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Mynydd Garnclochdy

I thought I had completed Monmouthshire, but having scoured the map a bit more – and having walked 16 hills in the county and seeing a couple of…

Hatterrall Hill

The final hill in Monmouthshire for me, Hatterrall Hill is a 531m hill that sits on the far bottom right of the Black Mountains range. This means the…

Ysgyryd Fawr

This 486m hill probably needs no introduction, but if you haven’t walked it you really should. Parking is at a dedicated National Trust car park, offering well maintained…

Hay Bluff

Hay Bluff is a 677m hill in the Black Mountains range – and is just North of the 703m high Black Mountain itself. The hill is accessible from…

Chwarel y Fan

Chwarel y Fan, a 679m mountain in the Black Mountains range, is the first summit on the 19m route above. It marks the highest point of quite a…

Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill is a 306m hill in Monmouthshire that is topped by a trigpoint, but is heavily wooded and overgrown so you won’t get any views from it….

Nex Common

Nex Common is a 285m hill in Monmouthshire. Thickly forested and with no marker for the highest point it is an easy walk, but one largely without views….

Wentwood

Wentwood is a 309m hill that counts for both Newport and Monmouthshire, it is topped by an accessible trig point, but one without views as it is heavily…

Gray Hill

Gray Hill is a 273m hill in Monmouthshire, near Wentwood. The route above is a very short walk, parking at a dedicated car park that has room for…