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Glyndwr's Way Walking Holidays

Glyndwr's  Way is superb walking holiday  through some of the finest scenery in Wales
 

Glyndwr's Way is the most recent  of Wales's three designated National Trails and named after Owain Glyndwr,the legendary Welsh nobleman who led a successful revolt against English domination in 1401 

The trail follows a horseshoe  line through long green valleys and secluded hill-country of the Radnorshire Hills, because of its remoteness Glyndwr, was able to moving rapidly  and elusively along the numerous ‘cefnffyrdd’, ancient upland tracks,  the  key feature in enabling him  to fight a guerrilla campaign successfully against the English
 
To-day in less turbulent times  the countryside has hardly changed. Walking   through this beautiful secluded hill country of mid Wales you will meet few other people  and for  many, the unspoilt beauty and solitude is it’s great attraction

Your walk takes you through a great variety of exciting scenery and terrain. Beginning in Knighton you soon leave the crowds and head into the East Radnorshire Hills  walking through ancient woodland, over rolling hill country, past remote hill farms, and isolated close-knit, friendly, Welsh hamlets
 
You come upon  wide lakes and reservoirs, views  over the steep wooded valley and mystical setting of Lake Vyrnwy, and descent to the spectacular setting of Lyn Clywedog will remain with you. The stillness and solitude of the high open moorland enjoying panoramic  views, of mid-Wales and Cardigan Bay in the west, and  across to the of dramatic peaks of Snowdonia to the north - most notably Cadair Idris 892m (2,928’) Pumlumon Fawr 752m (2,468’) will fill you with a feeling of simple contentment far removed from the world’s business and value’s

It is said  the best views in Wales are had from here

The trail takes you past a number of sites where Prince Owain Glyndw^r fought his battles against the English in the fifteenth century. The 1401 Battle of Hyddgen in the wilds of Pumlumon marked a turning point in Glyndwr's rebellion and  was to establish him  as Prince and later King of Wales  The peace of the little church at Pilleth contrasts with the clashing of swords and hissing of arrows of the battle of Bryn Glas nearby in 1402 in which Edmund Mortimer, a leading claimant to the English throne was captured, and later married Glyndwr's daughter

You  go through the attractive old town of Machynlleth, the half-way point of your walk,  where Glyndwr held Wales' first Parliament in 1404 and for a period was the capital of Wales, and finish in the ancient market town of Welshpool where you still hear the old Welsh language in everyday use. A visit to it’s  famous 13C Powis Castle at the end of your walk  is not to be missed

In Welshpool Glyndwrs Way links with Offas Dyke and if you wish you can return along the impressive earthwork to your starting point at Knighton

For  more information or advice on your holiday on Glyndwrs Way please call or e-mail Nathan  or Julie on our contact details below

Celtic Trails is Wales’ most experienced walking company and our local knowledge is second to none. We will plan your ideal walking holiday on Glyndwrs Way,  You simply choose when to go.

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