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1 he Valley Fully Waymarked Stage 6 Stage 7 Walk regerog Glyn R WC R Pandy Stage 4 Stage 5 Dolywern Llwynmawr R R Pontfadog uzzards Stage 3 Stage 2 Stage 1 Pont Faen rdge Place name Pronuncaton Meanng Y Waun Uh-Wne he Moor Pont Faen Pont-Vne Stone rdge ronygarth ron-uh-garth Hllsde Enclosure Pontfadog Pont-vad-og Madog s rdge Dolywern Doll-uh-wern Swampy Meadow Glyn Gln-key-re-og he Glen of Pandy Pan-dee Fullng Mll regerog ray-gee-re-og own of Llanarmon hlan-ar-mon Sant Garmon s vllage Dyffryn Duff-rn Key-re-og n the Valley Chrk P R WC Llanarmon Dyffryn 4500 R WC (WC open n Summer) Man Valley road Sde road Man Valley Walk route Route to a us Stop Alternate route P WC Car Park R Publc elephone Post Offce Publc olet Pheasants Refreshments us Stop. Remember, the us wll stop on request at any pont on the man valley road. ourst Informaton Pont he tranqul and unspolt Valley A haven of Welsh hstory and culture he bubblng torrent falls 1740 feet n ts 22 mle journey from source to confluence wth the Dee Remnants of the Glyn Valley ramway hug the rver banks A valley of great Welsh poets

2 Man route Stage 1 Chrk Castle 4500 Rver Chrk Castle Gates rout farm Fshng Castle Woods and he Aqueduct Walk Pont Faen rdge he area around Chrk has seen many changes over the centures. Many hands, from the Celts, Romans, Welsh and Englsh have modfed the settlements. In 1282, when Llewelyn, Prnce of Wales was defeated and klled by Edward I, the land around Chrk was confscated and handed to Roger Mortmer. he creaton of a borough charter n 1324 cemented Englsh rule over the area now known as Chrkland, though t always remaned wthn Wales. Chrkland was sold to Sr homas Myddelton at the end of the 15th century. Hs descendants lved n and developed Chrk over the centures. Hs famly stll resde n Chrk castle to ths day. On route 1b, you wll pass the magnfcent castle gates, whch were bult by Daves ros n he area has always been an mportant crossng j 1b Marna Chrk ran Staton Caravan Park Ral to Chester 4500 Vaduct Rver Aqueduct o Chester and Wrexham a Ral to Shrewsbury Chrk P Church 5070 Llangollen Canal Rver o Shrewsbury pont for the Rver, the oldest brdge n the valley beng the brdge at Pont Faen, whch carred the Chester / Cardff road! he later Holyhead / London coach road, bult by homas elford, also crosses the rver at Chrk. he developments n ndustry and transport durng the 18th and 19th century saw the expanson of small-scale mnng operatons. he coal mnes at Chrk ank, lack Park and rynknalt needed a means of transport. he buldng of elford and Jessop s canal and aqueduct n the valley n 1801 provded the vtal lnk wth the west Mdlands. Wth the development of steam the masterpece was slghtly overshadowed by rassey s magnfcent ralway vaduct n here s a ourst Informaton pont at Home and Wear shop (opposte Hand Hotel). R WC Stage 1 Start the walk from Chrk, ether from the car park behnd the Hand Hotel (1a) or from the ran Staton (1b). 1a. he Aqueduct Walk Chrk Car Park to Pont Faen Dstance 1.5 km. Heght gan 20 metres (65 ft). me 30 mns. Leave the car park through the No Ext way, turnng left on to the man street. Contnue past the church and begn to go down the hll. About 100 yards after leavng the last buldng n town, cross the stle on your left. Follow the grassy track to the rght downhll, then bear left towards the old mll buldng. Cross the footbrdge over the old mll race, go over the stle and keep ahead to a metal gate. Go through a gap left of the gate and carefully cross the road and through the kssng gate opposte. Contnue down the track and follow the rver bank, passng under the massve aqueduct and vaduct. Keep to the the rver bank on your left untl you get to a stone brdge. Pass through the kssng gate and turn left onto Pont Faen (Stone rdge). England s on the other sde! OR 1b. Castle Woods Chrk ran Staton to Pont Faen Dstance 1 km. Heght Gan neglgble. me 15 mns. Leavng the staton, turn R, crossng the ralway brdge and canal tunnel, ahead for 5 mns. to the mpressve castle gates. urn left onto the sometmes gated tarmac drve. Where the drve bends left nto the caravan park, keep ahead. At a -juncton go rght, downhll through woodland. Emerge onto the road, go rght for 100 metres, then left onto the delghtful old stone brdge, Pont Faen. Stage 1 A choce now - you can am for Chrk va he Aqueduct Walk (35 mns); or the shorter 20 mns. Castle Woods walk drect to the tran staton. 