Night Walk: Details to follow
2026-01-08 19:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
Further details to follow.
Head torch essential.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Wentwood Forest. 15km/9miles (Easy/Moderate)
2026-01-11 10:00 - 17:00
Join Annemarie for this Easy-Moderate graded walk around the Wentwood Forest area. Further details will follow in the email and WhatsApp info shared a week prior to the walk.
Start at 10am from Foresters Oaks carpark. OL14 Explorer Map, grid reference ST428939.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Possible Talybont circuit (email will follow if going ahead*)
2026-01-18 09:30 - 17:00
*Potential late addition to the walk programme. This walk may or may not go ahead so please check emails and the walk WhatsApp group for information and details nearer to the time.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Senghenydd Circular Walk, 13-18km/8-11.25miles, 804-1814ft/245-553m ascent (Moderate)
2026-01-25 10:00 - 17:00
Join Tom on this Senghenydd Circular Walk which offers both a shorter and longer distance option walk. The shorter distance walk is 8 miles with 245 metres of ascent. The longer distance walk is 11.25 miles with 553 metres of ascent.
OS Explorer Map 166, grid reference ST11459066.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: A Circuit of the Fforest Fawr Hills. 25km/15.5miles, 1130m/3797 ft ascent (Hard)
2026-02-08 09:30 - 17:00
A Circuit of the Fforest Fawr Hills. 25km/15.5miles, 1130m/3797 feet ascent.
9.30am start. Heol Senni Village Hall, OS Explorer Map 12, grid reference SN 928 234.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Night Walk: Details to follow
2026-02-12 19:00 - 21:30
Full Moon. Further details to follow.
Head torch essential.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Mynydd Maen Commons. 14.5km/9miles, 500m/1600feet ascent (Easy)
2026-02-15 09:30 - 15:30 | Mountain Air Car Park, Upper Cwmbran
At a leisurely pace, this walk with Sara will rise to and traverse two parts of Mynydd Maen Commons, including a descent into the upper reaches of the Nant Gwyddon to explore what is there. We expect to return to the cars at the starting point by mid-afternoon.
Start: 9:30am at the Mountain Air car park, Upper Cwmbran. Map OS Explorer 152, grid reference ST 277980.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Caerphilly Ridgeway. 22km/13m, 600m/2000ft ascent (Moderate)
2026-03-01 09:30 - 17:00
Join Mark for this Caerphilly Ridgeway walk of 22km/13miles, 600m/2000feet ascent.
From the carpark heading to the Warren & Caerphilly Common. Then circling around to Cefn Carnau, Cefn Onn & Coed Craig Ruperra. Onto Coed Cefn Pwll Du, Waterloo, Mynydd Rudry and back to the start.
9.30am start. Forest carpark at end of Van road OS Explorer Map 166, grid reference ST172863
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Pen Allt Mawr & Around. 18km/11.5 miles, 875m/2890m ascent (Moderate)
2026-03-08 09:30 - 17:00 | Crickhowell, Beaufort Street (main) car park
Join Kath & John for this moderately graded walk to Pen Allt Mawr & Around.
18km/11.5 miles 875m/2890m ascent.
9.30am start from Crickhowell Car Park. OS Explorer Map OL13, grid reference SO 219184.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Night Walk: Sugarloaf
2026-03-12 19:00 - 21:30 | Fro Car Park
Ascent of the Sugarloaf from the Fro Car Park, with Viv Tuck.
Full Moon but head torch essential.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: A Circuit of the hills around Cwm Afon Edw. 25km/15.5miles, 915m/3000 ft ascent (Hard)
2026-03-14 09:30 - 17:00
Note that the date of this walk has changed to Saturday 14th March.
A Circuit of the hills around Cwm Afon Edw.
The route starts at Aberedw and takes in Ogof Llywelyn, Twm Tobacco’s grave, Pen Craig y Ffyddel, Llanbedr Hill, Rhulen Hill Wylfre and Aberedw Hill.
25km/15.5miles, 915m/3000 feet ascent.
Start 9.30am.
Map OS Explorer188 Builth Wells SO 077474.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Cwmdu area. 14.5km/9miles, 500m/1600ft ascent (Easy)
2026-03-22 10:00 - 17:00
Join Sian for this easy graded walk of the Cwmdu area incorporating a circuit of the Bwlch.
Distance of 14.5km/9miles with 500m/1600 feet ascent.
10am start from Cwmdu Village Hall Carpark (please pay £1), OS Explorer Map OL13, grid reference SO180239.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Three upland Commons, 14.5km/9miles, 800m/2600ft ascent (Easy/Moderate)
2026-03-29 10:00 - 17:00
Join Havard for this walk linking three upland Commons to the northwest of Talgarth. The three Commons are Felinfach, Llandefalle Hill and Mynydd Forest. Starting from the pretty Brechfa Pool, there is a steady transition to open, wind‑brushed grazing land with broad upland views. The route has a gentle rhythm to it, with each Common offering a different texture of light, space, and horizon as Havard leads us across the landscape. Distance is 14.5km/9miles with 2600m/800feet ascent; this walk is graded easy/moderate.
Start: 10am from Brechfa Pool, 1:25K map OL13, grid reference SO118376.
Access is up a narrow lane off the A470, about 2km south of Llyswen.
Grid Reference:
– 6 digit: SO118376
Sat nav coordinates:
– Latitude, Longitude (decimal)
52.029771, -3.2870206
– Latitude, Longitude (degs, mins, secs)
52°01′47″N, 003°17′13″W
What3Words :
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For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Waun Rydd & Gwaun Cerrig Llwydion. 17km/11miles, 700m/2300ft ascent (Moderate)
2026-04-05 09:30 - 17:00 | Owl Grove car park, SO048162
Join Alex for this quiet circuit of the open moors of Waun Rydd and Gwaun Cerrig Llwydion — the ‘grey stone plateau’ — covering a distance of 16.7km/10.5miles with 700m/2300feet ascent. This walk is graded at the easy end of moderate.
9.30am start from Owl Grove Car Park, OS Explorer Map OL12, grid reference SO 048162.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Club trip Shropshire Weekend
2026-04-10 - 2026-04-13
Shropshire Weekend at Bridges YHA.
The booking is for the Friday and Saturday nights of April 10th – 11th, with an optional extra night of Sunday April 12th.
Deposit required by 26 September. See recent email for details.

