Source of the Severn Trail, Hafren Forest
8.1 miles (13 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Hafren Forest car park. About 3½ hours, challenging.
Start: SN 829 884, 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 533 m of climbing and 297 m of descent; highest point 733 m.
Breaks in the line are gaps in the mapped route.
Facts
- Code
- WA 1152
- Distance
- 8.1 miles (13 km)
- Publisher’s page
- naturalresources.wales
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- About 3½ hours
- Difficulty
- Challenging (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Wales
- Counties
- Powys, Ceredigion
- Total ascent
- About 533 m. Highest point 733 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map. We found no car park, station or bus stop near the start: none within a kilometre, no bus stop within 3 km and no station within 10 km (from OpenStreetMap).
What to expect
Underfoot: gravel and tracks 85%, paved or flagged 10%, grass 6%.
Almost all off road.
On the way: 1 kissing gate.
Steepest climb: about 115 m in a kilometre (1 in 9), starting 6 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- WA 102Severn WayShares 3.7 miles of path with this route. Starts on this route at Blaen Hafren. This route finishes on it at Hafren Forest car park.
- WA 103Wye Valley WalkShares 2 miles of path with this route. Starts on this route at Chepstow.
- WA 1214Cascades Walk, Hafren ForestShares 0.3 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Hafren Forest car park.
- WA 1194Severn-Break-its-Neck Trail, Hafren ForestStarts and finishes on this route at Hafren Forest car park.
Walks nearby
- WA 1081Ridgetop Trail2.5 miles, one way. Starts 7.8 miles away
- WA 143Sarn Sabrina WalkLong-distance route, 25 miles, circular. Starts 8.1 miles away
- WA 1210Barcud Trail, Bwlch Nant yr Arian0.8 miles, circular. Starts 8.2 miles away
- WA 1098The Miners' Trail1.4 miles, circular. Starts 8.2 miles away
- WA 1207The Arch Woodland Trail1.1 miles. Starts 9 miles away
- WA 1203Animal Discovery Trail, Tan y Coed1.1 miles. Starts 11.5 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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