1a. he Aqueduct Walk Pont Faen to Chrk here s a bus stop at Pont Faen. Dstance 1.5 km. Heght gan 35 metres (112 ft). me 35 mns. Standng on the brdge, face the man road and go through the kssng gate on your rght. Walk along the rver bank for 9 mns. to pass under the great ralway vaduct, then the canal aqueduct bult n 1801 before ralways were even nvented! Follow for another 8 mns. along the rverbank to a brck buldng and ascend the ramp to the man road (untl recently the A5 London to Holyhead trunk road). Carefully cross the road. Left of the drve nto the former mll, take a gap between two metal gates onto an ntally tarmac path. Keep ahead alongsde the old mllrace. After a stle and a lttle footbrdge keep ahead on the path whch swngs rght, up towards an old stonewall. Steps and a stle lead to the man road for the fnal 5 mns. nto the centre of Chrk and the Hand Hotel. 1b. Castle Woods Pont Faen to Chrk ran Staton Dstance 1 km. Heght gan 30 metres (100 ft). me 20 mns. From the brdge, face the man road. Ignore the kssng gate on rght and walk uphll on the man road for 100 metres to take a footpath forkng left up through woodland. 200 metres up the path t passes through a low stonewall and 15 metres beyond, turn left onto a walled track. Pass a caravan park and keep ahead to reach the splendd whte ornamental castle gates. urn rght here for the fnal 5 mnute walk to the tran staton. (If you wsh to contnue nto Chrk Centre, keep straght ahead).

3 Stage 2 Rver Man route he Englsh t WALES Offa s Dyke Warfare has played a major role n the hstory of the valley; the number of related features found n the valley demonstrates ths fact. he features span the ages, from Roman encampments (Rhyn Park), Offa's Dyke (ronygarth), and the mposng Chrk Castle. Offa's Dyke conssts of a 168 mle long earthen bank, whch s at tmes 8 metres hgh and n places s accompaned by a western dtch. It runs across the Valley and when constructed n the 8th century dvded Merca (Saxon) from the ndependent rtsh Kngdoms (Celts). Some experts beleve that the dyke may well be older, datng from Roman tmes. he most mpressve features of ths secton are vews of Chrk Castle. It s a border castle, constructed n the late 13th century by Edward I. It formed part of the "Rng of Stone" bult n North Wales to cement the kng's control over the natve Offa s Dyke Castle ENGLAND ronygarth 4500 Chrk Castle rout farm Fshng Pont Faen rdge populaton. he desgn of the castle has been compared to that of eaumars, Anglesey. he buldng and gardens are well worth a vst. hs s a Natonal rust property, Check the openng tmes. It may have been bult orgnally wth an mposng double-towered gatehouse, mrrorng the remanng drum towers. he castle gatehouse would have faced towards Wales, presentng a palpable menace to the rebellous Welsh prnces. Some hstorans beleve that t was bult on the ste of an earler Welsh castle, but no physcal proof has been found. he castle has had many owners before Sr homas Myddelton purchased t n the year 1595 for 5,000. Havng survved the Englsh cvl war relatvely unscathed, the Myddeltons have lved there to ths day. In the area of the fsh ponds and the rout Farm (as you walk through Pentre Wood) you have a good chance of seeng herons. j Stage 2 he Englsh t Pont Faen to Offa's Dyke us stops at Pont Faen and at Castle Mll Dstance 2.7 km. Heght Gan 154 metres (510 ft). me 1 hour 5 mns. From the brdge turn rght onto a rversde lane (we have just joned a secton of the Maelor Way). Just past the telephone box go over the stle on rght and through a meadow wth the rver on your rght. Follow along to the next stle that leads nto woods owned by the Woodland rust. Follow the path along the rverbank, and then up and down the steps, turnng left at the bottom of the flght. Contnue ahead crossng a stle out of the wood and ahead to another stle onto a track. Pass beneath the huge lack Poplar tree to follow the track to double gates at a house. Contnue up the lane to a road at the top. urn rght for just 20 metres then fork left nto a green lane whch runs down the left sde of the old school buldng. Follow ths short lane to ts end and clmb over a hdden stle besde the gate. Go through a gap n the hedge on your left and cut dagonally across a humpy feld wth a quarry on your left, through an old hedge lne and then a