Routes Planner Features Updates

Login or Signup

Login or Signup

Login or Signup

Hiking trails & Routes

West Midlands Region

Hay-on-Wye – Hay Castle loop from Brilley Green Dingle

Hiking trails & Routes

West Midlands Region

Hay-on-Wye – Hay Castle loop from Brilley Green Dingle

Moderate

4.0

(2)

3

hikers

Hay-on-Wye – Hay Castle loop from Brilley Green Dingle

04:50

17.7km

260m

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: August 18, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1

742 m

Whitney Wood

Highlight • Forest

Extensive woodland on a steep hillside overlooking the Wye. Reasonably good tracks.

Tip by

2

1.60 km

Whitney-on-Wye Toll Bridge

Highlight • Monument

One of only eight privately owned toll bridges in the UK, Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge carries the B4350 across the River Wye. Both the bridge and its attending toll house are …

Tip by

3

7.69 km

Hay-on-Wye Clock Tower

Highlight • Historical Site

And the clock rings on the hour!!!

Tip by

4

7.79 km

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 …

Tip by

5

7.90 km

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 …

Tip by

11.1 km

Parish Wood

Forest

7

14.4 km

Big Bend on the River Wye

Highlight • River

A big bend in the river Wye gives great foreground to the view of the hills above.

Tip by

8

15.8 km

View of the Whitney Toll Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

A few hundred yards downstream from Whitney is a particularly good viewpoint and photo opportunity looking back upstream to the Toll bridge.

Tip by

B

17.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.59 km

4.96 km

2.43 km

1.18 km

441 m

109 m

Surfaces

7.48 km

4.94 km

2.44 km

1.69 km

1.15 km

< 100 m

Sign up to see more specific route details

Sign up for free

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Sign up to see more specific route details

Sign up for free

Weather

Powered by Foreca

Friday 16 October

12°C

2°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

Want to know more?

Sign up for a free komoot account to join the conversation.

Sign up for free

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate Send to Phone

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

4.9

1,614

Waun Fach loop via the Dragons Back — Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons National Park

03:42h

10.8km

550m

4.8

291

Llanthony Priory and Hatterall Ridge loop

02:55h

8.98km

370m

4.8

278

The Cat's Back & Black Hill loop — Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

02:27h

7.95km

280m

4.8

171

Waun Fach horseshoe from Llanbedr — Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

08:11h

26.8km

870m

4.6

191

Hay Bluff & The Cat's Back loop

05:23h

17.2km

630m

4.7

171

Fan y Big, Waun Rydd & Bryn loop from Llanfrynach — Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

05:42h

18.4km

670m

4.4

140

Brecon Canal and River Usk Loop

02:00h

7.82km

40m

5.0

138

Twmpa & Hay Bluff loop from Llanthony Priory — Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

08:26h

28.4km

790m

5.0

115

Hay Bluff, Black Mountain & Twmpa loop

05:36h

17.9km

620m

4.5

96

Hay-on-Wye River Trail loop from Hay Castle

01:02h

3.94km

30m

3.7

96

Afon Honddu & Pen y Crug loop from Brecon

02:26h

8.57km

180m

4.9

132

Hay Bluff loop from the north

01:24h

4.23km

200m