Denbighshire Countryside Service has been working hard to develop a new walking route for the County – The Brenig Way, and after months and months of surveys and path improvements, the route is now open.
The Brenig Way runs from Corwen to Llyn Brenig over the course of 34 miles, picking up where the Dee Valley Way and North Berwyn Way end in Corwen and joining up with the Hiraethog Trail in the Clocaenog Forest and Cyffylliog.
It has been designed to be walked over 2 or 3 days, but also opens up the area for shorter walks which can be accessed by bus or car.
The Brenig Way takes walkers from the beauty of the Dee Valley into some of the quietest parts of the county, where peaceful paths snake though natural woodlands and along steep sided river valleys. It follows ancient drovers’ roads and passes even more ancient cairns, passing through the Clocaenog Forest to reveal stunning views of the Clwydian range at Pincyn Llys and around Cyffylliog. It culminates in a steady, but isolated, climb along the Afon Clywedog, passing no more than a handful of houses, to reach Llyn Brenig at the Archaeological Trail. This is the site of a bronze age burial ground, with several ritual cairns creating a sense of solitude against the stunning backdrop of Hiraethog and Snowdonia. A gentle walk around the lake is completed by walking across the Brenig dam to finish at the Visitors Centre for a well-earned treat.
The Brenig Way is signposted with distinctive waymarkers based on the stone cairns found along the way. Many paths have been re-opened and improved as part of the project, and leaflets, interpretive panels and a website are currently being developed.
Denbighshire’s Regional Routes Warden, Ros Stockdale, said: “There has been a tremendous amount of work undertaken by staff, volunteers and contractors to get the whole route open, and we will be continuing to improve the standard of footpaths along the route until the project ends in February. We are also very grateful to the landowners, whose co-operation has been invaluable to getting the paths open.”
For more information about the route and the project, please contact Ros Stockdale on 01978 869615 or by e-mail on [email protected]
This project has received funding through Denbighshire County Council, the Countryside Council for Wales and the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2007-2013 which is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