small feld to the stle onto a stone track. urn left uphll on ths track for 5 mnutes to a crossroads. urn rght stll uphll for another 8 or10 mnutes. he track levels out, and your clmb s rewarded by magnfcent vews and a fne stand of beech trees! Arrve at a cuttng through the 1200 year old Offa's Dyke. You are back In Wales! Footsore? You can take the Dyke path downhll, then a lane steeply down hll to the bus route at Castle Mll. Stage 2 he Englsh t Offa s Dyke to Pont Faen here are bus stops at Pont Faen and at Castle Mll You may jon the walk here by takng publc transport to Castle Mll (there s no car parkng space), crossng the rver brdge and up the short steep lane to a -juncton. urn left up the lane for about 10 or 11 mns. to the Old School House whch s on your rght, wth a clock above an upstars wndow and a spre wth weathervane. wenty metres beyond the house, take the tarmac lane left (You are now on the route!) Dstance 2.7 km. Heght gan perhaps 5 metres (20 ft). me 50 mns. From the Dyke, contnue on the broad track wth fne beech trees on your rght and superb vews to the left. en mns. from the dyke, reach a crossroads and go left, downhll on a good stone track for 200 metres (3 mns.) to cross a stle on rght. Keep ahead to a low broken wall/hedgerow nto a humpy feld (quarry on rght). Go slghtly left to pass just left of a large tree stump and through hedge gap. urn rght here for 15 metres to a gate and stle, then pass rght of a stone and brck outhouse and ahead passng rght of the attractve School House to a tarmac road. Ahead on the road for just 20 metres, then left downhll on tarmac lane. Pass a Publc Footpath sgn on your rght and keep ahead through 2 gates onto track passng beneath an ancent, mghty and qute rare lack Poplar to a gate/stle (6 mns. from road). ake your last vew of the Castle before gong rght on a clear path nto Pentre Wood for 10 mns. At a fork, take wooden steps uphll then down. elow on your left s the Chrk rout Farm. Contnue along the rversde where a stle/gate leads nto meadowland, stll besde the rver. A second feld brngs you over a stle to a tarmac lane and telephone box. Go left and n 4 mns. reach Pont Faen (he Stone rdge). Cross the brdge back nto Wales! You could catch a bus here, but would mss an attractve last secton nto Chrk.

4 R Pontfadog Stage 3 erraced lanes and pastures 4500 Much of ths secton s on hllsde qute hgh above the valley, so affords superb vews, especally to the north and east. he account of the 'attle of Crogen' can be found n the rut y ywysogyon (the Chroncle of the Prnces). he battle took place n 1165; the ndependent Welsh Prnces defeatng the forces of Henry II. whose exhausted solders suffered heavy losses. It s s reputed that the attle took place n the valley, ether near ths secton of the walk or further up the valley at regerog. uldngs below our route here are named after the event. Down below our route, just to the Welsh sde of Offa's Dyke, s the mpressve house of Pensa'r Glyn. It was, for much of ths century, a prvate hotel. From 1939 to 1969 t was run Rver Nssen Hut Offa s Dyke Offa s Dyke Castle Mll ronygarth successfully by 3 lades. Durng the war, teachers from Manchester stayed over weekends n order to be away from the nose of the bombngs and to get some sleep. Orgnally, t was a small estate attached to Chrk Castle. ut ts no good lookng for t as t s hdden below a wooded rse! As you contour the meadows you wll, however, see the house and outbuldngs of Pensa'r Glyn Farm down below you. Near the rver bank large deposts of lmestone were found and extensve mnng took place. Lme klns are stll vsble n the area. ake tme to vst the ramway Watng Room n Pontfadog whch houses detals of the former Glyn Valley ramway Rght: Glyn Valley ramway. whch ran untl A postcard from 100 years ago. Stage 3 erraced lanes and pastures Offa's Dyke to Pontfadog Facltes n Pontfadog nclude a Post Offce, bus stop, telephone box, old tramway watng room, a garage and a welcomng pub Dstance 3.5 km. Heght Gan 65 metres (214 ft). me: 1 hour 5 mns. Just 40 metres beyond Offa's Dyke, as the track wdens, take a stle by gate onto farly level track. Contnue, as the track descends to two gates and a stle. ake the stle nto a feld and drop down for 50 metres. to clmb another stle. Go ahead, ntally wth a fence on your left, and as the fence bears away, keep ahead (just rght of a boulder), farly level, for