CARDIFF WALKING FESTIVAL
SAVE OUR CARDIFF RESERVOIRS WALK
EXTRA EVENT: MAY 4th

TIME:

6am to 6pm

START AND FINISH:

Pontcanna Scout Hall car park

ABOUT THE WALK:

Minibus takes walkers to start at Cwmcarn. Walk route includes the summit of Twmbarlwm, Mynydd Machen, then along the Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Footpath to Cefn Onn Country Park and along the Nant Fawr 'green corridor' passing Llanishen and Lisvane Reservoirs to Roath Park, Cathays Cemetery, a short length of the Taff Trail before crossing Pontcanna Fields to return to the car park (The route description from Cefn Onn to the start is on the Save Our Cardiff Reservoirs website, see 'Copper Route'.

MAXIMUM No. OF ATTENDEES:

15 (contact to book place)

FACILITIES:

Parking

COST:

£10 to cover transport from meeting point (end of walk) to start. If the transport cost works out less than £10 per person then you can request the difference either be returned to you or donated to the Reservoir Action Group.

CONTACT:

Phone 029 20238576 Email mail@socrw.co.uk

To Enter By Post:

For an Entry Form click here.

To Enter Using Paypal:

Route Select Ticket
Cardiff Walking Festival
20 Mile Walk
Select Appropriate Entry Fee


The Route

       

    For a more detailed, marked up map using the Ordnance Survey 'Getamap' CLICK HERE. Please note:
    • When you look at the route on the OS 'Getamap' site, its best to click the 'Leisure' button top left of the screen to get the 1:25000 map.
    • You'll probably have to register with OS 'Getamap' to see it.


Panoramic Film At Trig Point on Twmbarlwm

Panoramic Film At Trig Point on Mynydd Machen

The above link shows a 360 degree panoramic film taken from the trig point on Twmbarlwm. It begins looking north, in the distance is Pen y Fan. The film then rotates clockwise around the trig point, to look east (on a clear day you can see the Severn Bridge) then south over Newport, Cardiff and the Bristol Channel then west across the ridges of the South Wales valleys.The trig point is on a huge Iron Age fort also there's a medieval castle mound on the eastern perimeter.

The above link shows a 360 degree panoramic film taken from the trig point on Mynydd Machen. It begins looking south west towards Cardiff. The film then rotates clockwise around the trig point, looking west across the ridges of the South Wales valleys, then north, again with Pen y Fan in the distance and east (the view towards the Severn Bridges slightly obscurred by the communications masts) then south over Newport, Cardiff and the Bristol Channel.