THE ROUTE

1 Go through a gate opposite the entrance to the Bridges

Centre into Drybridge Nature Park.

2 Follow the concrete path then at a lifebelt stand take a grass

path on the left over a grassy bank, then cross a stream by a

bridge.

3 First keep the hedge to your left, then cross the field.

4 Cross the track and keep the hedge on your right, veering left

and slightly up hill.

5 Cross two stiles then veer right to reach Ancrehill Lane over a

third stile.

6 Turn left and follow Ancrehill Lane.

7 At the B4293 Rockfield Road, turn left and after a few yards

turn right through a gap in the hedge (wooden fingerpost)

and over a small footbridge to follow a footpath diagonally

left across a field towards a large oak tree.

8 Cross a track and follow a path past more oak trees to a stile

at the bottom corner of the field. Cross this and continue.

9 Cross a stile & turn left following Offa’s Dyle Path National Trail.

10 Turn left on Watery Lane and follow it back down into town.

11 Turn right onto Rockfield Road and back to the Bridges

Community Centre.

POINTS OF INTEREST

A Drybridge Community Nature reserve is managed by the

Gwent Wildlife Trust and local volunteers. Watch out for

dragon and damsel flies in the summer.

B Vauxhall fields have been used variously in the past including

as pleasure gardens, for horse racing, a military camp, an

airfield and a golf course. A battle between Henry III and

Richard Earl of Pembroke was fought hereabouts in 1233.

C Offa’s Dyke Path is one of 15 National Trails in England and

Wales. It crosses the Welsh/English border over 20 times along

its 177 mile/285 kilometre length from Prestatyn to Sedbury

Cliffs, near Chepstow.

KEY

Walk route

Public right of way

Roads

Parking

Gate

Stile

Footbridge

DISTANCE

2.75 miles / 4.4 kilometres

TIME

1 hr 15 minutes

GRADE

Medium - one ascent,

several stiles

STARTING POINT

Bridges Community Centre

Monmouthsire Health Walk - Bulwark Walk

Leave the car park through the bollards and turn right on Marten Road

Walk down the slope into the woods and turn right on the Wales Coast Path

Walk around the ramparts of the hill fort

Back at the entrance to the hill fort, continue along the coast path on an un-surfaced road, with the ramparts of the hill fort to your left

Turn left on the road

Turn right before a red brick garage and follow this road (Raglan Way) down hill to a bend

At the bend in the road, turn left on a tarmacked path following a Wales Coast Path finger post

Follow the path between the railway embankment and some houses to the edge of the woods

Continue to follow the Wales Coast Path through the woods

Cross the playing field between a hedge and white railings to Tenby Lane

Turn right on Tenby Lane

Turn left at the T-junction, cross the road and follow it downhill to a large roundabout

Walk straight ahead around the large roundabout, then a second, smaller roundabout and continue ahead along Thornwell Road

Turn right at the Two Brewers pub onto Victoria Road

Turn left onto Camp Road

Turn right onto Alpha Road and follow it to the end

Turn left on the Coast Path and retrace the outward route from here back to the car park

POINTS OF INTEREST

Bulwarks Camp is a hillfort, probably built by the Silures in the first century BC. It has a double

bank and ditch. Its elevated position gives a good view over the Rivers Wye and Severn.

Warren Slade and Park Redding Woods have mostly deciduous trees and woodland flowers in

the springtime. There are good views across the Wye.

The remains of a stone age ‘chambered tomb’ can be found beneath the large oak tree grow-

ing in the middle of the grass area at Fountains Way. Excavations have revealed three cham-

bers containing pottery and human bones.

Archaeological excavations undertaken before construction of the housing estate and the M48

motorway junction suggest that the Thornwell area has been inhabited continuously from

around 5,000 BC until the departure of the Romans in the 5th century AD.

