The Devil's Pulpit and Brockweir from Tintern

The walk starts from the car park at Tintern Abbey. Cross the Wye into England by the Wireworks Bridge, an old railway bridge. A path climbs steeply through the woods to the Offa's Dyke Path near the crest. A short way south is the Devil's Pulpit, a limestone outcrop looking straight down on the abbey. Walk north along the dyke for about 2 km and take the green lane down to Brockweir. Cross the road bridge back into Wales and follow the Wye Valley Walk south beside the river to Tintern Old Station and round the river bend to the church at Tintern Parva. The main road leads back to the abbey.

It is 8.5 km with 248 m of ascent; allow about 2¾ hours. The grade is Easy, but the climb from the river to the dyke is steep.

The woodland paths are stony and muddy after rain, with many junctions: follow the Offa's Dyke acorns on the top, and take a map. The pulpit stands above a steep drop. About a fifth of the walk is on roads, mostly the A466 through Tintern Parva and the village, where the limit is 20 mph.

The abbey car park is small and charges; the Old Station has a larger pay car park and a visitor centre, and the walk can start there instead. Buses from Chepstow stop in Tintern.

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.