Pontfadog Walk 'A' - A 'Bird's eye view' of the village 2km. (1½ miles); height gain 45m. (150ft) - about 45 minutes.

Six minutes walk along the main road towards Glyn Ceiriog reach a signpost to Llwynmawr. Take the opposite lane, which doubles back above the village. Where the tarmac swings L., keep ahead on a stone track heading generally north. Twelve minutes along the stone track, reach the buildings of Pentre farm (it may be muddy here), to emerge onto a tarmac lane. Go L. uphill for 3 minutes to where a stream passes below the lane. Go R. up steps and cross fields following path 9 to a driveway. Go L. up the drive for 1/2 minute, then go R. into a field passing a large upright stone. Keep on path 9, eastwards (fairly level) across fields, then at a stile, turning R. down to a tarmac lane. Turn R. and follow the lane back to the village.
This is a good introductory walk to the area, for you will pass through most of the village and as you rise above it you obtain excellent views of the centre and of the surrounding landscape.
You will be passing fairly close to the oldest oak tree in Britain which is 41½ ft in girth and is calculated to be 1600 years old! It began life as the last of the Romans were leaving and was a fully mature tree when King Offa built his dyke! Unfortunately it is not visible from the public road or paths.

Reproduced with kind permission of Economic Development Department, Wrexham County Borough Council