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Cat's Back Ridge – View from Hay Bluff Summit loop from Llanveynoe

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Cat's Back Ridge – View from Hay Bluff Summit loop from Llanveynoe

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Cat's Back Ridge – View from Hay Bluff Summit loop from Llanveynoe

03:48

13.1km

330m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

6 m

Car Park

Highlight • Parking

The start of the Cat's Back ridge, there are only a few places and it is a narrow windy road to get here.

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2

471 m

Cat's Back Ridge

Highlight (Segment) • Summit

The long narrow and exposed ridge that descends south of Black Hill. Beautiful to walk up or down.

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3

2.43 km

Black Hill Summit Trig Point

Highlight • Natural Monument

Black Hill stands at 2,100 feet (640 m) in the Black Mountain region of Bannau Brycheiniog national park. It's the summit of the awesome Cat's Back ridge to the south …

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4

5.66 km

Exmoor Ponies

Highlight • Natural

So many pony’s!

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5

6.05 km

Herefordshire's Highest Point

Highlight • Summit

It's not marked in any way, but this is the highest point in Herefordshire (right on the border with Wales).

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6

6.53 km

Twyn Llech (Black Mountain) Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

Twyn Llech (703m), also known as Black Mountain, is the only Marilyn to fall exactly on the Welsh–English border, straddling Brecknockshire (Powys) and Herefordshire.

The Black Mountain is the highest …

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7

7.57 km

View from Hay Bluff Summit

Highlight • Trail

To the East are views across the Cats Back and onwards to the Malvern Hills and miles into England. To the West are views of Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob). If …

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8

12.0 km

Wild Ponies

Highlight • Natural

Wild ponies galore up on the tops, we saw a group of 12 horses moving through the landscape, amazing!

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B

13.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.84 km

3.22 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.77 km

3.22 km

2.34 km

< 100 m

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Sunday 11 October

18°C

11°C

74 %

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