about 200 metres, then swng gently rght to a stle near the feld corner. Go ahead, just below hawthorn trees, keepng roughly level, to reach the bottom left corner of the feld. Cross the stle and descend qute steeply, keepng to the rght hedge and towards a gate between two buldngs, whch opens onto a tarmac drve. Follow the drve for 2 mns. to a lane wth a large nssen hut buldng opposte. Follow ths lane uphll, straght ahead, gnorng all turns and forks to the left. After 45 mnutes on the lane, you reach a rver brdge nto Pontfadog vllage. Stage 3 erraced lanes and pastures Pontfadog to Offa s Dyke. Dstance 3.5 km. Heght gan 170 metres (550 ft). me 1 hr 15 mns. From the Post Offce, cross the road to the Swan Inn Car Park, takng the lane over the rver brdge. Clmb the hll, gnorng all rght turns for 1.5 km (1 mle) to attan hgher ground. After a level secton the lane drops downhll. Keep ahead for about 13 mnutes untl reachng a large nssen hut barn on left backed by tall conferous trees. Opposte s a small tumblng stream. If you are weary, you could keep on the lane, go rght at the frst juncton, then next left downhll to Castle Mll on the man road for a bus. he lane swngs away left here, but we go ahead up a gated tarmac drve for 2 mns. to ts end. Go ahead through the gate and stle, then mmedately rght through a gap n the hedgerow. Walk qute steeply up the feld, keepng to the left hand hedge to reach a stle. Catch your breath, then contnue up for just 20 metres to hawthorn trees. On easer ground, walk ahead, level, amng for the bottom corner of woodland whch slopes down from rght of the feld. Keep left of a large oak tree whch stands forward, and keep just below a couple of hawthorn trees to a stle. Now walk dagonally left amng just below a grove of trees whch le on rght of the meadow. From below the grove swng left, keepng roughly level, passng just left of boulder and ahead to gate and stle at the far sde of the feld. Immedately over the stle, go sharp rght uphll for 45 metres to another stle, then left onto a rsng track. In 5 mns. cross a gate/stle onto a larger track and go left for 40 metres to arrve at Offa's Dyke. he dyke here s stll the boundary between Wales and England 1200 years after t was bult! Now for the "Englsh t"! o catch a bus, the Dyke path wll take you down to a lane to Castle Mll on the man 4500 road.

5 Stage 4 R WC Glyn ank Shop rout farm School Caravan Park Glyn Meadow and Woodlands 4500 he settlement of Glyn s the largest n the valley. It was domnated for many years by the slate quarres perched just above the vllage. he Cambran and Wynne slate quarres employed large numbers of workers from the vllage and were the centres of many socal actvtes. hese groups ncluded debatng, chor, hortcultural, readng and varous bands whch competed n local and natonal Esteddfods. he close knt communty was on the whole deeply relgous and almost exclusvely Welsh speakng. hs can be seen by the number of churches and chapels dotted throughout Glyn. he rch cultural hertage culmnated n the buldng of the Memoral Insttute n he buldng has many uses ncludng a lbrary, women's parlour, a socal nsttute and local museum, all stll used today. Vstors are welcome to vew ths fascnatng buldng, whch s located n Ffordd Uchaf (Hgh Street). It was bult to commemorate notable Welsh people; n partcular the valley's poets, John Hughes, Huw Eos Morus and Rev. Robert Cynddelw Ells. he Welsh names are gven as an honour to outstandng poets and members of the communty at the Pows Dolywern Llwynmawr R R Rver Pontfadog Esteddfod, whch s perodcally held n Glyn (most recently n 1999). esde the playng feld you can see the crcle of "Gorsedd" stones, the centre of the tradtonal ceremony. Glyn had other ndustres, such as the two flannel mlls, whch nvolved the cleanng and treatment of woven wool for the producton of blankets and flannel. he upper mll was converted nto a trout farm, usng the mllrace to provde the water for the large natural tanks. he lower mll s now a hgh qualty woodcraft busness. he trout farm and workshop both welcome vstors. 