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Pererindod Melangell Walk, Powys
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Pererindod Melangell Walk - 15 miles, 1 day
The challenging 15 mile linear (one way) walk traces a route between the Vyrnwy and Tanat Valleys and is well waymarked
St Melangell is a 7th-century Welsh hermit and abbess, renowned as the patron saint of hares. According to legend, she was an Irish princess who fled an arranged marriage to live in the wilderness of Powys. She miraculously protected a hunted hare from a local prince’s hounds, leading him to grant her the valley as a perpetual sanctuary.
The route starts at Pont Llogel, already on both the Glyndwr's Way and the popular Ann Griffith Walk, named after a local hymn writer who lived locally. There is an additional loop via the village of Llangynog.
It climbs into the Dyfnant Forest, cresting a ridgetop viewpoint before undulating through forest and along lanes to Lake Vyrnwy. Woodlands threaded with streams and waterfalls accompany the walk to the remote and beautiful St. Melangell's Church, hidden in the Tanat Valley, guarded and surroundeding yew trees. The shrine is considered to be one of the loveliest small churches in Britain, as well as one of the most remote, set in the Berwyn Mountains.
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