The Path runs for 177 miles from Sedbury Cliffs on the Severn Estuary near Chepstow to the Prestatyn North Wales, on Liverpool Bay, travelling through the Welsh Marches. For about 70 miles it follows the course of the 8th Century earthwork Offa's Dyke.
The Path runs for 177 miles from Sedbury Cliffs on the Severn Estuary near Chepstow to the Prestatyn North Wales, on Liverpool Bay, travelling through the Welsh Marches. For about 70 miles it follows the course of the 8th Century earthwork Offa's Dyke. Many people think this is the most attractive of the National Trails, encompassing high moorland, wide river valleys, and ancient traditional woodland. On the way you can see a variety of interesting and historical sights, hill forts, castles and abbeys (see below for a few). Halfway along you can vist the Offa’s Dyke Centre in Knighton which does have some information for walkers.
Here are a number of places you can see and visit along the trail. Many have their own website you can check before you set off. (starting from Prestatyn – if you start from Cheptow read from the bottom !)
St Asaph Cathedral
Rhuddlan Castle
Denbigh Castle
Penycloddiau Hill Fort
Jubilee Tower
Llangwyfan Forest
Valle Crucis Abbey
Chirk Castle
Powis Castel
Beacon Ring Hill Fort
Leighton Hall
Clun Castel
Offa’s Dyke Centre
Burfa Hill Fort
Hay on Wye Bookshops
Longtown Castle
Grosmont Castle
Skenfrith Castle
(There’s not much left of most of these castles, so check they’re what you want to see before you go on a wet day !)
White Castle
Tintern Abbey
Chepstow Castle
Severn Bridge
Offa was King of Mercia from 757 to 796 AD. .