Garn Ddu
Garn Ddu is a 462m hill in the Brecon Beacons, offering good views of the Pen y Fan horseshoe walk and wide views South. You park at a decent-sized layby next to Llwyn-Onn reservoir and cross the road to a…
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 Merthyr Tydfil
Walks in the county of Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales.
Cefn Cil-Sanws
Cefn Cil-Sanws is a 461m hill above Merthyr Tydfil and below the Brecon Beacons horseshoe walk. I walked this along with Garn Ddu following the route above and the hill is well worth walking, being topped by a trig point…
Mynydd Aberdare
Mynydd Aberdare is a 457m hill above Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil. It offers some of the best views of the Brecon Beacons I have found so far from the South Wales valley ridges and summits. I walked it on the…
Twyn Brynbychan
Twyn Brynbychan is a 411m hill above Mountain Ash that offers great views in every direction, and one of the best short-ish ridgeway walks I have done. The route above takes in Mynydd Gethin and Mynydd Aberdare, which will be…
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 Merthyr
If you drive North on the A4054 from Edwardsville you’ll be able to track a track on your right that takes you diagonally through the forest and up onto the ridgeway. Here you can park quite easily – but beware…