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Sugar Loaf Summit – Sugar Loaf Trail loop from Abergavenny

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Sugar Loaf Summit – Sugar Loaf Trail loop from Abergavenny

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Sugar Loaf Summit – Sugar Loaf Trail loop from Abergavenny

06:06

20.2km

640m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.58 km

Country Lane in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

This store of road is like being transported back to childhood with the huge hedgerows giving the impression of being in a large maze. Lots of wildlife too

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4.37 km

Oak Woodlands of Sugar Loaf

Highlight • Forest

The path from Sugar Loaf down towards Rholben

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5.08 km

Ancient Oak Grove in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Highlight • Natural Monument

Ancient oak plantation. Wild ponies roam the tracks.

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5.22 km

Sugarloaf Summit on the Cambrian Way

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The Cambrian Way is an iconic long-distance footpath that runs 298 miles (480 km) from Cardiff in the south to Conwy in the north. That distance comes with a challenging 22,500m (73,700ft) of height gain. This tough trail passes through some of the most spectacular and beautiful scenery in Wales. It can also be very remote, and in the north you will hit rugged terrain that will include high ridges and challenging mountains. You can do it in more attainable one-day sections, or you can be a purist and do it in a gruelling, continuous three-week hiking odyssey.

Here on the southern flanks of the Sugarloaf, the terrain might be more sedate, but it is as equally as beautiful. The hike up from Abergavenny on this Cambrian Way section has good views of the Sugarloaf in front, across to the Blorenge in the south, and Skirrid Mawr to the east. Not for nothing was the Sugarloaf included in the Trail magazine’s Top 100 Britain's Greatest Mountains list.

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6.99 km

Sugar Loaf Summit

Highlight • Summit

Mynydd Pen-y-fâl, to give Sugar Loaf its original Welsh name, is not a big hill. But because it stands separated from any other peak, including its brethren of the Black Mountains, it rises in wonderful isolation above the rolling landscape of Monmouthshire. To see it is to want to stand on its conical summit.

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9.59 km

View of Sugar Loaf from Llangenny

Highlight • Viewpoint

Park behind the Dragons Head in the village of Llangenny call back after the walk for refreshments you will enjoy. The walk is across the bridge it goes straight up 3 miles to the trig it's very steep I kid you not good luck and enjoy

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11.8 km

Sugar Loaf Trail

Highlight • Trail

Sugar Loaf is an iconic little mountain and a Trail Magazine Top UK 100 mountain. The beauty of this hill is that you can come up from a variety of directions on quite a few trails. Take your pick really!

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14.3 km

St Mary's Vale Woodland Path

Highlight • Forest

St Mary's Vale is part of Deri-Fach (which means |small oak woodland in Welsh). The woodland is very atmospheric and makes a great addition to hikes over Sugar Loaf.

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20.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.2 km

4.05 km

3.42 km

1.10 km

283 m

109 m

Surfaces

10.6 km

4.51 km

2.75 km

1.18 km

988 m

174 m

Elevation

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Monday 18 May

14°C

9°C

84 %

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Sugar Loaf Summit – Sugar Loaf Trail loop from Abergavenny

Country Lane in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Oak Woodlands of Sugar Loaf

Ancient Oak Grove in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Sugarloaf Summit on the Cambrian Way

Sugar Loaf Summit

View of Sugar Loaf from Llangenny

Sugar Loaf Trail

St Mary's Vale Woodland Path

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