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Fairytale Gate – View from Eagles Nest loop from Chepstow Race Course

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Fairytale Gate – View from Eagles Nest loop from Chepstow Race Course

Easy

4.2

(5)

11

hikers

Fairytale Gate – View from Eagles Nest loop from Chepstow Race Course

01:02

3.48km

100m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Wye Valley National Landscape

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

327 m

Fairytale Gate

Highlight • Natural

Two stone slabs stand across from each other as though guarding a path to a secret realm. The tree atop the right slab seems to be the guardian with the 3 questions which must be answered to pass the gate.

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2

514 m

365 Steps and View of the River Wye

Highlight • Viewpoint

3

684 m

View from Eagles Nest

Highlight • Trail

Eagles Nest is situated at the top of a steep, wooded limestone cliff and as the highest point on the Monmouthshire bank of the Wye, at 770 foot (235 m). …

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1.49 km

Wyndcliff Wood

Forest

5

2.98 km

Golygfan Viewpoint over the River Severn

Highlight • Forest

Nice viewpoint over the forest to the Severn close to the Upper Wyndcliff Car Park.

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B

3.48 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.37 km

1.20 km

877 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.46 km

1.01 km

964 m

< 100 m

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