Offa's Dyke Path South Self Guided Walking Holiday

Offa's Dyke Path South Overview

This self-guided walking holiday is along the southern section of Offa's Dyke Path between Chepstow and Knighton.

The Offa's Dyke Path National Trail was opened in the summer of 1971, linking Sedbury Cliffs near Chepstow on the banks of the Severn estuary with the North Wales coastal town of Prestatyn. The Trail is named after, and often follows, the spectacular Offa's Dyke, a great frontier earthwork, which Offa the King of Mercia from 757 to 796 A.D. ordered to be constructed.This holiday covers the 80 mile Southern section of Offa's Dyke Path from Sedbury Cliffs, Chepstow to Knighton.

Offa's Dyke Path is the most attractive and varied of the National Trails. The route crosses high wild moorland, attractive, well cultivated wide river valleys and ancient woodland. It passes through historic towns and isolated hamlets. En route can be seen hill forts, castles, abbeys and surviving remains of the habitations of former occupants of the beautiful corridor of the path. The flora and fauna are as rich and as varied as the scenery. In addition it passes through the Brecon Beacons National Park on the spectacular Hatterall Ridge, the highest point on the route at 700m/2300ft, and through the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.