Gwent Mountaineering Club

Walk: Circuit around Blaenavon. 18km/12miles, 510m/1700 feet ascent (Moderate)
2025-11-09 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Join Mark for this 18km/12miles with 510m/1700 feet ascent circuit around Blaenavon.
Taking in Coity Mountain, Cwmtillery ponds and Mynydd James. Following the “Iron Mountain” trail back to the iron works and start.
Start time 10am. Meet at Prince Street carpark Blaenavon, next to the Victoria Pub OS Explorer Map OL 013, grid reference SO 252086.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Indoor climb: Every Wednesday (September - March)
2025-11-12 18:00 - 2025-11-19 21:30, 2025-11-19 18:00 - 2025-11-26 21:30, 2025-11-26 18:00 - 2025-12-03 21:30, 2025-12-03 18:00 - 2025-12-10 21:30, 2025-12-10 18:00 - 2025-12-17 21:30, 2025-12-17 18:00 - 2025-12-24 21:30, 2025-12-24 18:00 - 2025-12-31 21:30, 2026-01-07 18:00 - 2026-01-14 21:30 and 3 more dates | Summit Centre, Trelewis, The Old Drift Mine Trelewis, Treharris, CF46 6RD
Join us every Wednesday from 6pm for indoor climbing over the winter months from September through to the end of March 2026. There is a choice of 2 climbing venues so we hope to see you at one of them!
Boulders Cardiff, St. Catherines Park, Cardiff, CF24 2RZ
The Summit Centre, The Old Drift Mine Trelewis, Treharris South Wales, CF46 6RD

Night Walk: TBC
2025-11-13 19:00 - 21:30
Details to follow

Walk: Circuit of Bannau Sir Gaer & Fan Brycheiniog. 20km/12.5miles, 954m/3130ft ascent (Moderate/Hard)
2025-11-16 09:30 - 17:00
Moderate/hard circuit of Bannau Sir Gaer & Fan Brycheiniog from Glyntawe.
Taking in the limestone summit of Disgwylfa, a couple of river crossings & the sandstone outcrops of the Bannau Sir Gaer escarpment.
20km/12.5miles with 954m/3130feet ascent.
9.30am start at the Glyntawe Outdoor Centre (TBC). OS Explorer Map OL12, grid reference SN 847166.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Talk: Risk and adventure
2025-11-20 20:00 - 21:30 | Goytre Village Hall (GVH), Newtown Road, Penperlleni, Pontypool, NP4 0AW, United Kingdom

Walk: Llanfrynach taking in Bryn & Cribyn. 24km/15miles, 1000m/3300feet ascent (Hard)
2025-11-23 09:00 - 17:00
Join Dave on this hard graded walk from Llanfrynach taking in Bryn & Cribyn from the east.
24km/15miles, 1000m/3300feet ascent.
Start 9am. Llanfrynach, OS Explorer Map OL12 Grid reference SO 075257.
Head torch essential.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Lower slopes of Sugar Loaf. 13km/8miles, 400m/1300feet ascent (Easy)
2025-11-30 10:00 - 17:00 | Crickhowell, Beaufort Street (main) car park
Skirting the lower slopes of Sugar Loaf to Tretower and return via Glan Usk Estate and Monmouthshire canal. All on good paths. 13km/8miles, 400m/1300feet ascent.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Club weekend trip: Borrowdale, Lake District
2025-12-04 - 2025-12-07
Club weekend trip in Borrowdale, Lake District staying at High House, Seathwaite.
Please contact Alex Hardisty if interested.

