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

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

Moderate

4.6

(10)

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

04:56

15.8km

580m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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245 m

Hay Castle

Highlight • Historical Site

Hay Castle is a medieval fortress and a 17th-century Jacobean mansion house. The fort was built in the late 12th century and is considered to be one of the greatest medieval defence structures on the border of England and Wales still standing. However, this comes in spite of its past. The castle was attacked and burnt several times during the first and second Barons' Wars, the wars with the Welsh princes, the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, as well as the Wars of the Roses.

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357 m

Hay-on-Wye

Highlight • Historical Site

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!

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4.04 km

Tack Wood

Forest

8.96 km

Hay Bluff

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is a beautiful area and is popular with hikers, paracenders, bikers and the general population at large. There is a narrow single track road, with ample passing places, that passes over the common below Hay Bluff and it goes onto the famed viewpoint of the Gospel Pass. There's the main car park below the Bluff but there's also ample parking off the road in dry weather too. Super place for family picnics and walks.

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9.58 km

View of Lord Hereford's Knob (Twmpa)

Highlight • Summit

Stunning views from Hay Bluff of Twmpa or Lord Hereford's Knob is a mountain in south-east Wales, forming a part of the great northwest scarp of the Black Mountains. It lies 1.86 miles west of the border with England, and around 4.34 miles south of Hay-on-Wye.
Elevation: 690m

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10.2 km

Pen y Fan

Highlight • Summit

15.2 km

View of Hay-on-Wye

Highlight • Viewpoint

15.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.1 km

2.32 km

1.66 km

1.07 km

608 m

Surfaces

9.69 km

2.24 km

1.99 km

1.11 km

450 m

332 m

Elevation

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Highest point (670 m)

Lowest point (100 m)

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Tuesday 5 May

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

Hay Castle

Hay-on-Wye

Hay Bluff

View of Lord Hereford's Knob (Twmpa)

Pen y Fan

View of Hay-on-Wye

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