Eagle's Nest Trail, Wyndcliff Wood
1.3 miles (2.1 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Lower Wyndcliff car park. Under an hour, easy.
Start: ST 526 971, 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.
Map incomplete. Natural Resources Wales’s line for this walk is about 1 mile of the 1.3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 115 m of climbing and 109 m of descent; highest point 224 m.
Facts
- Code
- WA 1195
- Distance
- 1.3 miles (2.1 km)
- Publisher’s page
- naturalresources.wales
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Wales
- County
- Monmouthshire
- Total ascent
- About 115 m. Highest point 224 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Bus stops
- Wyndcliff, 190 m from the start. Directions ST 528 972Lower Quarry, 860 m from the start. Directions ST 534 975
- Car parks
- Lower Wyndcliff Carpark, 60 m from the start. Directions ST 526 971Upper Wyndcliffe, 260 m from the start. Directions ST 523 972
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 102 m in a kilometre (1 in 10), from the start.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- WA 103Wye Valley WalkShares 0.5 miles of path with this route. This route starts and finishes on it at Lower Wyndcliff car park.
Walks nearby
- WA 108Gloucestershire WayLong-distance route, 100 miles, one way. Starts 1.8 miles away
- SW 1320Wye Valley Greenway5 miles, one way. Starts 1.9 miles away
- UK 004Offa's Dyke PathNational trail, 177 miles, one way. Starts 3.1 miles away
- WA 1201Wonders of Whitestone1.2 miles. Starts 3.6 miles away
- WA 1193Beacon Bimble, Beacons View1.4 miles, circular. Starts 5.1 miles away
- WA 1171Duchess Ride Ramble, Beacons View3 miles, circular. Starts 5.1 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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