Night Walk: Mynydd Twyn Glas, 7km/4miles
2025-12-11 19:00 - 21:30
A walk in the dark to ascend Mynydd Twyn Glas from the Open Hearth pub. Head torch essential.
Start 7pm. Open Hearth Pub, Wern Road, Griffithstown NP4 5DR. (Parking at pub car park) ST 29368 98561
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Christmas Pudding Walk & Social. 5 miles (Easy)
2025-12-14 09:30 - 14:30
It’s the annual Christmas Pudding Walk and Social leaving Tretower at 9.30 for a 5 mile walk. The walk is a steep climb up to the Beacons Way, following the Beacons Way for a couple of miles then heading back towards Tretower mainly through fields, hopefully getting back to Tretower about 1 pm.There will be refreshments, mulled wine, tea and coffee plus mince pies at the Tretower Village Hall but please bring your lunch with you. This is an opportunity to wish fellow walkers and climbers a Merry Christmas, sing a few carols and generally have a social time. We will vacate the hall around 2.30 pm.Starting from Tretower Court, OS Explorer Map OL13, grid reference SO 185213.
Regarding parking – we are able to park all along the front of the Tretower gift shop building plus if this area is full they will allow us to park at the back of the car park. As we are not being charged for the parking it would be a nice gesture to visit the shop. Also Tretower Court is well worth visiting too.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Social: Christmas meal, The Chainbridge Inn
2025-12-17 19:00 - 22:30
The Christmas social get together this year will take place on Wednesday 17th December at The Chainbridge Inn, Kemeys Commander, Usk NP15 1PP. It is approximately 40 mins. from Cardiff, 30 from Newport, 25 from Cwmbran and 15 from Abergavenny. It comes highly recommended and has a large car park.
If you’re interested in attending, please contact Pauline to book your place.

Talk: High Mountains of Papua New Guinea
2025-12-18 20:00 - 21:30 | Goytre Village Hall (GVH), Newtown Road, Penperlleni, Pontypool, NP4 0AW, United Kingdom
Join Peter for an audio-visual presentation about an international expedition that visited Papua New Guinea to climb two of the highest mountains, encountering some of the many tribes along the way.

Walk: Up & Under Pen Cerrig Calch. 17.8 km/11miles, 837m/2746 ft ascent (Moderate)
2025-12-21 09:30 - 17:00
Join Ralph for this moderately graded walk starting from Llanbedr winding our way up Cwm Banw to Pen Twyn Glas, over Pen Allt Mawr and Pen Cerrig Calch, descending via Perth Bunk House back to the start. Covering 17.8 km/11miles, 837m/2746 feet of ascent.
Start at 9.30am from Llanbedr Village Hall (£3 per car), OS Explorer Map OL13, grid reference S0 239203.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Walk: Christmas Blowaway. 17km or 12km / 10.5miles or 7.5miles (Moderate or Easy)
2025-12-28 09:30 - 17:00 | Pont Cadwgan Car Park
Walk off those extra kilos, blow away the cobwebs, and fill your lungs with bracing winter air. The Chairman’s ‘Christmas Blowaway’ is for those wanting a Sunday walk between Christmas and New Year.
The length of the walk will be weather dependent, to be decided a couple of days beforehand, once a weather forecast is available. Fine, dry, winter weather and we take the longer route. Depressingly wet and windy, and we’ll take the shorter one. Either way, we’ll begin from the Pont Cadwgan parking area in the Grywne Fawr valley in the Black Mountains. Map OL13, grid reference SO SO 267251 at 9:30am.
If good or reasonable weather:
17km/10.5 miles, 860m/2840ft ascent (Moderate)
Bal Mawr, Chwarel y Fan and Pan y Gadair Fawr circuit.
If poor, very wet/windy weather:
12km/7.5 miles, 530m/1740ft ascent (Easy)
Bal Mawr and Chwarel y Fan with a low-level return.

Walk: Corn Du & Fan Fawr Circuit. 20km/12.5 miles, 1100m/3600feet of ascent (Hard)
2026-01-04 09:00 - 17:00
Kay is taking us on this hard graded Corn Du & Fan Fawr Circuit walk . Starting from Craig Cerrig Gleisiad, over to Corn Du & back around via Fan Fawr. 20km/12.5 miles, 1100m/3600feet of ascent.
Start at the layby at Craig Cerrig Gleisiad nature reserve. OS Explorer Map OL12 grid reference SN 972 221. 9am start. Head torches essential.
For your safety and the safety of other members, we advise minimum personal equipment requirements for all our walks.

Night Walk: Details to follow
2026-01-08 19:00 - 21:30
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.

Annual Photo Competition 2026
2026-01-15 20:00 - 21:30 | Goytre Village Hall (GVH), Newtown Road, Penperlleni, Pontypool, NP4 0AW, United Kingdom
The judging and presentation of the results of the Club’s Annual Photographic Competition.

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.
