🏞️ Featured Local Walks 

Our handpicked routes featuring local strolls, hidden gems and long-distance highlight all starting from Reddings Retreat.

The Wye Valley Walk – Route 17 (Tintern → Chepstow)

Grade: Easy–Moderate Length: 5.8 miles (9.3 km) Time: ~3–4 hours Start Point: Reddings Retreat, Tintern

A classic long‑distance trail threading the entire Wye Valley. Join the path right outside Reddings Retreat and head north toward Monmouth or south toward Chepstow. Expect gentle riverside sections, historic viewpoints and ever‑changing scenery.
🔗 View full Wye Valley Walk overview & map 🗺 Walk | Tintern to Chepstow | Route 17 of Wye Valley Walk

🚶 Walks from Reddings Retreat

These routes begin right here at Reddings Retreat, showcasing some of the most scenic walking in Monmouthshire.

Guests who book direct receive access to our full collection of Walk Guides — complete with maps, tips and stage‑by‑stage directions. Below are some of the included routes:

• Tintern Abbey Loop (8 km / 5 mi)

• Brockweir Riverside Loop (5.6 km / 3.5 mi)

• Angidy Trail Circular (8.5 km / 5.3 mi)

• Wyndcliff Wood & Eagle’s Nest Viewpoint (3 mi / 4.8 km)

• Tintern–Chepstow via Wye Valley Greenway (13 mi / 21 km)

• Tintern’s Hidden Treasure (12 mi / 19.3 km)

• Tintern to Penterry Circular (8 km / 5 mi)

🚶Extended Local Walks at a Glance

Shorter adventures within a few miles of Tintern.

• Health Walk – Tintern A gentle 2½‑mile loop from the Old Station through riverside paths and village lanes.

• Wells & Springs at Trellech A 5.3‑mile circuit exploring Cleddon Falls, historic wells and the medieval village of Trellech.

• Wye Valley Walk – Chepstow to Monmouth Join the long‑distance trail as it threads through Tintern on its way north.

🌄 Extended Hikes & Day Trips

All-day adventures a short drive away. Full written guides, printable maps and insider tips are guest-only (links sent in your booking confirmation).

🕑 Under 20-Minute Drive

• River Wye Valley Circular (Chepstow ↔ Monmouth) Grade: Hard • 12.2 mi (19.6 km) • Drive: ~15 min

• Offa’s Dyke Path: Chepstow to Monmouth Grade: Moderate–Hard • 19.6 mi (31.5 km) • Drive: ~15 min

• St Briavels Circular Grade: Easy–Moderate • 7.5 mi (12.1 km) • Drive: ~12 min

• Wye Valley Walk: Brockweir → Redbrook via Bigsweir Grade: Moderate • 8.7 mi (14 km) • Drive: ~10 min

• Wye Valley Walk: Llandogo → Goodrich Grade: Moderate • 6.8 mi (11 km) • Drive: ~17 min

🕓 20–40-Minute Drive

• Severn Estuary from Thornbury Grade: Easy–Moderate • 9.3 mi (15 km) • Drive: ~22 min

• Oldbury-on-Severn & Littleton-upon-Severn Grade: Easy • 5.2 mi (8.4 km) • Drive: ~25 min

• Symonds Yat, High Meadow Woods & Wye Valley Grade: Moderate • 12 mi (19.3 km) • Drive: ~23 min

• Symonds Yat Rock & The Biblins Grade: Easy–Moderate • 4 mi (6.4 km) • Drive: ~23 min

• Skirrid Mountain Circuit (Abergavenny) Grade: Moderate • 8.4 mi (13.5 km) • Drive: ~30 min

⏱ Over 40-Minute Drive

• Sugar Loaf Mountain & Blorenge Ridge Loop Grade: Moderate–Hard • 15.5 mi (25 km) • Drive: ~50 min

• Hay Bluff from Hay-on-Wye Grade: Moderate • 9.3 mi (15 km) • Drive: ~1 h 10 min

• Hatterrall Ridge Traverse (Longtown ↔ Llanthony) Grade: Hard • 11.8 mi (19 km) • Drive: ~1 h 20 min