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King Arthur's Cave – Symonds Yat Hand-Pulled Ferry loop from Wye Valley National Landscape

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King Arthur's Cave – Symonds Yat Hand-Pulled Ferry loop from Wye Valley National Landscape

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King Arthur's Cave – Symonds Yat Hand-Pulled Ferry loop from Wye Valley National Landscape

01:57

6.57km

200m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

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Wye Valley National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Camping Site

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188 m

Slippery Jem and the Hyena's Den

Highlight • Historical Site

Information about the area and cave

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463 m

King Arthur's Cave

Highlight • Cave

King Arthur's Cave is a limestone cavern at the foot of a low cliff at the north-western end of Lord's Wood, near Symonds Yat. The cave entrance lies about 285 feet (87 m) above the River Wye. It has a double interconnected entrance and two main chambers. Protected as a nature reserve under the Herefordshire Nature Trust, there is evidence that the cave was occupied by man during the Upper Palaeolithic era. Flint tools and woolly mammoth bones have been unearthed within and around the caves.

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2.39 km

Cave Entrances in Wye Valley National Landscape

Highlight • Natural Monument

If you continue into the forest towards the south, I would recommend to go the lower route.

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2.63 km

Rope Swing and Rocky Cliffs in Wye Valley National Landscape

Highlight • Gorge

3.43 km

View of The Chalet (Sex Education House)

Highlight • Structure

Also known as the chalet, this unique building features in the popular series called Sex Education on Netflix.

This is private property but this is a nice unobtrusive viewing point from across the river near the ferry point.

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4.10 km

Symonds Yat Hand-Pulled Ferry

Highlight • Bridge

This is one of two hand pulled ferries in the Symonds Yat area. The other one is at the Saracens Head pub. Both ferries at Symond’s Yat are enshrined in locally history and they make up a traditional way of life and will only cost you a bob or two.

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6.57 km

End point

Camping Site

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.46 km

1.84 km

1.18 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.77 km

2.24 km

545 m

521 m

466 m

Elevation

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Saturday 4 July

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King Arthur's Cave – Symonds Yat Hand-Pulled Ferry loop from Wye Valley National Landscape

Slippery Jem and the Hyena's Den

King Arthur's Cave

Cave Entrances in Wye Valley National Landscape

Rope Swing and Rocky Cliffs in Wye Valley National Landscape

View of The Chalet (Sex Education House)

Symonds Yat Hand-Pulled Ferry

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