'Coed ', located by the school playng feld, s a new venture brngng together many local people engaged n sustanable woodland management and the use of local tmber. he church of St Ffrad (rdget) s located up a hllsde north of the present vllage but close by the orgnal (pre-mnng) centre of the communty. It provdes breathtakng, panoramc vews of the vllage and surroundng valley. For more nformaton pck up a free Glyn to Pandy leaflet at local shops. Stage 4 Meadow and Woodland Pontfadog to Glyn us stop, Pub, Post Offce and garage at Pontfadog. And a tramway watng room!! us stops, Post Offce, shops, he Insttute, rout farm and refreshment n Pubs and Chrstan Centre at Glyn. Dstance 4 km. Heght Gan 80 metres (250 ft). me 1 hr 30 mns. From Pontfadog centre follow the man road towards Glyn for about 6 mnutes to a crossroads. ake the mnor lane rght, rsng back on tself for 3 or 4 mnutes to the end of the tarmac. Go sharp left here on a footpath above a garden to emerge on a broader track. urn left to reach a tarmac lane and contnue rght for 150 metres to reach an arrow-head crossroad. Keep ahead passng a letterbox on ths ntally level lane for about 6 mns. to reach "30MPH" restrcton sgns. Proceed a further 80 metres to the crest of a rse and here turn rght up a short green lane to a stle. Ahead, uphll and then dagonally left through mxed woodland to a gate and stle nto an open meadow. Follow the lttle depresson uphll where a further stle leads to a path between hedges. Just 35 metres up ths path fnd a stle on the left nto a meadow. Follow on level ground above the hedgelne for 100 metres to use a stle and steps on left. Contnue along the same hedgelne, but now below t and cross another stle. Keep generally ahead, but now droppng slghtly away from the hedge, amng to pass below a small group of Scots Pne trees to two stles. Pass between old buldngs and onto a tarmac lane. urn left downhll for 1!/2 mnutes to a harpn bend and leave the lane to follow down a drve above a house. Pass through a small gate, then dagonally rght and down, below a stable block, to a stream footbrdge and stle. Go downhll 50 metres to a hedgelne, then rght to follow above the hedge and a large house, then dagonally left to a stle onto a tarmac lane. urn rght along the lane for 8 mns., then take the left juncton around the edge of the school playng felds to reach and cross the man road opposte the school entrance. Fnd a rversde footpath and follow ths for 8 mns. to ts end by Glyn Post Offce. Go rght uphll for 2 mnutes to end ths secton at he Cross. here are refreshments (Pubs or Chrstan Centre), bus stops, shops and he Insttute. he local fsh farm also welcomes vstors - pck your own trout! Stage 4 Meadow and Woodland Glyn to Pontfadog us stop, shops, Post Offce,rout farm, "he Insttute" and refreshments at Glyn. us stop, Post Offce, pub, a garage at Pontfadog. Also a tramway watng room!! Dstance 4 km. Heght gan 60 metres (190 ft). me 1 hr 25 mns. Leavng he Cross, head downhll on a sde road to the Post Offce, cross the road and take the rversde footpath. In 7 mns. you wll agan reach the man road whch must be crossed. ake the lane alongsde the school playng feld and n 4 mns reach a -juncton. Go rght for 8 mns. along ths lane, passng a G letterbox. 20 metres after a waysde seat take the stle on left. Cross the feld dagonally rght to pass behnd the parttmbered buldng, swngng rght behnd ths buldng to follow above the hedge lne. Just before reachng a stream gully, turn left for 50 metres up to a stle and footbrdge to cross the stream. Rse up across the front of a stable block to a gate, then follow up a drveway (left of the house) to a lane. Go left uphll on the lane for just 2 mns. to a harpn bend where a path leaves the lane rght between derelct (at 2002) buldngs. After 2 stles go dagonally left uphll to follow contourng hedge lne for 2 mns. to a stle, then ahead for a further 1 mn. to use steps and stle on left. Now follow above the same hedge lne for 2 mns. to cross a stle n the rght-hand corner of the feld. urn rght downhll on a path between hedges. A stle leads nto an open feld. ake the small depresson ahead to a gate and stle nto mxed woodland. Descend dagonally left for 3 mns., then drectly downhll for 1 mn. to cross a stle and onto a tarmac lane. urn left along the lane for 7 mns. to an "arrowhead" crossroads. Keep ahead for 150 metres, but just before the road dps downhll, by a hgh retanng wall on left, fork left on a rsng track for 200 metres (3 mns.), then rght, downhll, on a woodland path for 4 mns. to ts end by a house on the rght. ake a sharp rght down a tarmac track to the man road and left along the road for 6 mns. to the centre of Pontfadog.

