Keith Carter

Offa's Dyke Path

Two directional guide: Chepstow to Prestatyn and Prestatyn to Chepstow; Planning, Places to Stay, Places to Eat, 98 large-scale maps & guides to 52 towns and villages

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Produktbeschreibung

Practical guide to walking the 177-mile Offa's Dyke Path from Chepstow to Prestatyn and from Prestatyn to Chepstow, including 98 large-scale walking maps, places to stay, places to eat and public transport information.

Produktdetails

• Trailblazer Guides
• Verlag: Trailblazer Publications
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 37243
• 6 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 179mm x 118mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9781912716425
• ISBN-10: 1912716429
• Artikelnr.: 69152655

Autorenporträt

Keith Carter is an experienced hiker and guide-book author and has explored almost every corner of the British Isles on foot. Nick Hill lives in Devizes, not far from the Ridgeway which he's walked from end to end several times. He is also often to be found on the paths around Avebury. As part of the Trailblazer team he is author, illustrator and cartographer, drawing many of the maps for the guides. He has also researched and updated the Trans-Siberian Handbook and South Downs Way.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION History 9 – How difficult is the Offa's Dyke Path? 11 How long
do you need? 13 – When to go 14 PART 1: PLANNING YOUR WALK Practical
information for the walker Route-finding 17 – GPS 18 – Accommodation 19 –
Food/drink 22 Money 25 – Walking companies 25 – Annual events 27 –
Information for foreign visitors 28 – Walking with a dog 29 – Disabled
access 30 Budgeting 30 Itineraries Which direction? 31 – Village & towns
facilities table 32 The best day and weekend walks 35 – Suggested
itineraries 37 What to take Luggage 38 – Footwear 39 – Clothes 40 –
Toiletries 41 – First-aid kit 41 – General items 41 – Camping gear 42 –
Money 42 – Maps 43 Sources of further information 44 – Recommended reading
45 Getting to and from the Offa's Dyke Path Getting to Britain 47 –
National transport 48 – Local transport 48 Public transport services 49 –
Public transport map 52 PART 2: HISTORY, ENVIRONMENT & NATURE Historical
background (by Colin Vickerman) 54 Conserving the Anglo-Welsh Border
Country 59 Flora and fauna 62 PART 3: MINIMUM IMPACT & SAFETY
Minimum-impact walking 75 Health and outdoor safety 80 PART 4: ROUTE GUIDE
AND MAPS Using this guide 83 = walking north = walking south Sedbury
Cliffs to Chepstow 85 (Chepstow 85) Chepstow to Sedbury Cliffs 90
Chepstow to Monmouth 90 (Tintern 94, Brockweir 98, Bigsweir 98, St
Briavels 98, Redbrook 102, Monmouth 102) Monmouth to Chepstow 106
Monmouth to Llantilio-Crossenny 106 (The Hendre 107) Llantilio-Crossenny
to Monmouth 113 Llantilio-Crossenny to Pandy 114 (Llangattock-Lingoed 115,
Pandy 118) Pandy to Llantilio-Crossenny 119 Pandy to Hay-on-Wye 120
(Longtown 122, Llanthony 125, Capel-y-ffin 127, Hay-on-Wye 132, Clyro 136)
Hay-on-Wye to Pandy 137 Hay-on-Wye to Kington 137 (Newchurch 140,
Gladestry 143, Kington 143) Kington to Hay-on-Wye 148 Kington to Knighton
149 (Discoed 154, Presteigne 156, Knighton 156) Knighton to Kington 159
Knighton to Brompton Crossroads 160 (Clun 164, Newcastle-on-Clun 164,
Bishop's Castle 165, Brompton Crossroads 171) Brompton Crossroads to
Knighton 171 Brompton Crossroads to Buttington (for Welshpool) 172
(Montgomery 174, Kingswood 175, Welshpool 180, Buttington 185) Buttington
(for Welshpool) to Brompton Crossroads 185 Buttington (for Welshpool) to
Llanymynech 186 (Pool Quay 187, Four Crosses 190, Llanymynech 190)
Llanymynech to Buttington (for Welshpool) 192 Llanymynech to Racecourse
Common 192 (Trefonen 195) Racecourse Common to Llanymynech 195 Racecourse
Common to Castle Mill 198 (Around Baker's Hill 198, Oswestry 198,
Bron-y-Garth 201) Castle Mill to Racecourse Common 201 Castle Mill to
Dinas Bran (and Llangollen) 201 (Chirk 203, Around Irish Bridge 204,
Froncysyllte 204, Trevor 204, Llangollen 209) Dinas Bran (and Llangollen)
to Castle Mill 213 Dinas Bran (and Llangollen) to Llandegla 213 (Llandegla
218) Llandegla to Dinas Bran (and Llangollen) 218 Llandegla to Clwyd Gate
218 (Llanarmon-yn-lal 219) Clwyd Gate (for Llanferres) to Llandegla 223
Clwyd Gate (for Llanferres) to Bodfari 223 (Llanferres 225, Cilcain 225,
Llangynhafal 225, Bodfari 230) Bodfari to Clwyd Gate (for Llanferres) 230
Bodfari to Rhuallt 232 (Rhuallt 234) Rhuallt to Bodfari 234 Rhuallt to
Prestatyn 235 (Prestatyn 235) Starting from Prestatyn 240 (Prestatyn to
Rhuallt 240) APPENDICES A: Map key 241 B: GPS waypoints 242 C: Taking a dog
245 D: Glossary of Welsh words 247 INDEX 248 Offa's Dyke Walkers' Passport
252 OVERVIEW MAPS & PROFILES 257