CWMCARN ( near Newport).

Woodspring Group

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Overview

We start with a short climb and then down into a wooded valley before a long steady climb up to 1600 feet summit - with good views overlooking Risca. A plateau and then a steep descent back to the cars. Coffee and lunch stops.

Thursday, 14 May 2026

Start time:: 9:45 am
Estimated finish time:: 4:00 pm

Difficulty:: Strenuous
Distance:: 19.3km / 12.0mi
Ascent:: 786.4m / 2580ft
Type:: circular

Please inform the leader if you intend joining this walk.

Features

Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:: ST 22799 93501
Nearest postcode:: NP11 7FE
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Start time:: 9:45 am

Parking in a car park. It is the entrance to a camping site…Cwmcarn Forest Drive.

Upcoming walks with Woodspring Group

Wells

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Burrator Reservoir & Walkhampton Common

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Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 12.6 miles

Kelston & Avon Valley

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Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Holford to Wills Neck.

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Charterhouse and Velvet Bottom

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Holford East Quantoxhead

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 7.5 miles

Llandegfedd Reservoir

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.5 miles

Evercreech Loop to Bruton

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Binegar Church

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Pill, Abbots Leigh and Easton-in-Gordano

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 8.6 miles

Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 12.0 miles