DISTANCE

2.6 miles / 4.2 kilometres

TIME

1 hour 25 mins

GRADE

Moderate, one steep ascent and descent, no stiles

STARTING POINT

Severn Bridge Social Club car park, at the far end by the bollards leading to Marten Road

THE ROUTE

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7

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Walk route

Public right of way

Roads

Parking

Stile

Gate

Underpass

Bench

Bridge

Footbridge

Steps

Church

Pub

Cafe

Village Hall

Railway line

KEY

Monmouthsire Health Walk - Bulwark Walk

Leave the car park through the bollards and turn right on Marten Road

Walk down the slope into the woods and turn right on the Wales Coast Path

Walk around the ramparts of the hill fort

Back at the entrance to the hill fort, continue along the coast path on an un-surfaced road, with the ramparts of the hill fort to your left

Turn left on the road

Turn right before a red brick garage and follow this road (Raglan Way) down hill to a bend

At the bend in the road, turn left on a tarmacked path following a Wales Coast Path finger post

Follow the path between the railway embankment and some houses to the edge of the woods

Continue to follow the Wales Coast Path through the woods

Cross the playing field between a hedge and white railings to Tenby Lane

Turn right on Tenby Lane

Turn left at the T-junction, cross the road and follow it downhill to a large roundabout

Walk straight ahead around the large roundabout, then a second, smaller roundabout and continue ahead along Thornwell Road

Turn right at the Two Brewers pub onto Victoria Road

Turn left onto Camp Road

Turn right onto Alpha Road and follow it to the end

Turn left on the Coast Path and retrace the outward route from here back to the car park

POINTS OF INTEREST

Bulwarks Camp is a hillfort, probably built by the Silures in the first century BC. It has a double

bank and ditch. Its elevated position gives a good view over the Rivers Wye and Severn.

Warren Slade and Park Redding Woods have mostly deciduous trees and woodland flowers in

the springtime. There are good views across the Wye.

The remains of a stone age ‘chambered tomb’ can be found beneath the large oak tree grow-

ing in the middle of the grass area at Fountains Way. Excavations have revealed three cham-

bers containing pottery and human bones.

Archaeological excavations undertaken before construction of the housing estate and the M48

motorway junction suggest that the Thornwell area has been inhabited continuously from

around 5,000 BC until the departure of the Romans in the 5th century AD.

DISTANCE

2.6 miles / 4.2 kilometres

TIME

1 hour 25 mins

GRADE

Moderate, one steep ascent and descent, no stiles

STARTING POINT

Severn Bridge Social Club car park, at the far end by the bollards leading to Marten Road

THE ROUTE

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2

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7

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C

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Walk route

Public right of way

Roads

Parking

Stile

Gate

Underpass

Bench

Bridge

Footbridge

Steps

Church

Pub

Cafe

Village Hall

Railway line

KEY

Monmouthsire Health Walk - Bulwark Walk

Leave the car park through the bollards and turn right on Marten Road

Walk down the slope into the woods and turn right on the Wales Coast Path

Walk around the ramparts of the hill fort

Back at the entrance to the hill fort, continue along the coast path on an un-surfaced road, with the ramparts of the hill fort to your left

Turn left on the road

Turn right before a red brick garage and follow this road (Raglan Way) down hill to a bend

At the bend in the road, turn left on a tarmacked path following a Wales Coast Path finger post

Follow the path between the railway embankment and some houses to the edge of the woods

Continue to follow the Wales Coast Path through the woods

Cross the playing field between a hedge and white railings to Tenby Lane

Turn right on Tenby Lane

Turn left at the T-junction, cross the road and follow it downhill to a large roundabout

Walk straight ahead around the large roundabout, then a second, smaller roundabout and continue ahead along Thornwell Road

Turn right at the Two Brewers pub onto Victoria Road

Turn left onto Camp Road

Turn right onto Alpha Road and follow it to the end

Turn left on the Coast Path and retrace the outward route from here back to the car park

POINTS OF INTEREST

Bulwarks Camp is a hillfort, probably built by the Silures in the first century BC. It has a double

bank and ditch. Its elevated position gives a good view over the Rivers Wye and Severn.

Warren Slade and Park Redding Woods have mostly deciduous trees and woodland flowers in

the springtime. There are good views across the Wye.

The remains of a stone age ‘chambered tomb’ can be found beneath the large oak tree grow-

ing in the middle of the grass area at Fountains Way. Excavations have revealed three cham-

bers containing pottery and human bones.

Archaeological excavations undertaken before construction of the housing estate and the M48

motorway junction suggest that the Thornwell area has been inhabited continuously from

around 5,000 BC until the departure of the Romans in the 5th century AD.

