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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 10–21 °C (50–70 °F)
- J7°2°105
- F8°2°71
- M10°3°79
- A13°5°69
- M16°8°74
- J19°11°64
- J21°13°67
- A20°13°79
- S18°11°87
- O14°8°115
- N10°5°106
- D7°3°108
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
A circular route from Caldicote Castle to the coast near the Prince of Wales Bridge, then along the Wales Coast path to the Iron Age Fort near Sudbrook, then on to the Black Rock before heading back to Caldicot Castle.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 8.5 km · 5.3 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 7.8 km · 4.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 1.2 km NE of Caldicot (Monmouthshire, Wales) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Monmouthshire
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Living Levels Landscape Partnership
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 51.5889, -2.7231
- Route start
- 51.5920, -2.7420
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 20281863
- Official info
- livinglevels.org.uk/loops-links/caldicot-black-r
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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