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Sugar Loaf Summit – Oak Woodlands of Sugar Loaf loop from Abergavenny

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Sugar Loaf Summit – Oak Woodlands of Sugar Loaf loop from Abergavenny

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144

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Sugar Loaf Summit – Oak Woodlands of Sugar Loaf loop from Abergavenny

04:00

12.3km

550m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

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Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

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617 m

Country Lane in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

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This store of road is like being transported back to childhood with the huge hedgerows giving the impression of being in a large maze. Lots of wildlife too

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2.48 km

Bench With a View of the Valley

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6.72 km

Mynydd Pen-y-fâl, to give Sugar Loaf its original Welsh name, is not a big hill. But because it stands separated from any other peak, including its brethren of the Black Mountains, it rises in wonderful isolation above the rolling landscape of Monmouthshire. To see it is to want to stand on its conical summit.

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6.87 km

Sugarloaf Summit on the Cambrian Way

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The Cambrian Way is an iconic long-distance footpath that runs 298 miles (480 km) from Cardiff in the south to Conwy in the north. That distance comes with a challenging 22,500m (73,700ft) of height gain. This tough trail passes through some of the most spectacular and beautiful scenery in Wales. It can also be very remote, and in the north you will hit rugged terrain that will include high ridges and challenging mountains. You can do it in more attainable one-day sections, or you can be a purist and do it in a gruelling, continuous three-week hiking odyssey.

Here on the southern flanks of the Sugarloaf, the terrain might be more sedate, but it is as equally as beautiful. The hike up from Abergavenny on this Cambrian Way section has good views of the Sugarloaf in front, across to the Blorenge in the south, and Skirrid Mawr to the east. Not for nothing was the Sugarloaf included in the Trail magazine’s Top 100 Britain's Greatest Mountains list.

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