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Route outline for walk po176:

Capel-y-ffin  -  The Offa's Dyke Path  -  Black Mountain (South Top)  -  Black Mountain  -  Hay Bluff  -  Gospel Pass  -  Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob)  -  Darren Lwyd  -  Capel-y-ffin

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

Capel-y-ffin is pronounced 'kapel-ee-fin' in Welsh and means Chapel on the Boundary.

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

2 Welsh Mountains

0 Wainwrights

2 Welsh Nuttalls

0 Welsh Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

1 Welsh Marilyn

2 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Black Mountain at 703m (2307ft). Black Mountain is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (66th highest in Wales, 169th highest in England & Wales)

Black Mountain is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (85th highest in Wales, 212th highest in England & Wales) and a Welsh Marilyn (33rd highest in Wales, 587th highest in the UK).

Black Mountain straddles the border between England and Wales. Although the actual summit of Black Mountain is in the welsh county of Powys by a couple of metres, the upper NW slope of Black Mountain is the highest point in the english county of Herefordshire.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob) at 690m (2264ft). Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob) is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (72nd highest in Wales, 183rd highest in England & Wales)

Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob) is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (93rd highest in Wales, 237th highest in England & Wales). Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob) means 'Mound' in Welsh and is pronounced 'too-mp-a'.

The summit of Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob) is marked by a cairn.

You will also reach the summit of Hay Bluff at 677m (2222ft). Hay Bluff is known as a Welsh Bridget. The summit of Hay Bluff is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Along the way you will also bag:

• Black Mountain (South Top) at 637m (2091ft). Black Mountain (South Top) is known as a Welsh Bridget. The summit of Black Mountain (South Top) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Offa's Dyke Path, a 287km (178 miles) linear footpath connecting Sedbury Cliffs in Gloucestershire, England with Prestatyn in Denbighshire, Wales. The Offa's Dyke Path is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Offa's Dyke Path.

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