Craig y Saeson
This is a short walk, offering limited parking for 1 or maybe 2 cars close to the hill top. The hill has a trig point – buried in the hedge when I visited in summer – a memorial patch of…
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 Welsh Hills
Woodhill
Parking in a housing estate in Tongwynlais puts you right at the bottom of a well-walked footpath that takes you into the summit field. At this point you have to walk through tall grass to the trig point, which didn’t…
Twyn Crugyrafan [Graig Fawr]
A Rhondda Cynon Taff and Neath Port Talbot hill, Twyn Crugyrafan is 559m high but is easily accessible with minimal ascent from the road that snakes over the ridgeway just beneath it. I walked this hill alongside Werfa and Mynydd…
Garth Wood
Parking at the edge of a housing estate there are many paths up through the woodland to the summit, although the summit doesn’t have a clear high point. Views are limited by the forest, however, this route takes you along…
Werfa [Mynydd Llangeinwyr]
At 568m this is the highest hill in Bridgend, but, due to its location, it is very accessible with a gentle walk and minimal ascent. Parking is at the road entrance to the windfarm, space here for 2-3 cars and…
Mynydd Caerau
Mynydd Caerau is the second highest hill in Bridgend at 555m and it offers great views down to the distant sea and is accessible via a gentle walk with minimal ascent. As you can see from the route above I…