denbighshire moel famau

Keady
Ballybay
Castleblayney
Cootehill
Crossmaglen
Cavan
n
Carrickmacross
Bailieborough
Ballaugh
Peel
Port Erin
Dundalk
Time
4½ hours
11.3km/7 miles
Ardee
Kells
Coniston
Ramsey
ISLE OF MAN
Laxey
Millom
Grade
Moderate
Balbriggan
Trim
MEATH
Malahide
DUBLIN
Maynooth
Lucan
Celbridge
Dublin
Clondalkin
Dun Laoghaire
Tallaght
KILDARE
ac
Naas
Newbridge
Portarlington
Bray
Kildare
mellick
Monasterevin
Greystones
Portlaoise
Athy
WICKLOW
Wicklow
Abbeyleix
Carlow
Tullow
Arklow
CARLOW
Bagenalstown
Enniscorthy
Blackwater
New Ross
Is it for me?
Forest, woodland,
hillside and riverside
paths and tracks.
Some steep climbs
WALES
Stiles 12 Knighton
12
14
16
Wexford
his
walk takes one of the
gates and ignoring paths leading
StourportBromsgrove
on-Severn
Rosslare routes to the top
quieter
off. After a gateway and L bend
CEREDIGION
Rhayader
Redditch
Presteigne
Aberaeron
Llandrindod
Droitwich
Leominster
New Quaystile and
of Moel Famau, the highest
in track, cross a R-hand
Wells
Tregaron
WORCESTERSHIRE
START/PARKING
Kington
Bromyard
Worcester
peak in the Clwydian Range
head slightly L to next stile. Bear
Loggerheads
CountryHEREFORDSHIRE
Builth Wells
Pershore
Lampeter
Cardigan
Strumble
Great Malvern
Area of Outstanding Natural
R along
Park Visitor
Centre car
Head edge of trees and over a
Evesha
Hay-on-Wye
Newcastle
Hereford
Ledbury
Fishguard
Emlyn
Llandovery
park, grid ref SJ197626
Mathryto a footpath signpost
Beauty. The heather-covered
stile
Tewkesbu
Brecon
David's
CARMARTHENSHIRE
Stow-on-th
summit is crowned with the RamseyStwhere
stile
on a Llandeilo Nearest town Mold
P E M B you
R O K E Sgo
H I R EL over aCarmarthen
Ross-on-Wye
Cheltenham
Island
Newgale
Refreshments
Gloucester
Crickhowell
Abergavenny
Haverfordwest
St Clears
remains of the Jubilee Tower, Skomer
path Milford
signedNarberth
‘Coed Moel
Famau’. Ammanford
GLOUCESTERSHIR
Monmouth
Ebbw Brynmawr
Café
at visitor
centre;
Merthyr
Island
Vale
Blaenavon
Tydfil
an Egyptian-style obelisk
HeadHaven
up short,
to a
Kidwelly
Stroud
Neyland steep path
pub
nearby Pontypool
Skokholm
Cir
Lydney
Aberdare
Tenby
Pembroke
Llanelli
Island
Nailsworth
Glyncorrwg
built in 1810 which collapsed
track, then bear R and soon go L Neath
Bargoed
Public toilets
Chepstow
Cwmbran
Swansea
Cricklad
Maesteg
Tetbury
St Govan's
Risca
SWANSEA
Newport
Pontypridd
Port
Visitor
centre
during a gale in 1862. On the
on a path
to emerge on
a forest Talbot
Caldicot
Head
Malmes
Port Eynon
Caerphilly
BRIDGEND
Public
transport BusesAvonmouth
present day platform are
track. Bear L and ignore other
Bridgend
Porthcawl
Cardiff
Chippenh
Cowbridge
from Mold and Ruthin.
Bristol
Aveb
plaques pointing out distant
tracks and paths leading off until
Corsham
Clevedon
Barry
Seasonal Sunday
bus
Congresbury
Bath Melksham
De
places such as Liverpool and
you arrive at a broader track.
Weston-super-Mare
from Chester
Trowbridge
W I LT S
Cheddar
Snowdon. The return takes in
Westbury
Lynton Lynmouth
Burnham-on-Sea
Frome
Minehead
Warminster
2 3.3km/2 Lundy
Wells
the Leete Path, a channel, now
miles Ilfracombe
MAPS
Pilton
Watchet
Glastonbury
Braunton
Ordnance Survey
Street
Bridgwater
dry, built in the 19th-century
Cross over track to small postBarnstaple
Mere
Wilto
Wincanton
Explorer 265;
SOMERSET
to take water from the River
signed ‘Jubilee Tower’
andBideford
take
South Molton
Taunton
Hartland
Shaftesbury
Wellington 116
Landranger
Great Torrington
Alyn to the local lead mines.
path uphill through trees.
Yeovil
Ilminster
Sherborne
Tiverton
Crewkerne
Blandford Forum
By Dorothy Hamilton.
Go over a track
Chard
Budeand walk on
Ringw
Holsworthy
Axminster
Honiton
Wimborne Minster
through forest to join a track, Crediton
DORSET
Bridport
N
Okehampton
Dorchester
1 Start
Poole
Boscastle
then bear
R, then L, to path DEVON Exeter Sidmouth Seaton Lyme
Bourne
Wareham
Tintagel
Regis
Launceston
Leave car park by walking back
crossroads. Go R uphill on a
Exmouth
Weymouth
Sw
Dawlish
Padstow
Teignmouth
Tavistock
Fortuneswell
towards entrance and take a
stony
pathWadebridge
and, before
top, you
Newton Abbot
Ashburton
Portland Bill
Bodmin
Buckfastleigh
Torquay
Liskeard
R-hand path to a lane. Turn R to a Newquay
can take,
if you wish,
an easier
Paignton
CORNWALL
Totnes
Saltash
Plymouth
Brixham
Torpoint
junction and bear R a few paces,
path SttoAustell
summit.Looe
Both
paths
Plympton
Dartmouth
St Agnes
Fowey
then go L through a gate. Follow
emerge
Truro below Moel Famau’s
Kingsbridge
ID: TZID9238
Redruth
St Ives
Salcombe
track ahead, passing through Camborne Jubilee
Tower.