DISTANCE

2.6 miles / 4.2 kilometres

TIME

1 hour 25 mins

GRADE

Moderate, one steep ascent and descent, no stiles

STARTING POINT

Severn Bridge Social Club car park, at the far end by the bollards leading to Marten Road

THE ROUTE

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A

2

3

4

5

6

7

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C

D

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BC

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Walk route

Public right of way

Roads

Parking

Stile

Gate

Underpass

Bench

Bridge

Footbridge

Steps

Church

Pub

Cafe

Village Hall

Railway line

KEY

Monmouthsire Health Walk - Bulwark Walk

Leave the car park through the bollards and turn right on Marten Road

Walk down the slope into the woods and turn right on the Wales Coast Path

Walk around the ramparts of the hill fort

Back at the entrance to the hill fort, continue along the coast path on an un-surfaced road, with the ramparts of the hill fort to your left

Turn left on the road

Turn right before a red brick garage and follow this road (Raglan Way) down hill to a bend

At the bend in the road, turn left on a tarmacked path following a Wales Coast Path finger post

Follow the path between the railway embankment and some houses to the edge of the woods

Continue to follow the Wales Coast Path through the woods

Cross the playing field between a hedge and white railings to Tenby Lane

Turn right on Tenby Lane

Turn left at the T-junction, cross the road and follow it downhill to a large roundabout

Walk straight ahead around the large roundabout, then a second, smaller roundabout and continue ahead along Thornwell Road

Turn right at the Two Brewers pub onto Victoria Road

Turn left onto Camp Road

Turn right onto Alpha Road and follow it to the end

Turn left on the Coast Path and retrace the outward route from here back to the car park

POINTS OF INTEREST

Bulwarks Camp is a hillfort, probably built by the Silures in the first century BC. It has a double

bank and ditch. Its elevated position gives a good view over the Rivers Wye and Severn.

Warren Slade and Park Redding Woods have mostly deciduous trees and woodland flowers in

the springtime. There are good views across the Wye.

The remains of a stone age ‘chambered tomb’ can be found beneath the large oak tree grow-

ing in the middle of the grass area at Fountains Way. Excavations have revealed three cham-

bers containing pottery and human bones.

Archaeological excavations undertaken before construction of the housing estate and the M48

motorway junction suggest that the Thornwell area has been inhabited continuously from

around 5,000 BC until the departure of the Romans in the 5th century AD.

DISTANCE

2.6 miles / 4.2 kilometres

TIME

1 hour 25 mins

GRADE

Moderate, one steep ascent and descent, no stiles

STARTING POINT

Severn Bridge Social Club car park, at the far end by the bollards leading to Marten Road

THE ROUTE

1

A

2

3

4

5

6

7

B

C

D

10

8

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13

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16

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Walk route

Public right of way

Roads

Parking

Stile

Gate

Underpass

Bench

Bridge

Footbridge

Steps

Church

Pub

Cafe

Village Hall

Railway line

KEY

Monmouthsire Health Walk - Bulwark Walk

Leave the car park through the bollards and turn right on Marten Road

Walk down the slope into the woods and turn right on the Wales Coast Path

Walk around the ramparts of the hill fort

Back at the entrance to the hill fort, continue along the coast path on an un-surfaced road, with the ramparts of the hill fort to your left

Turn left on the road

Turn right before a red brick garage and follow this road (Raglan Way) down hill to a bend

At the bend in the road, turn left on a tarmacked path following a Wales Coast Path finger post

Follow the path between the railway embankment and some houses to the edge of the woods

Continue to follow the Wales Coast Path through the woods

Cross the playing field between a hedge and white railings to Tenby Lane

Turn right on Tenby Lane

Turn left at the T-junction, cross the road and follow it downhill to a large roundabout

Walk straight ahead around the large roundabout, then a second, smaller roundabout and continue ahead along Thornwell Road

Turn right at the Two Brewers pub onto Victoria Road

Turn left onto Camp Road

Turn right onto Alpha Road and follow it to the end

Turn left on the Coast Path and retrace the outward route from here back to the car park

POINTS OF INTEREST

Bulwarks Camp is a hillfort, probably built by the Silures in the first century BC. It has a double

bank and ditch. Its elevated position gives a good view over the Rivers Wye and Severn.

