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Llanveynoe

Hay Bluff – View from Hay Bluff Summit loop from Llanveynoe

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South Wales
Llanveynoe

Hay Bluff – View from Hay Bluff Summit loop from Llanveynoe

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Hay Bluff – View from Hay Bluff Summit loop from Llanveynoe

05:35

19.3km

460m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

6 m

Car Park

Highlight • Parking

The start of the Cat's Back ridge, there are only a few places and it is a narrow windy road to get here.

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2

8.49 km

View of Lord Hereford's Knob (Twmpa)

Highlight • Summit

Stunning views from Hay Bluff of Twmpa or Lord Hereford's Knob is a mountain in south-east Wales, forming a part of the great northwest scarp of the Black Mountains. It …

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3

9.12 km

Hay Bluff

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is a beautiful area and is popular with hikers, paracenders, bikers and the general population at large. There is a narrow single track road, with ample passing places, that …

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4

10.2 km

View from Hay Bluff Summit

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To the East are views across the Cats Back and onwards to the Malvern Hills and miles into England. To the West are views of Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob). If …

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5

10.4 km

Exmoor Ponies

Highlight • Natural

So many pony’s!

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6

10.8 km

Herefordshire's Highest Point

Highlight • Summit

It's not marked in any way, but this is the highest point in Herefordshire (right on the border with Wales).

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7

11.3 km

Twyn Llech (Black Mountain) Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

Twyn Llech (703m), also known as Black Mountain, is the only Marilyn to fall exactly on the Welsh–English border, straddling Brecknockshire (Powys) and Herefordshire.

The Black Mountain is the highest …

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8

15.9 km

Olchon Valley

Highlight • Gorge

B

19.3 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.1 km

4.56 km

2.57 km

Surfaces

9.10 km

7.58 km

2.20 km

375 m

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Highest point (700 m)

Lowest point (330 m)

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