Pen-y-Fan Pond
A really short, easy walk around a nice pond with a café in the warmer months as well that serves hot and cold food, snacks and Ice cream etc. The pond is actually quite high up, just over 300m, so…
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 Caerphilly
Walks in the County of Caerphilly, South Wales.
Pen March & Merthyr Common
Pen March (535m) and Merthyr Common (531m) are boundary high points for Caerphilly, with Merthryr Common also being a boundary high point for Merthyr Tydfil as well. That means completing these two high points ticks off three hills on the…
Cefn y Brithdir
You can park on the road towards Pontlottyn, on the edge of the closed lane that takes you to Cefn y Brithdir by foot. There is also parking if you turn left and head down towards the small pond. The…
Cefncarnau
Cefncarnau is a 272m high hill South of Caerphilly. It is actually just over a metre taller than nearby Caerphilly Common, but a lot less walked with no summit marker and a summit not accessible due to a barbed wire…
Caerphilly Common
More commonly known as Caerphilly Mountain – as per road signs and the famous Caerphilly Mountain Snack Bar – Caerphilly Common is a 271m hill above Caerphilly and Cardiff. It is a very popular hill and the majority of people…
Mynydd Meio
Mynydd Meio can be walked from many different directions and could make a nice loop with Cefn Eglwysilan and Mynydd Eglwysilan – taking in some of the Rhymney Valley Ridgeway walk. However, this is a short and sharp up and…