8 Classic Views
Wye View off Llanstephan Bridge
8 Classic Wye Valley Views
Here we share with you 8 classic view points in the Wye valley specifically so that you can get an idea of the awe and beauty in the Wye region. There are many more epic view points in the Wye basin as a whole and we'll be sharing these in time. So keep an eye out for some more Wye vista's to be inspired by.
Little Hill
Little Hill can be accessed from Builth Wells to the North or Erwood to the South. The back lane runs alongside the A470 down below. It offers up views of the Wye valley looking East towards the Black Mountains. Front is Twmpa or Lord Herefords Knob and left is Hay Bluff. It's a big sky open view. Epic!
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Grid Ref: SO 070447
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Nearby: Aberedw Rocks, Erwood Station, Llanstephan Bridge, Wye Valley Walk, The Begwyns, Crickadarn scene of 'East Proctor' in American Werewolf in London, Brecheiniog Forest, and Brechfa Pool.
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Walks: Erwood/Twmpath, Aberedw Rocks & Llandeilo Hill, Twyn Y Garth Common, Begwyns.
Plynlimon Upper Wye Source
You'll have spotted this one on the website elsewhere or will do as you explore. This is taken from off Esgair Llwyn Gwyn on the Wye Valley Walk at 393 meters and is one of our favorites. It's within walking distance of Llangurig village. So you can get off the x47 bus or out of the car and enjoy this within an hour. It reveals the upper Wye and Plynlimon the source of the river in all its magnificence. Recommended!
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Grid Ref: SN 896793
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Nearby: Llangurig Village Pubs and Food, Robert Gibbings Cottage where he wrote the book 'Coming Down the Wye,' Source of the River Wye on Plynlimon, Wye Valley Walk, Gilfach Nature Reserve and the Elan Valley.
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Walks: Source Walks, Wye Valley Walk, Llangurig to Robert Gibbings Cottage/Marsh's Pool, Llangurig Circular (Working on Latter 2)
The Wyndcliff Lower Wye
This is another view that features on the site. Taken from the Wyndcliff on a misty magic day it shows the bend around the Lancaut Peninsular with Winters Leap beyond. It's a spectacular spot not to be missed.
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Grid Ref: ST 527974
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Nearby: Chepstow, Tintern Abbey, Winters Leap, Lancaut deserted village, Devils Pulpit View Point, Offa's Dyke Path, St Briavels Castle, Cleddon Falls.
Walks: Eagles Nest, Wye Valley Walk & Windcliff to Piercefield
Devils Pulpit
Another classic Wye Valley view the Devils Pulpit is a viewpoint off a limestone crag in beautiful woodland along the Offa's Dyke Path. Below is Tintern Abbey and the village of Tintern. You can walk there from Tintern (bit of hill climbing) or from Tidenham Chase ST 558992.
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Grid Ref: ST 542995
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Nearby: Chepstow, Tintern Abbey, Winters Leap, Lancaut deserted village, Offa's Dyke Path, St Briavels Castle, Angiddy Walking, Angiddy Valley, Cleddon Falls.
Walks: Wye Valley Greenway, Wye Valley Walk, Offa's Dyke, The Angidy Trail nearby the Angidy River & Tintern to Devils Pulpit
“The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it…”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wye View off Monmouthshire Showground
Seven Sisters Symonds Yat
This spectacular view is off the valleys limestone crags, which were formed 350 million years ago from a warm shallow sea. The Wye winds its way through Symonds Yat, passed the Biblins and on through to Monmouth all cloaked in forest and mixed woodland that's home to rare species of plant and tree. On a nice day observe the birds (Raptors included) catching the thermals below as they sore above the river.
Getting there can be complicated because it's a warren of footpaths on top. From the Biblins take the track to the rear of the wooden lodge nearby the footbridge into the woods and make your way up bearing left just prior to the Doward campsite further in. Orientate your map. From King Arthurs cave it's a short distance to the South. You are looking for paths that lead off the main route - see the PDF file below as created by Herefordshire Wild Life Trust.
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Grid Ref: SO 546153
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Nearby: Monmouth, Biblins, King Arthurs Cave, Symonds Yat, Yat Rock,
Walks: Head For The Hill Forts, Yat Rock, King Arthurs Cave, Goodrich Castle & Welsh Bicknor, English Bicknor, Huntsham Hill & Yat Rock
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Historic Photo: Seven Sisters Rocks
Yat Rock
This is a well known and popular view point in the Wye Valley. It looks into Gloucestershire & Herefordshire. During breeding season this is where Peregrine Falcons can be seen nesting. Goshawk and Sparrow hawk are also resident in the area.
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Paleolithic, Neolithic & Iron Age peoples are known to have made the Wye Valley their home. The headland of Yat Rock is evidence of that via the Iron Age Hill Fort dating back 2,500 years. Ditches and ramparts are still in evidence. For more on the area go here.
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Grid Ref: SO 563160
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Nearby: Chepstow, Tintern Abbey, Winters Leap, Lancaut deserted village, Offa's Dyke Path, St Briavels Castle, Angiddy Walking, Angiddy Valley, Cleddon Falls.
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Walks: Symonds Yat, Head For The Hill Forts, King Arthurs Cave, Goodrich Castle & Welsh Bicknor, English Bicknor & Huntsham Hill and Yat Rock
Twmpath View
This is not such a well known view of the Wye Valley and we're excited to share it. We came across it after walking the river Edw, which starts at Llandegley Rocks near to the Radnor Forest North East from here.
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The picture is looking North towards Aberedw Rocks (Llewellyn's Cave) on the right and Builth Wells to the North. Also present right is Aberedw Hill (greener of the two) and the Carneddau range of hills in the V of the valley. There is a car park or back country layby right where you need to be. For details see below.
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Grid Ref: SO 073438
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Nearby: Aberedw Rocks, Erwood Station, Llanstephan Bridge, Wye Valley Walk, The Begwyns, Crickadarn scene of 'East Proctor' in American Werewolf in London, Brecheiniog Forest, and Brechfa Pool.
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Walks: Erwood/Twmpath, Aberedw Rocks & Llandeilo Hill, Twyn Y Garth Common, Begwyns.
Wye Source View
Sandwiched between Pen lluest-Y-Carn and Pen Pumlumon Arwystli further North, on a good day this secluded view at the source of the Wye on Pen Pumlumon Fawr is for ponderance. It looks over the main source gully East towards the rest of Mid Wales and the Midlands.
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To your immediate front valley left in the distance is the Southerly edge of the Hafron Forest and the source of the Afon Bidno (pronounced Bidna) a left bank tributary of the Wye (see Bidno walk-recommended) and Bryn Daith - right edge of valley front at 498 meters. At present the valley/gully looks like a haha but once you get down into it the whole character changes and it shows its impressive side.
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Grid Ref: SN 802871
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Nearby: Llangurig Village Pubs and Food, Robert Gibbings Cottage where he wrote the book 'Coming Down the Wye,' Source of the River Wye on Plynlimon, Wye Valley Walk, Gilfach Nature Reserve and the Elan Valley.
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