Walk: To be announced.
2026-04-12 09:30 - 17:00, 2026-04-19 09:30 - 17:00
To be announced.

For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Club trip: 'The Skerries'
2026-04-16 - 2026-04-21
Please refer to Rob’s email sent 4th February 2026 for the finer details about this trip to ‘The Skerries’ or ‘Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniad’ in North Wales, where Rob is looking to complete his hill-bagging ‘The Huws’ list, by bagging his 100th and final ‘Huw’ there.
Please contact Rob via email if you’re interested in joining the trip which is offered on a first come first serve basis.

Evening walk: Pen Y Foel, 4.4 miles
2026-04-16 19:00 - 21:30
Meet at Navigation Inn, Abercynon, OS Explorer 166: 084948
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Club trip: The Skerries / Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniad
2026-04-17 - 2026-04-19
The Skerries / Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniad are a group of sparsely vegetated rocky islets lying 3 kilometres offshore from Anglesey. In hill-bagging terms, they represent the last tick in the list of Huws – 100 great Welsh hills under 2,000 feet. As well as ticking a summit, there are opportunities for bird-watching and seal spotting.
Rob, the organiser of this trip has obtained special permission to land for a few hours and has arranged a charter boat from Holyhead (£70 fare per passenger).
The visit, which is weather dependent, will take place for one day during the period 17th – 19th April 2026. This is a three-day window of opportunity, allowing participants to be in the area waiting for the right weather conditions.
Participants will need make their own arrangements for accommodation and travel.

