End: Llandovery ← Start: Black Hill
Stage 5 of the 52°N walk crosses from Black Hill in Herefordshire, England through the Black Mountains into Powys, Wales, then on into the Carmarthenshire market town of Llandovery.
The walk passes just to the north of the mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park:
Picture source: Brecon Beacons Our National Park website
The amazing places on 52°N in Stage 5 (shown as red boxes on the map above) are:
Day 1 – A national trail (Offa’s Dyke Path)
Picture source: Damn Fine Views website
Day 2 – a well being park (Bronllys)
Picture source: Coflein website
Day 3 – a military training area (Sennybridge)
Picture source: Gov.uk website
Day 4 – a Welsh independent school with a full outdoor programme (Llandovery)
Picture source: Llandovery College website
These different places all reflect different uses of the great outdoors in this wild part of Wales: long-distance walking, natural well being, military training and youth expeditions.
Use the Stages menu above, or the links below, for details on each day’s walk:
Stage 5 Day 0 – Sat 27 Jul: Travel by train from Wokingham to Abergavenny (for Black Hill)
Stage 5 Day 1 – Sun 28 Jul: Black Hill to Talgarth
Stage 5 Day 2 – Mon 29 Jul: Talgarth to Pont-faen
Stage 5 Day 3 – Tue 30 Jul: Pont-faen to Babel
Stage 5 Day 4 – Wed 31 Jul: Babel to Llandovery, and return by train to Wokingham