Ystrad Mynach to Caerphilly
A station-to-station walkGlamorganWales
Stunning landscape and views; great walk. A walk with steep climbs at either end and an easy ridgeway in the middle with stunning landscape and views, even reaching a sea view to Somerset. The first footpath out of Ystrad Mynach is very overgrown with bracken, brambles and nettles and badly maintained and with several stiles in poor repair; the ridge path is much of it gravel but very exposed in wet weather. Marred by extensive fly-tipping on the ridgeway. Passes the large coal tips of the area's mining past and the 13th-century Senghenydd Dyke. A plaque marks Tommy Cooper's birthplace in Llwyn-Onn Street near Energlyn & Churchill Park station.
Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
1 end-of-walk reward: the Courthouse
Warnings: The section out of Ystrad Mynach is badly overgrown and poorly maintained, with brambles, nettles and stiles in serious disrepair; one part may require climbing over barbed-wire fences. The route passes a shooting range (which fires away from the path), and the footbridge over the A468 has gone, requiring a residential-streets detour. The ridge is very exposed in bad weather.
Credits
Walk details: Slow Ways.