Warren Slade and Park Redding Woods have mostly deciduous trees and woodland flowers in

the springtime. There are good views across the Wye.

The remains of a stone age ‘chambered tomb’ can be found beneath the large oak tree grow-

ing in the middle of the grass area at Fountains Way. Excavations have revealed three cham-

bers containing pottery and human bones.

Archaeological excavations undertaken before construction of the housing estate and the M48

motorway junction suggest that the Thornwell area has been inhabited continuously from

around 5,000 BC until the departure of the Romans in the 5th century AD.

DISTANCE

2.6 miles / 4.2 kilometres

TIME

1 hour 25 mins

GRADE

Moderate, one steep ascent and descent, no stiles

STARTING POINT

Severn Bridge Social Club car park, at the far end by the bollards leading to Marten Road

THE ROUTE

1

A

2

3

4

5

6

7

B

C

D

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13

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15

17

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BC

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56 7

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P

Walk route

Public right of way

Roads

Parking

Stile

Gate

Underpass

Bench

Bridge

Footbridge

Steps

Church

Pub

Cafe

Village Hall

Railway line

KEY

Monmouthsire Health Walk - Bulwark Walk

Leave the car park through the bollards and turn right on Marten Road

Walk down the slope into the woods and turn right on the Wales Coast Path

Walk around the ramparts of the hill fort

Back at the entrance to the hill fort, continue along the coast path on an un-surfaced road, with the ramparts of the hill fort to your left

Turn left on the road

Turn right before a red brick garage and follow this road (Raglan Way) down hill to a bend

At the bend in the road, turn left on a tarmacked path following a Wales Coast Path finger post

Follow the path between the railway embankment and some houses to the edge of the woods

Continue to follow the Wales Coast Path through the woods

Cross the playing field between a hedge and white railings to Tenby Lane

Turn right on Tenby Lane

Turn left at the T-junction, cross the road and follow it downhill to a large roundabout

Walk straight ahead around the large roundabout, then a second, smaller roundabout and continue ahead along Thornwell Road

Turn right at the Two Brewers pub onto Victoria Road

Turn left onto Camp Road

Turn right onto Alpha Road and follow it to the end

Turn left on the Coast Path and retrace the outward route from here back to the car park

POINTS OF INTEREST

Bulwarks Camp is a hillfort, probably built by the Silures in the first century BC. It has a double

bank and ditch. Its elevated position gives a good view over the Rivers Wye and Severn.

Warren Slade and Park Redding Woods have mostly deciduous trees and woodland flowers in

the springtime. There are good views across the Wye.

The remains of a stone age ‘chambered tomb’ can be found beneath the large oak tree grow-

ing in the middle of the grass area at Fountains Way. Excavations have revealed three cham-

bers containing pottery and human bones.

Archaeological excavations undertaken before construction of the housing estate and the M48

motorway junction suggest that the Thornwell area has been inhabited continuously from

around 5,000 BC until the departure of the Romans in the 5th century AD.

DISTANCE

2.6 miles / 4.2 kilometres

TIME

1 hour 25 mins

GRADE

Moderate, one steep ascent and descent, no stiles

STARTING POINT

Severn Bridge Social Club car park, at the far end by the bollards leading to Marten Road

THE ROUTE

1

A

2

3

4

5

6

7

B

C

D

10

8

9

13

11

12

16

14

15

17

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BC

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56 7

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P

Walk route

Public right of way

Roads

Parking

Stile

Gate

Underpass

Bench

Bridge

Footbridge

Steps

Church

Pub

Cafe

Village Hall

Railway line

KEY

Monmouthsire Health Walk - Bulwark Walk

Leave the car park through the bollards and turn right on Marten Road

Walk down the slope into the woods and turn right on the Wales Coast Path

Walk around the ramparts of the hill fort

Back at the entrance to the hill fort, continue along the coast path on an un-surfaced road, with the ramparts of the hill fort to your left

Turn left on the road

Turn right before a red brick garage and follow this road (Raglan Way) down hill to a bend

At the bend in the road, turn left on a tarmacked path following a Wales Coast Path finger post

