Short Walks in Monmouthshire

Enjoy over 70 circular walks across the county, ranging from 1 mile town trails to 14 mile cross country routes. The pathcare routes and healthy walking routes are all managed and maintained by MonLife Countryside & their team of volunteers, whilst the rest have been designed and maintained by partner organisations.

If you come across a problem with any of our walks, please email rightsofway@monmouthshire.gov.uk.

If you would like more of a challenge, visit our Long Distance Walks page. These are the multi-day walks that start or cross through Monmouthshire, such as the Wales Coast Path, Wye Valley Walk and Three Castles Walk.

Click here for our Long Distance Walking page

See all 30 of our Pathcare Walks

30 Pathcare walks across Monmouthshire, managed by Monmouthshire Countryside Volunteers. From 1 to 8 miles in length.

View all the pathcare walks

Try out our 23 Healthy Walking Routes

23 short, easy walks to help everyone experience the benefits of a healthy walk, ranging from 1 to 4 miles long.

View all the Monmouthshire healthy walking routes

Wye Valley Heritage Walks

Three loops off the Wye Valley with particular focus on history & heritage.

The Angidy Trail: 5 Mile Circular Walk along Tintern’s Angidy Valley.
Picturesque Piercefield: 6 Mile Walk through Piercefield Park, near Chepstow.
Lancaut Peninsular Walk: 6 Mile Walk from Chepstow around the Lancaut Peninsular.

Brecon Beacon Walks

Climb the mountains of the Brecon Beacons with walks on the Sugarloaf, Blorenge, Skirrid Fach, Skirrid Fawr and Black Mountains.

Sugarloaf Mountain Walk from Abergavenny (Temporarily removed from National Trust website, but walk still doable from Fairfield road car park, Abergavenny)

Skirrid Fawr (Big Skirrid) Walk

Skirrid Fach (Little Skirrid) Walk

Blorenge High Walk

Llanthony Valley & Hatterall Ridge

12 Easy Walks in the Wye Valley & Forest of Dean

A dozen specially developed short walks suitable for anyone who wants to explore the Wye Valley between at a gentle pace. Several of these are based in, or very close to, Monmouthshire – download the route guides here:

Tread & Trot Trails

Three walks specifically designed to be available for walkers, cyclists and horses. The walks are:

Tintern Hidden Histories: 11 mile walk (or trot, or cycle!) around Tintern & the Angiddy Valley
Dingestow Discoveries: 5.5 mile walk around Rural Monmouthshire near Monmouth. Can also be split into 2 shorter, family friendly walks.
Whitestone, Whitebrook & the Wye: 14 1/2 mile walk around the scenic Wye Valley.