Coety Mountain
Coety Mountain, at 578m, is the highest hill in Blaenau Gwent, but has – like the other hills on this loop, an unmarked summit. You can walk to Coety Mountain on large tracks from a couple of different directions, but…
One man's incessant wanderings, shared so you can follow in my footsteps if you wish.
One man's incessant wanderings, shared so you can follow in my footsteps if you wish.
Category Blaenau Gwent
Walks in the county of Blaenau Gwent, South Wales.
Gwasted
I tried a fairly direct route up to Gwasted from Cwmtillery ponds, which meant a lot of the walk was through thick heather without any tracks. This was not fun and made progress very slow. The early parts of the…
Y Domen Fawr
Parking is near a small reservoir, which is now a popular fishing spot. The last bit of road is pretty rough, so take it carefully as you could easily ground your car in a couple of the potholes. The track…
Mynydd Bedwellte
Mynydd Bedwellte is a 486m high hill near Tredegar. This route takes from an easily accessible parking spot next to a small pond, near the Cefn Golau Cholera Cemetery. – you can follow road signs for this to help you…
Rhymney Hill
At 457m high Rhymney Hill is the 4th highest point in Caerphilly and sits above Bryn Bach Park. I took a circular route up from Bryn Bach Park – which meant not a great deal of ascent was needed –…