6 4500 Stage 5 Man route Pandy Pony trekkng Glyn R WC R Caravan Park Rver Alternate route Polecat he Pandy Hump Here, domnatng the valley, s Pandy Crag, a volcanc tuff formaton and an area dentfed as a possble RIG (Regonally Important Geologcal) ste. he area has a great varety of mneral deposts located close together. Many of these were quarred ncludng slate, slca, grante and chna stone whch was used to gve opacty to porcelan. If you have chosen to avod the clmb and walk along the road you wll pass large flooded caverns, whch can be vewed through an ron gate. hese were grante and slca workngs. On top of the rdge you are at the hghest pont of the walk at 350 metres (1165 ft) and have fne vews over the erwyns to the west and Y Foel to the north. Closer at hand, to the south, the land drops steeply to the rver erw (ulls), whch flows down ts steep valley to jon the rver at Pandy. he valley was vsted by George orrow (Wld Wales, 1854) who captured the essence of the valley: he valley was wld and soltary to an extraordnary degree, the brook or torrent runnng n the mddle of t, covered wth alder tree. he area s rch n wldlfe and you may see brds of prey such as buzzards, kestrels, peregrne falcons, hen harrers and merlns. In sprng and summer you may hear the call of the curlew nestng on the hgh ground. In the woodland you may see flycatchers, jays, yellow hammers and wrens. Watch out for grey wagtals (the yellow ones!), ped wagtals and dppers by the rvers. If you are very lucky you may see some of the sher mammals of the area whch nclude hares, badgers and foxes, stoats, weasels and the rare polecat. Stage 5 he Pandy Hump Glyn to Pandy us stop, shops, Post Offce, rout Farm, and refreshments at Glyn. us stop and summer meals at "he Woolpack" n Pandy. Dstance 2.5 km. Heght gan 150 metres (500 ft). me 55 mns. hs secton goes over the magnfcent 'Pandy Rock' whch domnates the valley. It may make you puff but you can take the opton of walkng the valley road, and save yourself over 20 mnutes! You wll mss out on wonderful vews though, and the road has no footway so take specal care. If you do take the road opton follow the 4500 from he Cross towards Llanarmon for about 20 mns., and shortly after the entrance to the caravan park turn left onto the Natonal rust tramway track whch brngs you nto Pandy n 5 mns. o follow the recommended route take the rght fork about 5 mns. after leavng he Cross, sgnposted for Nantyr. Contnue up ths road for about 5 mns. untl, when you reach a harpn bend, you contnue straght ahead on a rough track past a wooden cottage. Contnue up ths steep sunken path for about 10 mns. untl you reach a feld gate. Go through ths and walk straght ahead - there s a farm on your rght hand sde. he path can be very muddy here and you may wsh to skrt to the left to avod some of t. Remember to keep the old hedge lne, whch runs from the farm up the hll, on your rght hand sde. After about 4 mns. cross a stone track and contnue up the rdge, agan wth the same hedge lne on your rght hand sde. After another 5 mns. of walkng gently uphll the land levels out. You have reached the hghest pont of the whole walk so take tme to apprecate the extensve vew! Here look for the 'green lane' whch forks off to the left and follow ths wth a fence lne on your left downhll. Stck closely to the fence lne rather than the track and as the fence ends turn left to follow an old green avenue down the feld. At ts end turn rght and follow a smlar 'avenue' down to and through a feld gate and contnue for a couple of mnutes untl comng to two feld gates on your left Go through the wooden gate and drop down on to the low green lane followng rght of an old hedgerow past a derelct buldng, then swngng rght to a feld gate and down to the confer wood. urn rght and follow the fence down the hll and cross a stle at the bottom. urn sharp left, wthout crossng the stream, and follow ths forestry track downhll for 5 mns. At the tarmac lane go left to reach Pandy. Stage 5 he Pandy Hump Pandy to Glyn us stop at Pandy Dstance 2.5 km. Heght gan 150 metres (500 ft). me 55 mns. hs secton goes over the magnfcent Pandy Rock whch domnates the valley. It may make you puff, but you can take the opton of walkng the valley road, and save yourself over 20 mnutes! If you do that, go back down to the rver and turn left along more tramway track, whch jons the road n 5 mns. hen follow the man road for about 20 mns. You wll mss out on excellent vews, and the road has no footway so take specal care. Our recommended route follows the mnor lane whch runs just north of the trbutary rver, Afon erw (ulls rver). From the Pandy follow ths lane for 11 mns.. Ffty metres beyond a cottage Rhosydd, fork rght up stone track, rsng steeply for 7 mns. to a ford. Don t cross t but go sharp rght over a stle and uphll for just 75 metres (1.5 mns.). Now go 90 degrees left to a gate and ahead for 6 mns. on a grassy track passng a derelct buldng on your left and through a gate ahead. Go rght for another 6 mns. up an avenue track to the crest of the rse. urn 90 degrees left up another 'avenue' to ts end, then dagonally rght (above the fence and below the gorsy bank) swngng a lttle left to attan the crest of the rdge (7 mns.). Pause to admre the vews all around! hs s the hghest pont on the whole walk. urn rght keepng to the crest of the wooded rdge to cross a stone track n 4 mns. keepng ahead on often boggy ground. ake care as you approach farm buldngs, for n wet weather deep mud abounds! Pass rght of these buldngs to go through a gate. Descend the sunken track for 7 mns. to reach a lane and contnue downhll for 4 mns. to jon the man road. Go left and n 5 mns. reach he Cross, the centre of Glyn. us stop, shops, Post Offce, refreshments at Chrstan Centre or Pubs, the rout Farm and he Insttute.

