The Dee Valley Way ( cy, Llwybr Dyffryn Dyfrdwy) is a Hiking Trail that runs between
Corwen
Corwen is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. Historically, Corwen is part of the county of Merionethshire. Corwen stands on the banks of the River Dee beneath the Berwyn mountains. The town is situated west of Llango ...
and
Llangollen
Llangollen () is a town and community, situated on the River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales. Its riverside location forms the edge of the Berwyn range, and the Dee Valley section of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beau ...
in
north
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Etymology
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Wales
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.
The Way is 21 km (13 miles) long. The guide splits it into five sections that are accessible by road.
Route
The exact route has changed over the years but has always followed the N side of the valley. From Corwen it crosses the Dee and detours up to
Caer Drewyn
Caer Drewyn is an early Iron Age hillfort to the north of the town of Corwen, Denbighshire (Grid reference ). It has a large stone rampart with entrances on the west and north sides; there is a guard chamber within the north-east entrance, and it ...
hillfort before returning to the river at
Carrog
Carrog is a village in Denbighshire, Wales, near Corwen. Formerly referred to as Llansanffraid-Glyn Dyfrdwy, as it lies within the parish of Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, it takes its modern name from the Great Western Railway station on the oppo ...
. About 1km out of Carrog the route heads up the hillside to join a track in the wood emerging in uplands. It then heads NE up to the moorland of Bwlch y Groes, meeting the minor road which goes over the pass. Next it skirts the head of Cwm Tydi before descending to the river at Rhewl. A further detour through Landynan avoids the road before reaching
Horseshoe Falls
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, from where the canal is followed into Llangollen.
References
External links
Denbighshire Countryside ServiceRoute on osm
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Long-distance footpaths in Wales
Transport in Denbighshire
River Dee, Wales