Connect Pengam with Slow Ways
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Pengam’s four Slow Ways are 88% checked
Help connect Pengam
Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
Give a hike and help get a for every one of Pengam’s Slow Ways.
Walk to Pengam from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Pengam—Bargoed
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Penbar one |
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2 X |
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Enjoy me | Distance 4km/2mi | Ascent 49m | Descent 79m | ||
Pengam—Blackwood
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Penbla one |
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2 X |
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Enjoy me | Distance 4km/2mi | Ascent 95m | Descent 78m | ||
Treharris—Pengam
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Trehpen one |
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4 X |
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Verify me | Distance 7km/5mi | Ascent 180m | Descent 185m | ||
Ystrad Mynach—Pengam
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Ystpen one |
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3 X |
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Enjoy me | Distance 4km/3mi | Ascent 64m | Descent 106m |
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Collective progress
94% of Pengam’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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4 people have contributed to Pengam’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
4 people have surveyed a route in Pengam
19km out of 19km have been walked and reviewed
53km of reviews have been shared in Pengam
Latest Updates
The first half being the road from Pengam to Gelligaer and the section along Heol Adam, which is a mountain road, but very busy on the day of my walk....
Paul Chilcott
The only slight issue is it directs you down a path marked private property at the end of The Rise, but this is easily remedied if you stay on Edward Road and follow the path at the end round...
sftuck
Photo 1 - The path up the Nant Cylla valley, Ystrad Mynach...
Paul Chilcott
As previously mentioned, the GPX is not quite right by the allotments in Pengam, the actual footpath is a little farther up the road...
sftuck
A bit of care is needed to cross the road at the crossroads at Pengam...
sftuck
Takes an older mud-route from Ystrad to Cefn Hengoed, despite the nearby completed tarmac pathway past Cwm Calon. Nevertheless the route is a lot more interesting than that newer one....
Tom Morris
Although it`s a woodland park, there are lots of glades and meadows and the path alongside the River Rhymney is lovely. Photo 2 - One of several bridges over the River Rhymney Photo 7 - View across the Rhymney Valley from Bargoed...
Paul Chilcott
The other area of note is the area around bridge over the River Rhymney (Photos 4 and 5) and the path leading up to the main road in Pengam. Most of this route is suitable for wheels, but the stretch after the bridge over the River Rhymney is fairly steep and uneven with steps at the top....
Paul Chilcott
It was never going to be the prettiest of walks, very urban through housing estates etc....
grifftinfoilhat
Lost a star because of the walk up to Gelligaer from Pengam (which I've never been a fan of) but from Gelligaer onwards the walk is great. No problems with the route, but lots of stiles, kissing gates and mud so not suitable for wheels....
grifftinfoilhat
You could make it easier by walking from Bargoed Station to morrisons petrol station down the pavement and joining the route there....
grifftinfoilhat
Good views of the ruins of the old Penally colliery, but two busy crossings of the A469, could be avoided by just walking along the pavement between Pengam and Tir-y-berth but not as nice. When you come out of Pengam station and cross the main road, the route seems to go through the allotments but the public footpath is slightly to the left. Could be easy to miss....
grifftinfoilhat
Slow Ways added Ystpen one, a new walk from Ystrad Mynach to Pengam
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Pengam’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
ST1504197526
Lat / Lon
51.67006° / -3.22994°
Easting / Northing
315,041E / 197,526N
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Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
If you’ve polished off all of the routes between Pengam and its neighbours, how about walking its whole web?
This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!
Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Pengam's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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