7 Stage 6 regerog Pontrcket Rver 4500 Pandy R Hendre Quarry Pony trekkng Pandy Crag Quarry and ramway he hamlet of Pandy s named after ts fullng mll whch s now he Woolpack. he mll may well have been the frst of ts knd n Wales and was used to transform local woven woollen materal nto flannel, usng fullers earth. he quarry at Hendre was the largest employer n the valley for many years. Opened n 1873, t provded dolerte, an gneous rock smlar to grante, whch was used for road constructon and as facng stone for prestgous buldngs. he quarry was the furthest pont of the Glyn Valley ramway and the Natonal rust path follows part of the route. As you follow the track look out for the few remanng sleepers and the runs of many of the former quarry buldngs he poet Huw Eos Morus ( ) lved n Pont y Mebon from the year 1647.hs farmhouse s on the man valley road just above "he house wth a bell". He lved n the days of Cromwell and wrote a range of poetry. He s best remembered for hs poltcal poems. As an ardent royalst he attacked the parlamentarans n hs verse. He dd not condemn them openly, preferrng the use of allegory, so avodng the persecuton dealt out to other crtcs. ramway Stage 6 he Quarry and ramway Pandy to regerog us stops at Pontrcket and regerog. Except n wnter there are refreshments at the Woolpack. Dstance 3 km. Heght gan 20 metres (70 ft). me 50 mns. Cross the man road wth care and head for the telephone box. Walk down the lane past the row of houses on your rght. Go through the gate at the end and turn rght to jon the Natonal rust ramway track. Contnue along ths level path for about 10 mns. untl you come to a lane whch you cross drectly to go through a gate by a house wth the bell on t. Contnue straght ahead along the ramway crossng a stle and after 1 mn. follow the left hand fork uphll. Contnue along ths track for about 12 mns., passng the entrance to the dsused (and dangerous) Hendre Quarry, gnorng all turns to your left or rght untl you come to the attractve stone buldngs of Hendre Farm.* Go between the man house and outbuldngs and follow the gravel track downhll. At the -juncton turn left up the lane for a mnute then turn rght through a feld gate and then almost mmedately over a stle to follow a level track below the hedge lne. Contnue for a couple of mns. and where the farm track bears left nto the feld above, contnue straght ahead to a stle. Follow the grassy level track along for about 3 mns. untl reachng a stream and crossng a stle. Keep rght on a permssve path** wth the fence lne on your rght for 5 mns. to reach a tarmac lane. Follow the lane rght through the gate for about 8 mns. untl reachng a cross roads. If you wsh to go to the hamlet of regerog to catch the bus, turn rght here over the rver brdge and ahead for 5 mns. to a telephone box and bus stop. * A short secton of path ether sde of Hendre Farm s permssve. If t should at any tme be shut, follow the defntve path whch runs n the water-meadow just below the farmhouse. **Should ths permssve path be closed at any tme go dagonally uphll across the feld headng for a whte farmhouse where you jon a stone track. Go downhll on the track to the road gate. Stage 6 Quarry and ramway regerog to Pandy us stop at Pandy Dstance 3 km. Heght gan perhaps 15 metres (50 ft). me 45 mnutes. Cross the lane but NO the rver brdge, takng a rversde lane for 7 mns. to pass through a road gate. Immedately after the gate and before the lane starts to rse ahead fork dagonally left on a permssve path* across a feld, followng a hedge and keepng about level. Keep ahead over 2 felds for 6 mns. then cross a stle by a small and boggy stream! Cross the stream onto a level but fant grassy track and follow wth the hedge above you. Cross a stle and contnue just below the feld boundary to emerge n 11 mns. onto an old drovers road. Go L downhll for just 1 mn. turnng rght at a whte cottage. Follow ths track uphll between attractve and well-restored stone buldngs**. Contnue along the track on to what was the termnus of the former Glyn Valley ramway. In 10 mns. you reach the dsused and dangerous Hendre Quarry (rght of the track). ake the rght fork and contnue for 8 mns. through woodland passng several runs of former quarry buldngs. Descend to a stle, contnue to "he house wth a bell" and cross a tarmac lane onto the Natonal rust ramway track. Contnue for 10 mns. to cross the rver (on former tramway brdge) and n 50 metres turn left, for 2 mns. passng houses and the Woolpack. hs s the small hamlet of Pandy. * If the permssve path s closed, follow the lane to the whte farmhouse then descend left to the bottom corner of the feld by the stream. ** Should ths permssve path be closed at any tme the less obvous Defntve footpath runs across the feld just below the stone farm house. (You may jon the path at regerog by takng publc transport to regerog crossroads. Follow the sde road gong downhll to the rver brdge n 5 mns.). Pandy has a bus stop, and except n wnter, refreshments at the Woolpack.

