A quite strenuous 8 ½ mile walk taking about 5 – 5 ½ hours, exploring an impressive section of the Offa’s Dyke Path National Trail starting from Knucklas Community Centre or the railway station and using well defined roads, tracks and footpaths along the route, giving the opportunity to see well preserved sections of the Offa’s Dyke monument along the walk and superb panoramic views of Mid and South Wales plus the Shropshire Hills and even further.
Optional shorter walk of 6 ¼ mile walk taking about 3 ½ – 4 hours, just taking in Cwm-Sanaham Hill and taking in the quiet roads along the side or the River Teme to Knucklas.
Leave the car behind and arrive on the Heart of Wales line.
Cwm Sanaham Hill
From here you should be able see the impressive viaduct that takes The Heart of Wales railway on its journey to Swansea. The Black Mountains and Hay Bluff can be seen in the distance with Radnor Forest a little near. Plynlimon where the River Severn starts can be seen around to the west and the South Shropshire Hills continuing around the panoramic view.
Cwm Sanaham – near Llanfair Hill
This section of the walk runs parallel the actual monument giving an idea of the scale of the Dyke and again gives amazing 360 deg. views.
Graig – Knucklas
A gradual descent along a good track onto a quiet road that returns to Knucklas with the River Teme running to the side of the walk.
Full Trail details can be found on www.nationaltrail.co.uk/offas-dyke-path.