Twmbarlwm

Views across 4 counties!

Stunning views across four counties! If you’re fit, you can walk from Risca town centre up to the top of twmbarlwm (known locally as the tump). There are a couple of different routes but I’d suggest t...

A great view and interesting site if you like lumps and bumps...

This is worth the climb, and the path north to Pontypool is good walking. You can see for miles beyond the valley towns, although on a hot day the haze prevented me seeing the Bristol Channel and the ...

Exploring Daughter

My daughter wanted to climb our local ‘mountain’ so up we went. It’s a nice, easy ascent with outstanding views as a reward. It was a great bonus to see the highland cows too.

Amazing views

Walked from Upper Cwmbran via Blaen Bran. If you climb to the top of Blaen Bran there is a trail that will take you along the top of the mountain over to Twmbarlwm. It is a 10 mile round trip from Upp...

Well worth the heart attack to get to the top!

I love this place, beautiful scenery, carefully managed, and a really good lush walk for the dogs! It's a climb to get up to the top, but worth every bit of the heavy breathing it took to get there! ...