8 Stage 7 R WC (WC open n Summer) Llanarmon Dyffryn Church Rver he Pheasant Strut 4500 Pheasants Llanarmon D.C. was for many centures a stoppng pont for drovers on ther way to England. See the church of St. Garmon wth two yew trees each over 1000 years old. he relgous ste was establshed here n the 5th century and the grass mound just nsde the gate s beleved to have been a "Preachng Mound" whch pre-dated any buldng. he vllage name can be translated as Llan (the church land), (G)armon (the French travellng sant who establshed the Chrstan Communty), Dyffryn (the wde valley of), (the rver name). he valley floor at Llanarmon s some 260 metres above sea level, compared wth 75 metres at Chrk. he renowned poet John Hughes ( ) was born n the farm at Pen-Y ryn, Llanarmon. He began hs workng lfe as a farm hand and went on to become one of the greatest Welsh poets. It was s ablty to blend words to musc that captured the magnaton of Vctoran regerog Man route Wales. He produced some of the fnest lyrcs n the Welsh language on themes such as nature, love, and patrotsm. Some of the poems such as Nant y Mynydd and Alun Mabon reman popular today. In 1923, proposals by the Warrngton Corporaton for the creaton of two large reservors were submtted to Parlament. he Corporaton planned to acqure some 13,000 acres of land whch ncluded the vllages of regerog, Llanarmon D.C. and Pentre. he mpact of the constructon of the two reservors would have changed the valley for ever. Fortunately for the nhabtants of the valley, a massve amount of support was receved from all corners of Wales. In Parlament Lloyd George condemned the scheme and the whole project was rejected. He descrbed the valley as "A lttle bt of heaven on earth", and asked "Why should anyone want to flood ths exquste lttle valley?" Stage 7 he Pheasant Strut regerog to Llanarmon D.C. us stops at regerog and Llanarmon. Llanarmon has publc tolets n summer. Refreshments n plenty! Dstance 2 km. Heght Gan 45 metres (150 ft). me 40 mns. Cross the lane (but not the brdge) and on a mnor lane pass the pumpng staton on your rght. Go through the road gate ahead and contnue for one mn. before turnng rght through a gate nto the feld. Contnue level "along the contour" for 4 or 5 mns. to reach a gate ahead near the bottom of the mxed wood. Go through the gate and follow the level track through ths pheasant wood. After about 4 mns. where the man track drops down through a feld gate, contnue ahead on a grasser track (just nsde the wood) wth the fence lne on your rght. After 4 mns. leave the wood through another feld gate and contnue (much bracken) wth the fence stll on your rght hand sde. After 4 mns. pass left of a house (y n y Fedw) reachng n two mns. a slghtly boggy area. Slghtly rght to cross a stream and stle. A sgn warns that "path 1 s temporarly closed" but we take path 2 through the left feld gate and straght ahead across the feld to cross a stle. Keep straght ahead and as you crest the rse, see an solated barn ahead. Pass through a gate and keep left of ths barn onto a level grassy track. In 2 mnutes a feld gate opens onto a tarmac road. Follow ths road down for about 5 mnutes nto the vllage of Llanarmon, your journey s end! You may jon the path at regerog by takng publc transport to regerog crossroads. Follow the sde road gong downhll for 4 mns. to the rver brdge. Stage 7 he Pheasant Strut Llanarmon to regerog us stops at regerog and Llanarmon. Llanarmon has publc tolets n summer and refreshments all the year! Dstance 2 km. Heght gan 45 metres (140 ft). me 35 mns. Our walk begns at the crossroads centre of Llanarmon D.C.. Walk around the lovely vllage before commencng your walk. You wll want to come back to explore the area further. he attractve fnger post ponts the road to Oswestry. Follow ths route past the Church and uphll for about 7 mnutes. Immedately before a waysde seat a level gated track leads off left. After 3 mnutes pass a tradtonal stone barn and swng slghtly left through a feld gate ahead. Keep ahead uphll and as you crest the rse see a stle ahead. Cross a further feld ahead and through a gate. Clmb the stle mmedately on your rght and cross the small stream besde t. Walk left wth a hedge lne on your left. In 2 mnutes pass a stone house (y'n y fedw) on your left and walk ahead for 5 mns. on a level path just above the hedge lne. Much bracken! Go through a gate nto a wood and keep level and ahead for 7 mns. to emerge nto a meadow. Keep level (contourng) to leave the feld n 4 mns. through a gate onto a stone (becomng tarmac) track. Go left downhll for 3 mnutes to meet a tarmac lane by a Pumpng Staton. o stay on the walk, keep straght ahead. regerog vllage has a bus stop and 'phone box. o use them, go over the rver brdge and ahead for 5 mns.