The walk starts and finishes at the Bryn Playing Fields, Pontllanfraith and keeps you as high as possible throughout, taking in the Buzzard views as you walk the lonely and beautiful ridgeways of the South Wales Valleys.
The route has been designed to be walked over 5 days and 5 legs. It can be walked Clock or anti-clockwise. The points of Interest below are in order of you walking it anti-clockwise, as are the 5 YouTube videos I made showcasing the route.
Each of the 5 legs have their own webpage going into much greater detail for each point of interest.
Points of Interest
1 – Gelligroes Mill
2 – Nant y Draenog Reservoir
3 – Twyn Tudor Motte
4 – Church of St Tudor
5 – Mynydd y Lan
6 – Cwmcarn Forest Drive
7 – Twmbarlwm
8 – Mynydd Twyn-glas
9 – The Canyon
10 – The Blue Lagoon
11 – St Illtyd’s Church
12 – Byrgwm Trig Point
13 – Mulfran
14 – Mynydd Carn-y-cefn
15 – Y Domen fawr
16 – Cefn Golau Cholera Cemetery
17 – Carn Stwpa
18 – Mynydd Bedwellte
19 – The Rocking Stone
20 – Waterfalls
21 – Capel-y-Brithdir
22 – Tegernacus Stone
23 – Boundary Marker
24 – Waterfall
25 – Parc Cwm Darran
26 – The Stone of Nia-Froich
27 – Roman Road
28 – Pen Garnbugail
29 – Twyn y Fidffawydd
30 – Cefn Gelligaer
31 – Capel Gwladys
32 – Gelligaer Roman Fort
33 – St Catwgs Church
34 – Sultan the Pit Pony
35 – The Observatory
36 – Penallta Rocks
37 – Mynydd Eglwysilan
38 – Cefn Eglwysilan
39 – St. Ilan’s Church
40 – Mynydd Meio
41 – Penrhos Cutting
42 – Craig yr Allt
43 – Canadian Spitfire Pilot Memorial
44 – Caerphilly Mountain
45 – Coed y Werin
46 – Cefn Onn
47 – Craig Llysfaen
48 – Elliot Dallen Memorial Bench
49 – Ruperra Castle
50 – Craig Ruperra
51 – Draethen Iron Bridge
52 – St John’s Church
53 – Mynydd Machen
54 – Pen-rhiw Tip
55 – Twyn yr Oerfel
56 – Mynydd y Grug
57 – Twyn Cae-Hugh
58 – Bench Upon a Hill
59 – The Beeches
60 – Bryn Hill
61 – The End, and the Beginning
