Ebbw Vale — Abertillery
Ebbabe one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021
Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Ebbw Vale and Abertillery.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Ebbw Vale and Abertillery.
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Ebbw Vale
Grid Ref
SO1676109470
Lat / Lon
51.77769° / -3.20793°
Easting / Northing
316,761E / 209,470N
What3Words
scale.learn.zooms
Abertillery
Grid Ref
SO2169804116
Lat / Lon
51.73027° / -3.13518°
Easting / Northing
321,698E / 204,116N
What3Words
joystick.unhappily.proves
Ebbabe One's land is
| Ebbw Vale | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SO1676109470 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.77769° / -3.20793° |
| Easting / Northing | 316,761E / 209,470N |
| What3Words | scale.learn.zooms |
| Abertillery | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SO2169804116 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.73027° / -3.13518° |
| Easting / Northing | 321,698E / 204,116N |
| What3Words | joystick.unhappily.proves |
| Natural grass | 72.3% |
| Urban | 17.2% |
| Woods | 10.5% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Paul Chilcott
16 Nov 2023November 2023. Direction: Abertillery to Ebbw Vale.
For most of the way this was a fantastic walk, easy to navigate, clear paths and stunning views from the mountain top section. There are no signs or waymarkers going up or coming down the mountain, but the paths were obvious until it came to getting down off the mountain and through the fields to the lane on the outskirts of Ebbw Vale. There was no path as such and the fields were very marshy in places. I followed the map the best I could, but it was a hard yomp on this stretch. I eventually found a discernible path just above and parallel to the stretch of water (old canal remnant ?), leading out on to the lane near the white cottage (formerly the Old Morning Star pub until 1984). Apart from this, it would have been a 5-star walk. There may be a better route by continuing along the ridge along Mynydd Carny Cefn, instead of taking the path to the left (west) of it. I may investigate this at some point. There were 5 or 6 markers along the mountain top, which looked a bit like coloured trig points (Photo 5) - they may have a different purpose, but in poor weather, they would serve as good waymarkers. Does anyone know if these have another function ?
Photo 1 - The path up through the forestry from Abertillery
Photo 2 - The grassy mountain path after the forestry overlooking Abertillery
Photo 3 - Looking back over Abertillery from Cefn yr Arail mountain
Photo 4 - Blaina and Nantyglo from Cefn yr Arail mountain
Photo 5 - Mountain top waymarker ?.
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