Knucklas village

Many visitors come here because the area offers some of the best walking and riding in Wales, and surprisingly you will almost certainly have the place to yourselves! We are rather overlooked because of the attractions of the bigger mountains of Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons, but we have much lovely hill walking. Look for Beacon Hill and the Radnor Forest areas. On the maps you will see huge areas that are open access land, much of it traditional common land and Forestry Commission land, where you may walk anywhere. Across the valley is the South Shropshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with a discovery centre in Craven Arms, with lots of excellent walking. There is much good country walking in Herefordshire, where it is not generally so hilly. The mid-Wales tourism web site has much good information here –

LOCAL WALKING INFORMATION

There are connections to Glyndwr’s Way (starts in Knighton and passes very close to the village) and the Offa’s Dyke Path across the valley; and the Jack Mytton horse trail is close also. The Shropshire Way, the Herefordshire Way, the Severn Way and the Wye Valley Walk are all handy as well.

The new Heart of Wales Line Trail is being developed linking all the stations on the Heart of Wales rail line. This passes through Knucklas over the castle –

Walks around Knucklas –

There are walks on and near Knucklas Castle – Castle Footpaths and Path to Heyope. You are welcome to download these and print them for your own use.

The Community Centre are publishing other walks from the village; here they are (in PDF format for free download. If you need a PDF reader we recommend Foxit – http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/) –

Walk 1 (Glyndwr’s Way & Offa’s Dyke)

Walk 2 (Bwlch-y-Plain & Goytre hill)

Walk 3 (Cwm Jenkin & Heyope)

Other local walks –

The county tourism site has many excellent local walks available here – 

and including one in Beguildy – map here and route description

There are local walks on the Walkingworld web site – search for Knucklas here –

The Walk Magazine site has many walks, including a walk from Felindre; search here –

The pub called The Baron in nearby Bucknell publishes local walks on its web site here –

Maps & information –

On the OS Explorer maps 201 and 200 you will be able to work out many wonderful days out. Call at the Tourist Information Centre in the Offa’s Dyke Centre in Knighton, information here –

They sell “Walks You Will Enjoy” and “Teme Valley Circular Walks” for local route descriptions. They also have some free Knighton circular walks pamphlets, which are also here for you to download and print for your own use:  Knighton circular walks

On the Powys Ramblers web site “Walks you will enjoy” are available to download for your own use. They are published by the East Radnor Ramblers, and have details of 18 walks in the area –

Problems with paths –

Powys has many paths obstructed and without waymarks, stiles etc. If you come across a problem please report it to the county’s rights of way department on their simple report form here –

GROUP WALKS

The local group of the Ramblers’ Association is the East Radnor Group, who offer walks on Wednesdays and Saturdays, jointly with the 4 Wells Group (covering the Llandrindod and Builth area). Look here for details – Visitors are always welcome (without dogs, however).

Every weekend and many mid-week days there are Rail Rambles, often from stations nearby, including Knucklas sometimes. These are open to all members of the public. Look here –

HORSE RIDING

Powys provides many wonderful riding possibilities, especially on the hills. The only local activity leaders are Richard & Medina Brock, at Brandy House Farm near Felindre; information here –

Further afield are the Underhill Stables and the Heart of Wales Riding School, both on the A488 towards Llandrindod. In Knighton there is a useful shop: Choice Saddlery & Country Store, at 1 Broad Street (by the clock tower). There are many riders locally, often using the quiet country roads.

There is much useful information at the BHS here –

Also many Welsh routes are here –

The Great Dragon Ride across Wales is 472km, but there are many shorter excursions too. The Jack Mytton Way in Shropshire, the Prince Llewelyn and the Radnor Forest routes meet at Lloyney. Many others can be found on the same site.