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Cwmtillery Valley....Know to the locals as the Horse Shoe Bend Walk (Approx 3 miles, 1.5 hours leisurely walking). Starting point - Car Park along side the lower lake.

Before you start the walk, approximately 100 yards south you will find two Pit Wheels set in a stone base. The walk climbs up the eastern side of the valley, passing the lower lake on your left and  St Paul’s Church on the right. Further on is the Gwrhyd Mawr Farm,  Cwmtillery Reservoir and Tyleri or Nun's Wood, the other side of the wood being the farthest most point on this walk.
The path returns on the western side of the valley and leads into steep basin-like hollow, then the Reservoir once again and the remains of Ty-Nest Liwelyn Farm built 1670. As your walk continues southward you will pass the lower lake and an area of reclaimed land, above which you will notice a large cliff. Follow the path down to the main road and back to the car park along side the lake.

Photos taken on the Walk

Coity and Mynydd Fateg Fawr Mountains....

(Approx 9 miles). Starting point - Car Park along side the lower lake.

I walked back and  rejoined the road, up the hill round to the right and then sharp left to join Church Lane. Climbing up the eastern side of the valley passing, St Paul’s church, upper Reservoir, Gwrhyd and Blaentillery farms, before the climb up hill onto the top of Coity Mountain.
Descending down the north-eastern side of the Coity Mountain, you will pass a disused quarry and join a well used track, which follows the contour along the Coity and Mynydd Fateg Fawr mountain.
Looking down into the Blaenavon valley you can see a few lakes, the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway, the Big Pit Museum and of course Blaenavon. After 2miles you will reach a junction, which heads west towards and passing Blaenmelyn before turning south towards the Gwastad. Western direction next across the Gwastad mountain and descended into the Cwmtillery valley rejoining the road at Hill Crest View. I cut across the woodland field through the park and down on to Brookside Row, walking back toward the Lakes I passed the Pit Wheel Monument and the Jim Owens Memorial Hall.

 Photos taken on the Walk

Silent Valley Walk... (Approx 14 miles)  Can be started at Aberbeeg, (see welshwalks.co.uk) but mine is slightly different as I started from Cwmtillery.

I started by walking up the Concrete road passing the forest of Cefn Crib descended into the Ebbw Fach valley. Through the Rose Hey worth estate, School, over the A467 road and into Abertillery Park. Up through the park and crossing the Old Blaina road leads you into the Arail Bank Woodland and Coetgae where if you go west  you can followed the mountain tops north to Mynydd Carn y Cefn. The views in all directions are outstanding, with the Cwm and Abertillery valleys on both sides.
From   Carn-y-Cefn I descended into Blaina Cwmcelyn pond, after passing the pond it’s a zig zag climb through the forest to the Mynydd James mountain top. From here I continued across the top of the mountain before before descending to meet the concrete road again.

Photos taken on Walk