St Mawes
NEATH
PORT TALBOT
MERTHYR
TYDFIL
RHONDDA
CYNON TAFF
BLAENAU GWENT
MONMOUTHSHIRE
TORFAEN
CAERPHILLY
NEWPORT
CARDIFF
BRISTOL
8
VALE OF GLAMORGAN
6
Tramore
T
ROUTE
4
Waterford
D
Gorey
WEXFORD
2
Carrick-on-Suir
Borris
Graiguenamanagh
800
600
400
200
0
km 0
KILKENNY
Callan
Thomastown
Southport
metres
Kilkenny
PLAN YOUR
ROUTE
Photo: Dorothy Hamilton
Rathdrum
astlecomer
Skipton
LANCASHIRE
Garstang
Huddersfi
Chorley
Rochdale
Bury
Ormskirk Standish Bolton
GREATER MANCHESTER
Wigan
Oldham
Crosby MERSEYSIDE
Salford MANCHESTER
Carmel Head
Bootle
St Helens
Sale Stockport
G
Wallasey
Liverpool Warrington
Great
Moelfre
Cheadle
Orme
Altrincham
Prestatyn Birkenhead
Gogarth
Widnes
Colwyn
Anglesey
Holyhead
Llandudno
Wh
Wilmslow
Bay
Runcorn
Knutsford
Rhyl
Br
Beaumaris
Flint
Holy Island Llangefni
Conwy Abergele
Frodsham
Northwich
Bangor
B
Chester
Middlewich
CONWY
Bethesda
Winsford
Congleton
Caernarfon
Llanrwst
CHESHIRE
Biddulph
Llanberis
BetwsCrewe
Leek
DENBIGHSHIRE
y-coed
Wrexham
Nantwich Kidsgrove
Stoke-on-Tre
NewcastleBlaenau Ffestiniog
Ruabon
under-Lyme
WREXHAM
Llangollen
Porthmadog
Whitchurch
Utto
Bala
Ellesmere
Criccieth
Pwllheli
Stone
Market Drayton
GWYNEDD
Oswestry
Wem
STAFFORDSHIR
Abersoch
Bardsey
Stafford
SHROPSHIRE
Island
Dolgellau
Barmouth
Ruge
Newport
Mallwyd
Shrewsbury
Cannock
Welshpool
Telford
Tam
Tywyn
Walsall
Machynlleth
Wolverhampton
Montgomery
Aberdyfi
Bridgnorth
Newtown
West Bromwich
Church
Stretton
Dudley
POWYS
Stourbridge
Llanidloes
WEST M
Aberystwyth
Clun
Llangurig
Kidderminster
Soli
Ludlow
Edenderry
LAOIS
NORT
Settle
Lancaster
Formby
Tullamore
h
Morecambe
Heysham
L
Keighley
Colne
Clitheroe
Nelson Shi
Blackpool
Bra
Burnley
Kirkham
Preston
Todmorden
Lytham St Anne's
Halifax
Leyland
Brigh
Rawtenstall
Your route down from the
summit of Moel Famau.
Skerries
Rush
Swords
ara
Kirkby Lonsdale
Grange-overIngleton
Sands
Carnforth
Fleetwood
Navan
Mullingar
Hawes
Refreshments
1 pub/1 café
Drogheda
WESTMEATH
Sedbergh
Ulverston
Barrow-in-Furness
Walney
Isle
Castletown
Rich
Windermere
Kendal
Douglas
Warrenpoint
Kilkeel
DistanceLOUTH
11.3
CAVAN
O R D Granard
rd
Downpatrick
Newcastle
Newry
Ambleside
Andreas
Castlewellan
Rathfriland
MONAGHAN
Clones
DOWN
ARMAGH
Brough
Egremont
Killyleagh
Portaferry
DENBIGHSHIRE
MOEL FAMAU
Banbridge
20
Monaghan
Tandragee
18
17
Lisnaskea
wtownbutler
Armagh
10
en
WALES
Lurgan
Craigavon
Dromore
Portadown
Ballynahinch
AGH
St Just
Penzance
Sennen
Land's End
Scilly Isles
Falmouth
Helston
Lizard
17
DENBIGHSHIRE
MOEL FAMAU
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3
1
Start
2
3 5.5km/3½ miles
On leaving tower, take R-hand
path on far (north) side of
summit. It goes downhill to stile
and small gate signed
‘Loggerheads’, where you walk
down through heather with
forest R. At footpath signpost,
bear R on bridleway and take a
gate across track. Ignore
R-hand paths and enjoy wide
views as you walk downhill.
After a gate, pass through
trees, noting remains of a
World War Two aeroplane
decoy centre on L. Join a track
and go R through gate to
eventually emerge on lane.
4 8.6km/5¼ miles
Go L downhill and cross another
lane to hidden stile. Follow
enclosed path to field and head
downhill to stile above house.
Cross track to small gate and
follow path to footbridge over
River Alyn. Take path L to Leete
Path where you go R. Ignore
R-hand path and cross lane to
continue on track. Just before
house, take L-hand path and
continue past kennels to
Loggerheads Country Park.
Follow broad track ahead,
ignoring wooden footbridge
over river, and cross stone
bridge to car park.
Jubilee Tower, Moel Famau.
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