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Hengoed Viaduct – Hengoed Viaduct loop from Newbridge

Hengoed Viaduct – Hengoed Viaduct loop from Newbridge

Moderate

5.0

(3)

138

riders

Hengoed Viaduct – Hengoed Viaduct loop from Newbridge

02:38

55.4km

620m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 7.57 km for 70 m

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Start point

Train Station

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5.83 km

Sirhowy Valley Bike Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

This segment of the Sirhowy Valley bike path let’s you avoid the main road through Maesycwmmer. Just watch out for pedestrians if you’re going fast!

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6.91 km

Hengoed Viaduct is an old railway viaduct that’s now a walkway and extension of NCN Route 47. It offers a nice view over the valley.

The "Wheel o Drams" sculpture (locally known as "The Stargate") by Andy Hazell, is formed from a circle of coalmining dram trucks.

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6.93 km

Wheel o Drams Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

The Wheel o Drams is a sculpture constructed of connected coal mining drams, designed to represent the industrial history of the region. Known locally as ‘the Stargate', it serves as the entry point to Hengoed Viaduct and is an interesting sight along the Taff Vale (Celtic Trail) cycling route. Extra hint: if you’re so inclined, you can climb up inside it and use it as an interesting spot to enjoy a picnic.

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7.19 km

Hengoed Viaduct

Highlight • Monument

The coal mining industry transformed the landscape of South Wales and one of the ways it did that was bringing about the construction of railways and, to span valleys, their accompanying viaducts. Hengoed's viaduct is vast and incredibly impressive. Thankfully, after 35 years of being completely closed, it's now a foot and cycle path, and part of the National Cycle Route 47.

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23.7 km

Coed y Goitre

Forest

32.5 km

Fourteen Locks Pond

Highlight • Lake

a great stop place to rest have a coffe and cake full your bottle of water and enjoy some view ... the old locks serve now as a pond for ducks and small fish and summer makes this place the great bruch / picnic spot not to crowded but not a lonely place either.

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