Best Wye Routes
& Paths
The Wye Valley is packed with routes that don’t mess about.
You’ve got whaleback ridges with big views, quiet woodland tracks, old ruins tucked out of the way, and the kind of winding river paths you can just settle into for miles. Some are easy days out. Others get a bit rough underfoot.
This is a growing collection of the best loop walks I’ve found along the Wye — from the upper stretches right down to the lower valley.
Start here - a few sorted Wye Valley loops
to get you out on the trail:
Welsh Routes
Marsh's Pool Loop: Climb out of Llangurig, hit quiet backcountry lanes and hills to Marsh’s Pool, then swing round the pools hillside with open views before heading back down. Click to enter
English Routes
Coppett Hill Loop: A steady incline out of Goodrich sees you on the ridge in a tick. With sweeping views across the valley it's an easy drop down through woodland to the towering Coldwell Rocks and a loop back in Click to enter
LLandogo Duchess Ride Loop: A compact loop from Llandogo —riverside walking, a steady woodland climb to big views, waterfalls, and a straightforward return through quiet trails. Click to enter
Staunton-On-Wye Loop: With an easy start Brobury Scar quickly reveals itself impressively above the Wye. Then it's on to the Pines of the Monnington Mile, a stroll at best before heading back to the start. Click to enter
Boughrood, Wye, Mynydd Fforest Loop: Easy riverside start, then a steady climb to open views of the Black Mountains/Brecon Beacons, before looping back on quiet lanes and hill paths. Click to enter
Sellack, Kings Caple Loop: A steady incline on a quiet back lane out of Sellack soon sees you crossing Foy Bridge and walking alongside the Wye amid wooded escarpments and deep history. Click to enter
“More routes are on the way — I’m out there mapping them now.”
Meanwhile stretch it out:
Routes that link miles of valley, ridge, and river