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Gospel Pass – Hay Bluff loop from Llanveynoe

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Gospel Pass – Hay Bluff loop from Llanveynoe

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Gospel Pass – Hay Bluff loop from Llanveynoe

06:12

44.3km

1,970m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 20, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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9.01 km

Tarren Yr Esgob, Stone Spread

Archaeological Site

15.1 km

Pen y Gadair Fawr Summit Cairn

Highlight • Viewpoint

In terms of height, Pen y Gadair Fawr plays second fiddle only to Waun Fach as the Black Mountains' second highest summit. However, where Waun Fach's top is broad and relatively uninspiring, Pen y Gadair Fawr's is a little more like a peak in character. The summit is at a junction of paths: head east for Chwarel y Fan and the Mynydd Du Forest, venture south to Pen Twyn Mawr, or stride northeast to Waun Fach.

Tip by

17.2 km

Waun Fach Ordnance Survey Marker

Highlight • Monument

18.8 km

Ridge to Waun Fach

Highlight • Trail

If you do the Waun Fach Loop you can take in Pen Cerrig Calch and six other Nuttalls and it is a glorious 25km high level route with nearly 1,000m of height gain. For route details click here: komoot.com/tour/280372758

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29.4 km

Rhos Dirion summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

Rhos Dirion is a summit in the Black Mountains. It is the highest point on the Rhos Dirion-Chwarel y Fan ridge and the summit is marked by a trig point. Rhos Dirion is a UK-listed Nuttall.

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31.6 km

Twmpa (Lord Hereford’s Knob)

Highlight • Viewpoint

Twmpa, or Lord Hereford's Knob, is a mountain in southeast Wales, forming a part of the great northwest scarp of the Black Mountains. It lies 1.86 miles (3 km) west of the border with England, and around 4.34 miles (7 km) south of Hay-on-Wye. To the northeast lies the Gospel Pass, through which runs a minor road between Hay and the Llanthony Valley. A ridge known as Darren Lwyd tapers away for about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the southeast of the summit.

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32.9 km

Gospel Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The highest road pass in Wales with views of Hay Bluff and Twmpa in the Black Mountains. It can be climbed from Hay-on-Wye or Abergavenny sides.

The road quality is better to descend down to Hay-on-Wye, the other side is more technical as it is narrow and twisty with lots of rough road surface.

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34.6 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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34.7 km

Hay Bluff Obelisk

Highlight • Monument

Perched on the edge of the escarpment, it gives fine views across the Wye Valley, and all the way to the Brecon Beacons.

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44.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.0 km

14.4 km

5.05 km

4.48 km

2.12 km

236 m

Surfaces

20.3 km

10.4 km

4.57 km

4.16 km

2.63 km

1.57 km

Elevation

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Highest point (800 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Thursday 2 July

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Gospel Pass – Hay Bluff loop from Llanveynoe

Pen y Gadair Fawr Summit Cairn

Waun Fach Ordnance Survey Marker

Ridge to Waun Fach

Rhos Dirion summit

Twmpa (Lord Hereford’s Knob)

Gospel Pass

Hay Bluff

Hay Bluff Obelisk

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