Follow the path between the railway embankment and some houses to the edge of the woods

Continue to follow the Wales Coast Path through the woods

Cross the playing field between a hedge and white railings to Tenby Lane

Turn right on Tenby Lane

Turn left at the T-junction, cross the road and follow it downhill to a large roundabout

Walk straight ahead around the large roundabout, then a second, smaller roundabout and continue ahead along Thornwell Road

Turn right at the Two Brewers pub onto Victoria Road

Turn left onto Camp Road

Turn right onto Alpha Road and follow it to the end

Turn left on the Coast Path and retrace the outward route from here back to the car park

POINTS OF INTEREST

Bulwarks Camp is a hillfort, probably built by the Silures in the first century BC. It has a double

bank and ditch. Its elevated position gives a good view over the Rivers Wye and Severn.

Warren Slade and Park Redding Woods have mostly deciduous trees and woodland flowers in

the springtime. There are good views across the Wye.

The remains of a stone age ‘chambered tomb’ can be found beneath the large oak tree grow-

ing in the middle of the grass area at Fountains Way. Excavations have revealed three cham-

bers containing pottery and human bones.

Archaeological excavations undertaken before construction of the housing estate and the M48

motorway junction suggest that the Thornwell area has been inhabited continuously from

around 5,000 BC until the departure of the Romans in the 5th century AD.

DISTANCE

2.6 miles / 4.2 kilometres

TIME

1 hour 25 mins

GRADE

Moderate, one steep ascent and descent, no stiles

STARTING POINT

Severn Bridge Social Club car park, at the far end by the bollards leading to Marten Road

THE ROUTE

1

A

2

3

4

5

6

7

B

C

D

10

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Walk route

Public right of way

Roads

Parking

Stile

Gate

Underpass

Bench

Bridge

Footbridge

Steps

Church

Pub

Cafe

Village Hall

Railway line

KEY

Monmouthsire Health Walk - Bulwark Walk

Leave the car park through the bollards and turn right on Marten Road

Walk down the slope into the woods and turn right on the Wales Coast Path

Walk around the ramparts of the hill fort

Back at the entrance to the hill fort, continue along the coast path on an un-surfaced road, with the ramparts of the hill fort to your left

Turn left on the road

Turn right before a red brick garage and follow this road (Raglan Way) down hill to a bend

At the bend in the road, turn left on a tarmacked path following a Wales Coast Path finger post

Follow the path between the railway embankment and some houses to the edge of the woods

Continue to follow the Wales Coast Path through the woods

Cross the playing field between a hedge and white railings to Tenby Lane

Turn right on Tenby Lane

Turn left at the T-junction, cross the road and follow it downhill to a large roundabout

Walk straight ahead around the large roundabout, then a second, smaller roundabout and continue ahead along Thornwell Road

Turn right at the Two Brewers pub onto Victoria Road

Turn left onto Camp Road

Turn right onto Alpha Road and follow it to the end

Turn left on the Coast Path and retrace the outward route from here back to the car park

POINTS OF INTEREST

Bulwarks Camp is a hillfort, probably built by the Silures in the first century BC. It has a double

bank and ditch. Its elevated position gives a good view over the Rivers Wye and Severn.

Warren Slade and Park Redding Woods have mostly deciduous trees and woodland flowers in

the springtime. There are good views across the Wye.

The remains of a stone age ‘chambered tomb’ can be found beneath the large oak tree grow-

ing in the middle of the grass area at Fountains Way. Excavations have revealed three cham-

bers containing pottery and human bones.

Archaeological excavations undertaken before construction of the housing estate and the M48

motorway junction suggest that the Thornwell area has been inhabited continuously from

around 5,000 BC until the departure of the Romans in the 5th century AD.

DISTANCE

2.6 miles / 4.2 kilometres

TIME

1 hour 25 mins

GRADE

Moderate, one steep ascent and descent, no stiles

STARTING POINT

Severn Bridge Social Club car park, at the far end by the bollards leading to Marten Road

THE ROUTE

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A

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3

4

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Walk route

Public right of way

Roads

Parking

Stile

Gate

Underpass

Bench

Bridge

Footbridge

Steps

Church

Pub

Cafe

Village Hall

Railway line

KEY

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