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The Skirrid trail in the Sugar Loaf and Usk Valley, East Wales
Next nearby hike: Clytha and Coed y Bwnydd walk, East Wales 5.9 mi · 9.5 kmExplore Sugar Loaf →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–19 °C (52–66 °F)
- J6°1°117
- F6°1°82
- M9°2°86
- A11°3°76
- M14°6°78
- J17°9°64
- J19°11°66
- A19°11°76
- S16°9°90
- O13°7°130
- N9°3°115
- D6°1°120
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
This energetic walk takes you through woodland and out onto open mountainside, before a steep climb to the summit which offers splendid views of the surrounding countryside and St Michael's Church on the summit of the Skirrid.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 6.4 km · 4.0 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 3.3 km · 2.1 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Sugar Loaf (mountain, 596 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Brecon Beacons (Cambrian Mountains › Northwest European Highlands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 3.8 km NE of Abergavenny (Monmouthshire, Wales) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Monmouthshire
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Visitor Car Park, Llanddewi Skirrid, Abergavenny, NP7 8AP;51.84233, -2.97594;SO3286116420 → Visitor Car Park, Llanddewi Skirrid, Abergavenny, NP7 8AP;51.84233, -2.97594;SO3286116420
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 51.8519, -2.9758
- Route start
- 51.8445, -2.9778
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19354946
- Official info
- nationaltrust.org.uk/cy/visit/wales/sugar-loaf-s
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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