루드리 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

Worth the climb!

This is a stunning walk along the ridge with clear views right across Cardiff and the Severn estuary. Highly recommend.

Lovely woodland walk, can be a bit boggy in places. The dog absolutely loved it. Little streams for the dog to splash in.

Craig Llysfaen is a hill in South Wales that stands tall at 265 m above sea level. The view from the top is spectacular and looks over Cardiff, Newport, and on a day with good visibility, north all the way to Pen-y-fan and the Brecon Beacons and east toward Flat Holm island and the Severn crossing.

Cefn Onn Quarry is a former slate quarry in Cardiff. It is situated next to Coed Tranch-yr-Hebog and Wern Ddu forests. Enjoy some lovely views from here over the surrounding Vale of Glamorgan and nearby towns.

http://www.ruperra.org.uk/history.html#RuperraCastle

The earliest evidence of settlement at Ruperra is from between around 700 BC and 100 AD, when an Iron Age Hill Fort was constructed along the ridge of Coed Craig Ruperra. The splendid panoramic views from the top of the ridge would have given the site a strategically strong position. Defensive banks and ditches are still visible around the area of the mound, and continuing work on the site will reveal these more clearly. This hill fort lies within what would have been the tribal territory of a people the Romans called the Silures, who were a fiercely independent nation inhabiting the vale of Glamorgan, Gwent and the valleys

Built in 1626 by Sir Thomas Morgan, Steward to the Earl of Pembroke, it was one of the first of the 'mock' castles to be built in Wales.  In 2022 Cadw designated the castle gardens and park Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.