Walks you can reach from Builth Road by train
Radnorshire · Wales
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Llandrindod Station to Knighton Station (Radnorshire)
15m direct from Builth Road.
some amazing views and so incredibly peaceful; some stunning views down the valleys. A long, challenging but beautiful route through rolling hills and wide valleys and sticking to the Heart of Wales Trail and Glyndwr's Way on well-marked paths and quiet country lanes. Lots of ups and downs with amazing long-range views from the hilltops; some muddy sections. Follows the Heart of Wales Trail and Glyndwr's Way; can be split at Llanbister Road station; rich in buzzards and red kites; St Michael's Church outside Llandrindod makes a good picnic spot.
36km.
A long, challenging route best split over two days; a short section of A-road near Pen-y-bont, though the adjacent moorland can be walked instead.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Llanwrtyd Station to Llandrindod Station (Brecknockshire)
15m direct from Builth Road.
Tough: 30km, steep ascents.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Llandovery Station to Llanwrtyd Station (Carmarthenshire)
30m direct from Builth Road.
The hills and valleys are beautiful. A long, remote walk through beautiful Welsh hill country, largely on the Heart of Wales Trail, with great river sections, rolling-countryside views and some boggy sections and stiles. There is a particularly steep, long climb into Crychan Forest if starting at Llandovery and country lanes with hardly any traffic. Uses the Heart of Wales Trail, which runs alongside the Heart of Wales rail line, so trains link the two towns and the walk can be shortened at Cynghordy station. Passes the Cwmcuttan (Cynghordy) Viaduct.
27km.
The route crosses the railway line at several points; stop and listen before crossing. Some boggy sections and stiles.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Llangadog Station to Llandovery Station (Carmarthenshire)
45m direct from Builth Road.
One of the prettiest Slowways I have walked. One of the prettiest routes around, sticking to the Heart of Wales Trail and using quiet country lanes through pretty little valleys, woodlands and streams. Lots of ups and downs across small hills and valleys but nothing challenging and with a few steep sections; some muddy stretches. Follows the Heart of Wales Trail; the section through Goleugoed and Llwynywormwood is particularly pretty; rich in buzzards, kites, rabbits and squirrels; good bus and (replacement) train links.
13km.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Llandeilo Station to Llangadog Station (Carmarthenshire)
1h direct from Builth Road.
fantastic views from the top of the ridge; the best views across the Tywi valley. A route with lots of variety - meadows, woods, rivers and a ridge with great views - using the Heart of Wales Trail and a Beacons Way section and quiet country lanes with hardly any traffic. Gets quite remote; the section nearer Llandeilo is full of little wooded meadows. Uses the Heart of Wales Trail and a section of the Beacons Way; could be extended along the Beacons Way to Carreg Cennen Castle; good for kites and pipits; train service between Llangadog and Llandeilo.
17km.
Lunch: Llandeilo has a good variety of cafes.