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Borderlands to Beacons

Beginning in the compact English borders city of Hereford, with its beautiful

cathedral, this drive follows a route through the ecclesiastical highlights of

the “Golden Valley” (Abbey Dore) and Vale of Ewyas (Llanthony Priory). It then

crosses into Wales to Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, and

through the glorious landscape of the Brecon Beacons National Park before

finishing in Blaenavon, a sprawling industrial World Heritage Site.

BACK ROADS GREAT BRITAIN

ACTIVITIES

Map the 13th-century route to Jerusalem on the Mappa

Mundi at Hereford Cathedral

Taste some fine cider at Hereford’s Museum of Cider

Drive over stunning Gospel Pass for views of the Wye Valley

Go fishing, birdwatching or take a boat out on the waters

of Wales’ second largest lake at Llangorse

Walk glorious trails in the Brecon Beacons

Trace the lineage of Jesus on the medieval Jesse sculpture

inside St Mary’s Priory Church in Abergavenny

Go down a mine and reflect on South Wales’ industrial past

• a history which changed the modern world

Below Pointed, arched doorway at

Hereford Cathedral, see p132

Above From farmland to wilderness – the varied

landscape of the Brecon Beacons, see p134