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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10mls (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,050ft (625m) | |
| Time: | 5½hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
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.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
 2 Welsh Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 3 Welsh Nuttalls |
 0 Welsh Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Welsh Marilyn |
 1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Black Mountain at 703m (2307ft). 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.
Black Mountain is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (67th highest in Wales, 170th highest in England & Wales). Black Mountain is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (85th highest in Wales, 212th highest in England & Wales). Black Mountain is also classified as a Welsh Marilyn (32nd highest in Wales, 582nd highest in the UK).
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob) at 680m (2232ft). Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob) is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (78th highest in Wales, 194th highest in England & Wales). Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob) is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (103rd highest in Wales, 257th highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Hay Bluff at 677m (2222ft). Hay Bluff is known as a Bridget.
Along the way you will also bag Black Mountain (South Top) at 637m (2091ft). - a Welsh Nuttall (151st highest in Wales, 360th highest in England & Wales).
This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL13 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 161 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk po176 Hay Bluff and Twmpa from Capel-y-ffin
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Me standing on the edge near Hay Bluff during a weekend in the Black Mountains
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