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Overview

Machen, Upper Ochrwyth, Lower Ochrwyth, Lower Machen and Machen

Start from Machen Village car park CF83 8NW

ST209891

Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Start time:
9:30 am
Estimated finish time:
3:00 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
16.1km / 10.0mi
Ascent:
N/A
Type:
circular
Website:
https://www.cardifframblers.org.uk/walks

Local grade: B

Starting point

Grid reference:
ST 20900 89101
Nearest postcode:
CF83 8ND
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Start time:
9:30 am

Machen Village car park CF83 8NW ST209891

Upcoming walks with Cardiff Group

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Bryn Arw from Forest Coal Pit

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
River Wye

A walk along the Wye Valley. Please register with Walk Leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
13.5 miles
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Pentwyn Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Castell Coch area

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
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Monmouth to Welsh Newton circular walk. Please register with walk leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
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A Stroll up the Garth

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk: East to John Hampton stile return via Ridge and Quarry.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
Bus Interchange

Cardiff Central Strollers: Cardiff Parks & Gardens..

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
View from Cefn Llechid

Cefn Llechid.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
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Malvern Hills, northern section. Please contact walk leader in advance.

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
12.0 miles
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Caerphilly Mountain Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.0 miles
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Penarth-Sully Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
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Machen, Mynydd Machen and Draethen.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
Rail Ramble

Cancelled: Rail Ramble: Rhymney to Bargoed via the Bent Iron and Parc Cwm Darran

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
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Mynydd Troed, Waun Fach & Y Grib circular walk. Need to Register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
12.0 miles
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Taff Trail and Fforest Fawr

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Cardiff Central Strollers: Roath Park - Waterloo Gardens Circular.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Lisvane to Cefn Mabley Circular.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
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Blaen-y-Glyn, Brecon Beacons

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
12.5 miles
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Barry Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
Rail Ramble

Rail Ramble: Barry, Cwm Ciddy, Porthkerry

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.0 miles
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Crai Valley. Please register with walk leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
12.0 miles
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Brecon Beacon Horseshoe. Contact leader for start point and to register for walk.

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
13.0 miles
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Tackling Asda Mountain

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.0 miles
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Cardiff Central Strollers: Guest Leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Cardiff Bay Trail.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
Car park

Llangorse Lake and Mynydd Llangorse from Bwlch. Please register with Walk Leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.5 miles
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Llandaff North to Cardiff Bay

Start:

Difficulty:
Easy
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Parc Cefn Onn to Caerphilly. Linear.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
Across the Ogwr Fach valley

Around Ogwr Fach. Please register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
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Erwood, Wye Valley (Register with Walk Leader)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
15.0 miles
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Cardiff Bay

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Cardiff Central Strollers: Visit Billy the Seal (Victoria Park) & Back.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Craig yr Allt & Caerphilly

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.0 miles
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Above the Neuadd Reservoir -Please register with walk leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
13.0 miles
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North Cardiff Reservoirs

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Blackwood, Aberbargoed, Penyfan Pond, Pontllanfraith Circular.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
Mynydd Cilfach-yr-encil

Hills and valleys from Trelewis. Please register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
12.5 miles
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Penarth to Lavernock Point and Return

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Cardiff Central Strollers: Glamorgan Canal Nature Reserve.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
View from Fan Frynach

Fan Frynach

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.0 miles
View from Cefn Llechid

Mynydd Illtud and Cefn Llechid

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
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Longwood Drive, Coryton, Circular.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
7.0 miles
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Penrhys Pilgrimage, Groesfaen to Llandaff. Linear walk. Register with Walk Leader for bus times.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.0 miles
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Allt Llwyd & Waun Rydd, a walk high above the Talybont Reservoir. Please register with walk leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
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Craig y Nos circular. Need to Register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
16.0 miles
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Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
Placeholder image

Cardiff Central Strollers: Canal, Dock & Bay.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Penarth Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Heritage Coast from Llantwit Major along the coast and back inland. Please register with walk leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
12.0 miles
View north towards Brecon Beacons

Forest Chapel from Parc Taf Bargoed

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
Rail Ramble

Rail Ramble: Pengam to Llanbradach via Rhymney Valley Riverside walk

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
Above Mitchel Troy

Mitchel Troy to Penallt. Please register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
Cancelled Walk

Cancelled: Fan y Big from Blaen y Glyn

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
1.0 miles
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Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Cardiff Central Strollers: Guest Leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
Coach Trip. Booking early essential.

Coach Trip : Newcastle Emlyn

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
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Craig y Nos and Henrhyd Waterfalls. Need to Register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
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Penarth Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Southerndown - Ogmore Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
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Rail Ramble: Cwm Darran - Discovering 10 historic features

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
13.0 miles
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Cardiff Central Strollers: tackle ASDA Mountain (If possible)

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Mynyddislwyn and Nant-y-Draenog reservoir

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.5 miles
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Llangattock escarpment. Please register with walk leader (text preferred).

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
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Coed-y-Wenallt and Green Meadow Wood

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Penallt, Monmouthshire . Register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.0 miles
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Rail Ramble: Barry coastal walk to East Aberthaw Nature Reserve return via Rhoose

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
Placeholder image

Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
Placeholder image

Cardiff Central Strollers: Linear to Roath Park. Catching bus back to City Centre.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Glyn Tarell

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
Placeholder image

Soar over the Garth

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.2 miles
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Varteg, Coety Mountain, Garn Lakes, Big Pit and the Dog Stone. Please register with walk leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.9 miles
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Llanover and the Goose and Cuckoo. register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
River Usk

Kingfisher spotting along the River Usk

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
14.0 miles
Placeholder image

Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Cardiff Central Strollers: Bute Park

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Barry Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Bette's Walk Leader Retirement Walk: Hailey Park Circular via Castell Coch

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Train Ramble: Llanbradach to Cefn Onn Parc via Rhymney Valley Ridgeway and Machen

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
12.0 miles
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Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Cardiff Central Strollers: Whitchurch or Bust. Linear.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Train Ramble: Gren's Way, Llancaiach Mawr & Penallta explore

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
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Pen y Fan South Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
11.0 miles
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Cardiff Central Strollers: Guest Leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
Gray Hill

Wentwood and Gray Hill

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
Placeholder image

Not the Garth

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
Placeholder image

A Ramble in the Rhondda

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
14.0 miles
Placeholder image

Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Cardiff Central Strollers: Cardiff Wetlands.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
Clifton Suspension Bridge

Rail Ramble: Clifton Down to Bristol Temple Meads

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
8.0 miles

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking
Join now for just £3.42 per month
Register for an account for FREE