Hatterrall Ridge

#4631 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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The Hatterrall Ridge is a ridge in the Black Mountains forming the border between Powys and Monmouthshire in Wales and Herefordshire in England. The ridge is about 10 miles long, and is followed by the Offa's Dyke Path. On the west side of the ridge is the Vale of Ewyas, and on the east side is the Olchon Valley and Black Hill. The western side of the ridge falls within the Brecon Beacons National Park. Much of the northern part of the ridge is a broad whaleback, but it narrows down considerably further south, and especially near to Llanthony Priory in the Vale of Ewyas to the west of the mountain. There is a large and prominent landslip on the eastern side of the mountain here, known as Black Darren, where a large slice of the rocks has fallen away from the main mass of the hill. ()

Coordinates: 51°59'2"N, 3°4'5"W

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Hatterrall Ridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Llanthony Priory, Longtown Castle, Llanthony Abbey, Black Hill.

3 miSE
Ruins, Historical place, Monastery
Llanthony Priory, Brecon Beacons
78 min walk • Llanthony Priory is a partly ruined former Augustinian priory in the secluded Vale of Ewyas, a steep-sided once-glaciated valley within the Black Mountains area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It lies seven miles north of Abergavenny on an old road to Hay-on-Wye at Llanthony.
3.8 miSE
Forts and castles
Longtown Castle
98 min walk • Longtown Castle, also termed Ewias Lacey Castle in early accounts, is a ruined Norman motte-and-bailey fortification in Longtown, Herefordshire. It was established in the 11th century by Walter de Lacy, reusing former Roman earthworks.
1.1 miSW
Monastery
Llanthony Abbey, Brecon Beacons
29 min walk • Llanthony Abbey is a former Anglican monastic institution founded in 1869 by Joseph Leycester Lyne, in the Welsh village of Capel-y-ffin, a few miles from the medieval Llanthony Priory. It survived until 1908, after which it was the home of artist Eric Gill. It is now holiday accommodation.
1.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Hill
42 min walk • The Black Hill is a hill in the Black Mountains in Herefordshire, England at grid reference SO275348. It rises just west of the village of Craswall, near the border with Wales.
3.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hay Bluff, Brecon Beacons
80 min walk • Hay Bluff is a prominent hill at the northern tip of the Black Mountains, an extensive upland massif which straddles the border between south-east Wales and England.
3.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Twmpa, Brecon Beacons
81 min walk • Twmpa or Lord Hereford's Knob is a mountain in south-east Wales, forming a part of the great northwest scarp of the Black Mountains. It lies 1.86 miles west of the border with England, and around 4.34 miles south of Hay-on-Wye. To the northeast lies the Gospel Pass through which runs a minor road between Hay and the Llanthony Valley.
1.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Mountain Hill
48 min walk • Twyn Llech, also known as Black Mountain, is a mountain in the Black Mountains. It is the only Marilyn to fall exactly on the Welsh–English border, straddling Brecknockshire and Herefordshire. Its parent peak, Waun Fach, lies to the west.
1.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chwarel y Fan, Brecon Beacons
48 min walk • Chwarel y Fan is a peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is the highest rise on the long ridge which extends southeastwards from Rhos Dirion.
3.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Waun Fach, Brecon Beacons
90 min walk • Waun Fach is, with a summit height of 811 metres, the highest mountain in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is one of the three Marilyns over 600 m that make up the range, the others being Black Mountain and Mynydd Troed.
2.4 miSW
Archaeological site
Grwyne Fawr Reservoir, Brecon Beacons
63 min walk • The Grwyne Fawr Reservoir is located in the valley of the river Grwyne Fawr in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales. Completed in 1928, it has the capacity to hold 400,000,000 imperial gallons.
2.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Black Mountains, Brecon Beacons
70 min walk • The Black Mountains are a group of hills spread across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales, and extending across the England–Wales border into Herefordshire.