Mynydd Pen-y-Fan

Mynydd Pen-y-Fan is 407m high and sits above the popular Pen-y-Fan pond near Blackwood and Newbridge. As you can see from the above route, I walked from Pen-y-Fan pond and the route is a nice blend of open fields, light…
Walks in the County of Caerphilly, South Wales.

Mynydd Pen-y-Fan is 407m high and sits above the popular Pen-y-Fan pond near Blackwood and Newbridge. As you can see from the above route, I walked from Pen-y-Fan pond and the route is a nice blend of open fields, light…

Mynydd Eglwysilan is a 355m high hill above Ystrad Mynach and Senghenydd. You can park in several different laybys upon the ridgeway, or you can walk it from many footpaths from the valley floor. The walk from a nearby layby…

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 –…

Mynydd y Grug is officially recorded as being 355m high, however, the top has had a spoil tip added to it, taking the peak above 370m. The Rhymney Valley Ridgeway walk skirts this hill, so the track is generally well…