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Llanbedr-Dyffryn-Clwyd to Llangollen

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Please take this route if you are staying at the Griffin Inn in Llanbedr-Dyffryn-Clwyd and retrace your steps to the Moel Famau Car Park where you can continue on your way along the trail, past ancient hillforts, and throughforest and beautiful countryside.
Distance 31.1 km
8:45 h
921 m
927 m
496 m
85 m

Pass some more hillforts today as you keep walking within the Clywdian Hills, including Moel Llanfair with its superb view of Ruthin and Moel y Plas. Then make your way to Llandegla, once noted for its cattle fairs and village blacksmiths. Here is the Church of St Tecla standing on a river terrace above the Alwyn, where there is an ancient well which was said to cure epilepsy.

After following the trail through Llandegla Forest, largely consisting of Sitka Spruce. Now ascend to World's End, a picturesque spot and once the site of a silver and lead mine. On your way into Llangollen which is about 3km from the trail, pass Castell Dinas Bran, long attractive as a defensive site where an ancient hillfort once stood and a medieval castle was contructed. It's ruins are still there and it remains an important site in the Vale of Llangollen.

Overnight in Llangollen a town of many highlights and seeped in myth and legend.

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Sally Thompson 
Update: July 07, 2021
Highest point
496 m
Lowest point
85 m

Track types

Dirt road 0.06%Forested/wild trail 41.09%Path 56.53%Road 2.30%
Dirt road
0 km
Forested/wild trail
12.8 km
Path
17.6 km
Road
0.7 km
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Coordinates:
OS Grid
SJ 14409 59327
DD
53.124217, -3.280492
DMS
53°07'27.2"N 3°16'49.8"W
UTM
30U 481230 5886125
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Coordinates

OS Grid
SJ 14409 59327
DD
53.124217, -3.280492
DMS
53°07'27.2"N 3°16'49.8"W
UTM
30U 481230 5886125
w3w 
///positives.sediment.honey
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Distance
31.1 km
Duration
8:45 h
Ascent
921 m
Descent
927 m
Highest point
496 m
Lowest point
85 m

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