Evening Walk: Coed Y Wenallt bluebell walk. 4.2 miles, 280m ascent
2026-04-23 19:00 - 21:30
The walk heads downhill from the car park to Coed y Wenallt, which should hopefully be awash with bluebells, then back up along part of the Rhymney Valley Ridgeway to the trig point on Caerphilly mountain before heading back to the car park. Length: 4.2miles and 280m ascent.

Start from Caerphilly Mountain Hut car park, grid ref: ST 156 852.
Drinks after in the Travellers Rest, grid ref: ST 158 843.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: A Long Meandering route around the Eastern Mynydd Epynt Uplands. 25km/15.5 miles, 747m/2432ft ascent (Moderate)
2026-04-26 09:30 - 17:00
A Long Meandering route around the Eastern Mynydd Epynt Uplands.
Taking in Banc y Celyn & Pant y Llyn.
25km/15.5 miles, 747m/2432feet ascent.
Start 9.30am from Upper Chapel village Hall. Map OS Explorer 188, SO 007405
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Evening Walk: The Skirrid, 3.16 miles 320 metres ascent
2026-04-30 19:00 - 21:00
SO329165 ///narrates.florists.fine.
Free parking for national trust members, but £2 if not a member.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Evening Walk: Allt Yr Esgair
2026-05-07 19:00 - 21:30
Evening walk- Allt Yr Esgair.
Grid reference SO 1295 2264 A40 lay-by north of Bwlch
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Goodrich to Symonds Yat. 17.5km/11miles, 415m/1300ft ascent (Moderate)
2026-05-10 10:00 - 17:00
Join Steve on this moderately graded Goodrich to Symonds Yat route walking around the Wye Valley. The route is 17.5km/11miles with 415m/1300 feet of ascent.
10am start from Goodrich Castle Carpark, HR9 6HY (carpark fee payable), OS Explorer Map OL14, grid reference SO 576196.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Evening walk: Cwm Sychan
2026-05-14 19:00 - 21:30
Join Sara for this summer evening walk in Cwm Sychan, starting from Talywain Rugby Club. Grid reference SO 258044
SO 25891 04455
Lat, long: 51.73389, -3.07454
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Drygarn Fawr & Gorllwyn. 22.5km/14 miles, 626m/2053ft (Hard)
2026-05-17 09:45 - 17:00
A circuit from Abergwesyn which approaches Drygarn Fawr via rocky Cwm Gwesyn. From it’s prominent beehive cairned summit the route heads east across rough moorland to Gorllwyn before returning to Carnau. A gradual descent to the forest leads back to the start.
Distance of 22.5km/14 miles and 626m/2053ft of ascent.

Start at Abergwesyn village hall at 9.45am. Map Explorer 187 Llandovery, grid ref. SN859531:

For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Evening Walk: The Garth
2026-05-21 19:00 - 21:30
Evening walk with Liz, circular route up and around The Garth, beginning at Taff’s Well Inn (CF15 7PR). OS Ref: 120 837 (Map 151)
Ascent 307m. Distance 3.9 miles.

Walk: Blaen y Cwm Circuit. 16km/10miles, 440m/1440 feet ascent (Moderate)
2026-05-24 09:30 - 17:00
Blaen y Cwm Circuit. Taking in Pen y Gadair Fawr, Waun Fach & around the top of Grwyne Fawr to the trig point on Rhos Dirion. 16km/10miles, 440m/1440 feet ascent.
Start time to be confirmed.
Start: Blaen y cwm carpark. Map OL13 SO 252285.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Evening walk: Eagles nest, Penterry Church and Severn bridge viewpoint, 4.2miles, 181ft ascent.
2026-05-28 19:00 - 21:30
Eagles nest, Penterry Church and Severn bridge viewpoint. Easy- though some hills with 181 ft ascent. 4.25 miles and taking approx. 2 hours on a almost full moon evening.
ST 524972 Lower Wyndcliffe Car Park WTW – shuttled.skunks.reports
