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Crug Mawr

Crug Mawr is a 550m hill in the Black Mountains range above Crickhowell. It is the final summit on the above route, before you descend all the way…

Mynydd y Gaer

A quick and easy walk from a small car park along wide open, grassy paths with very little ascent and descent. The hill is marked by a trig…

Mynydd Maendy

A quick and easy walk this one as you can park close by on the ridgeway so the walk to the highest point is just over a mile…

Craig y Saeson

This is a short walk, offering limited parking for 1 or maybe 2 cars close to the hill top. The hill has a trig point – buried in…

Woodhill

Parking in a housing estate in Tongwynlais puts you right at the bottom of a well-walked footpath that takes you into the summit field. At this point you…

Twyn Crugyrafan [Graig Fawr]

A Rhondda Cynon Taff and Neath Port Talbot hill, Twyn Crugyrafan is 559m high but is easily accessible with minimal ascent from the road that snakes over the…

Garth Wood

Parking at the edge of a housing estate there are many paths up through the woodland to the summit, although the summit doesn’t have a clear high point….

Werfa [Mynydd Llangeinwyr]

At 568m this is the highest hill in Bridgend, but, due to its location, it is very accessible with a gentle walk and minimal ascent. Parking is at…

Mynydd Caerau

Mynydd Caerau is the second highest hill in Bridgend at 555m and it offers great views down to the distant sea and is accessible via a gentle walk…