Duchess Ride Ramble, Beacons View
3 miles (4.8 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Beacons View car park. About 1 hour, easy.
Start: SO 510 052, and finish. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Up and down
About 104 m of climbing and 86 m of descent; highest point 306 m.
Facts
- Code
- WA 1171
- Distance
- 3 miles (4.8 km)
- Publisher’s page
- naturalresources.wales
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- About 1 hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Wales
- County
- Monmouthshire
- Total ascent
- About 104 m. Highest point 306 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Car parks
- Beacon Hill Car park, 50 m from the start. Directions SO 510 053Car park (free), 970 m from the start. Directions SO 500 052
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: a bus stop, 1.9 km away (Directions); Perrygrove station (heritage railway), 8.1 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 44 m in a kilometre (1 in 23), starting 2 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- WA 1193Beacon Bimble, Beacons ViewShares 1.1 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Beacons View car park. This route starts and finishes on it at Beacons View car park.
Walks nearby
- WA 1212Manor Brook Leap, Manor Wood0.8 miles, circular. Starts 1 mile away
- WA 1183Manor Wood Walk, Manor Wood1.9 miles, circular. Starts 1 mile away
- WA 1201Wonders of Whitestone1.2 miles. Starts 1.7 miles away
- SW 1320Wye Valley Greenway5 miles, one way. Starts 3.3 miles away
- WA 1195Eagle's Nest Trail, Wyndcliff Wood1.3 miles, circular. Starts 5.1 miles away
- SW 1221Bracelands to the Wye1.6 miles, one way. Starts 5.7 miles away
Sources
Checked against naturalresources.wales on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Natural Resources Wales, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Natural Resources Wales information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Facts: naturalresources.wales
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