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Hengoed Viaduct – Hengoed Viaduct loop from Hengoed

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Hengoed Viaduct – Hengoed Viaduct loop from Hengoed

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Hengoed Viaduct – Hengoed Viaduct loop from Hengoed

02:04

20.4km

550m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 4, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 10.9 km for 80 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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614 m

Hengoed Viaduct

Highlight • Viewpoint

Hengoed Viaduct is an old railway viaduct that’s now a walkway and extension of NCN Route 47. It offers a nice view over the valley.

The "Wheel o Drams" sculpture …

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710 m

Sirhowy Valley Bike Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

This segment of the Sirhowy Valley bike path let’s you avoid the main road through Maesycwmmer. Just watch out for pedestrians if you’re going fast!

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2.75 km

Bryn Meadows Golf Resort & Spa

Highlight • Rest Area

Bryn Meadows is a golf course and holiday resort situated on the mountainside overlooking Blackwood, Pontllanfraith and Ystrad Mynach. After hiking across the valley, it's the perfect place to stop …

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4.38 km

Old Quarry

Highlight • Structure

The old quarry is a pretty interesting site to behold as you pass on the road. Set in a small inlet just off the main path, you have to walk through some pretty overgrown fauna to get in.

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8.59 km

Downhill Singletrack to Sirhowy

Highlight • Trail

9.34 km

Coed Cae-Hugh

Forest

15.8 km

Great Western Colliery Wheel Sculpture and Forest Path

Highlight • Forest

Take it easy, take in the countryside!

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20.0 km

Hengoed Viaduct

Highlight • Monument

The coal mining industry transformed the landscape of South Wales and one of the ways it did that was bringing about the construction of railways and, to span valleys, their …

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20.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.45 km

6.29 km

3.43 km

1.10 km

941 m

135 m

Surfaces

11.5 km

7.52 km

714 m

477 m

Elevation

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

Wednesday 6 May

13°C

6°C

39 %

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Hengoed Viaduct – Hengoed Viaduct loop from Hengoed

Hengoed Viaduct

Sirhowy Valley Bike Path

Bryn Meadows Golf Resort & Spa

Old Quarry

Downhill Singletrack to Sirhowy

Great Western Colliery Wheel Sculpture and Forest Path

Hengoed Viaduct

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