Castle Coch and Caerphilly Mountain

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Lowland and Hill Walks
Jul 15
2023

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10 mile (16km) route with 430 meters total height gain. Maximum elevation 273 meters.

This is a circular walk that starts and finishes at the Castell Coch, a 19th Century gothic revival castle designed by the architect William Burgess, with it's commanding location overlooking the village of Tongwynlais and the Taff gorge.

From the Castell, we follow the route of the Taff trail, before climbing up to the peak of Craig Yr Allt with panoramic views of Cardiff and the Severn estuary, Caerphilly and the Brecon Beacons in the distance. We then continue east to the trig point on  Caerphilly Mountain (while called a mountain, being only 271 meters in height, this can be a little more accurately described as a hill), with similarly panoramic views as before. We then drop down into the woodlands of The Warren and the nature reserve of Coed Y Werin before looping back towards Fforest Fawr. Here we we will follow the woodland sculpture trail back to the Castell, with it's numerous redwood wood animal carvings scattered along the path.

 

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Norman folly of Castell Coch
One of the many wood carvings in Fforest Fawr
Craig Yr Allt ridge with Brecon Beacons in the distance from edge of Fforest Fawr Fawr
View from the Craig Yr Allt ridge looking back down to the valley below
Woodland path within The Warren
Norman folly of Castell Coch
One of the many wood carvings in Fforest Fawr
Craig Yr Allt ridge with Brecon Beacons in the distance from edge of Fforest Fawr Fawr
View from the Craig Yr Allt ridge looking back down to the valley below
Woodland path within The Warren