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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 2
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (2)
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Downloads - 5
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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
Brynmawr
Grid Ref
SO1908911684
Lat / Lon
51.79793° / -3.17471°
Easting / Northing
319,089E / 211,684N
What3Words
sage.buzz.nodded
Ebbbry 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 |
| Brynmawr | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SO1908911684 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.79793° / -3.17471° |
| Easting / Northing | 319,089E / 211,684N |
| What3Words | sage.buzz.nodded |
| Natural grass | 26.1% |
| Urban | 73.9% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Steven Melia
17 Sep 2024This is a reasonably straightforward route. It is the most logical route to take between these two towns. It involves a climb over a hill, on a path which is rough-surfaced in places with medium-sized stones, which can be a bit hard on the feet - see photo. Part of it follows a byway open to all traffic. It is sometimes used by trail bikes, which can be a bit intimidating.
There are a couple of minor problems with the gpx file. The path leaving the Newtown district of Ebbw Vale does not follow the line shown on the gpx file, or the OS map. At East 317280 North 209948 it skirts the small depression to the north, not to the south as shown on both the OS map and the gpx file. The zigzag which follows is also different on the ground than it is on the map. That only creates potential confusion if you are walking in the opposite direction - from Brynmawr - as I was.
Paul Chilcott
06 Oct 2023October 2023. Direction: Brynmawr to Ebbw Vale.
A straight forward and functional SlowWay across the hills at the top end of the mountain Mynydd Carn y Cefn. It passes a golf course with the highest altitude hole in the UK.
Photo 1 - The track leading up the mountain from Brynmawr
Photo 2 - The Ebbw Vale Dragon (End / Start of walk).
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