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Hay-on-Wye

Name: Hay-on-Wye
Rating: 2

Recommended by 36 hikers

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

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Location: Hay, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom

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1. View of Hay and the Wye Valley – Login Brook Trail loop from Hay on Wye

7.75km

02:18

230m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Hay Castle – Hay-on-Wye loop from Llanigon

11.8km

03:31

370m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Hay-on-Wye – Hay Bluff loop from Hay on Wye

15.8km

04:56

580m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Tips

Mark Saunders

July 5, 2023

Hay-on-Wye is an attractive, traditional and vibrant small town set in a delightful location on the Wales-England border. It has narrow sloping streets, a notable 13th-century castle and a world reputation for books! With over 20 bookshops for a population of just 2,000, Hay-on-Wye is often described as the ‘town of books’.

The town makes a fine stopping point on any long-distance walk or hike. Offa’s Dyke Path and the Wye Valley Walk pass through Hay-on-Wye, and the town is overlooked by the glorious Black Mountains to the south and by the green rolling hills of Powys to the north.

As it is easy to spend time browsing and purchasing items from the Hay-on-Wye bookshops, please remember that if you are on a long-distance hike you may have to carry the books that you buy!

Friederike Kaymer-Meißner

September 19, 2024

City of old white people. The whole thing has little to do with a romantic book village, antique shops and cafes characterize the townscape together with congested streets

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Location: Hay, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom

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Hay-on-Wye

1. View of Hay and the Wye Valley – Login Brook Trail loop from Hay on Wye

2. Hay Castle – Hay-on-Wye loop from Llanigon

3. Hay-on-Wye – Hay Bluff loop from Hay on Wye

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