

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35.7 km

Pontymoile Basin

Highlight • Rest Area

Pontymoile Basin, was originally a toll point where the canal narrows as it approaches the large area expanse of water used for turning narrowboats and filling up with water.

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36.8 km

Great ride, can get tight with height and width on some bridges but in all a mostly paved cycle through Cwmbran with light gravel down to Newport and up past Pontypool, I’d recommend carrying a spare inner tube or have slime tubes installed and spare as sometimes the odd bramble is on the track after trimming!

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40.4 km

Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal Lock

Highlight • Cycleway

The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is a small network of canals in South Wales. For most of its currently (2018) navigable 35-mile (56 km) length it runs through the Brecon Beacons National Park, and its present rural character and tranquillity belies its original purpose as an industrial corridor for coal and iron, which were brought to the canal by a network of tramways and/or railroads, many of which were built and owned by the canal company.

The "Mon and Brec" was originally two independent canals – the Monmouthshire Canal from Newport to Pontymoile Basin (including the Crumlin Arm) and the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal running from Pontymoile to Brecon. Both canals were abandoned in 1962, but the Brecknock and Abergavenny route and a small section of the Monmouthshire route have been reopened since 1970. Much of the rest of the original Monmouthshire Canal is the subject of a restoration plan, which includes the construction of a new marina at the Newport end of the canal.

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42.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.1 km

12.6 km

1.77 km

1.53 km

1.43 km

871 m

204 m

Surfaces

22.5 km

16.8 km

1.60 km

1.34 km

179 m

Elevation

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Highest point (150 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Sunday 12 July

28°C

12°C

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Pontymoile Basin – Monmouth and Brecon Canal loop from Cwmbran

The Crown Inn

Baffle Haus

Old Abergavenny Road

Stone Bridge and Canal View

Whimsical Spacehopper Figures

Pontymoile Basin

Monmouth and Brecon Canal

Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal Lock

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