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Photo: Great Rhos, a 660m hill near Dolau, the Powys, mid Wales.

© Rude Health / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Great Rhos

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Great Rhos rises to 660 m (2,165 ft) in Powys. It is one of the 316 Hewitts, and a Nuttall besides. It is the highest point of the historic county of Radnorshire.

For arrivals by rail, Dolau Station is 5.4 km to the north-west. Nearby hills include Black Mixen, Bache Hill and Gwaunceste Hill.

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Photo along the Glyndŵr's Way, a 135-mile National Trail running from Knighton to Welshpool, mid Wales.Highlight

Glyndŵr's Way

National Trail

A long horseshoe through the empty hills of mid-Wales, from Knighton to Welshpool by way of Machynlleth.

8 km NE · Powys

Photo of The Harp, a pub near Old Radnor, the Powys, mid Wales.Highlight

The Harp

Pub · With rooms near Old Radnor

A hilltop Welsh longhouse inn with wide views, named national Country Pub of the Year 2020.

8.2 km SE

Photo along the Offa's Dyke Path, a 177-mile National Trail running from Chepstow to Prestatyn, Wales and England.Highlight

Offa's Dyke Path

National Trail

The length of the Welsh borders, tracking the eighth-century earthwork that once divided kingdoms.

8.6 km E · spans 8 counties

Photo of Hergest Croft, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Kington, Herefordshire, central England.Highlight

Hergest Croft

House & garden near Kington

National collections of maples and birches, planted by five generations of one family.

12.6 km SE

Photo of the Shropshire Hills, a National Landscape in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Shropshire Hills

National Landscape near Little Stretton

Heather ridges and rocky tops rising over the Welsh border, from the Long Mynd's plateau to the Wrekin's landmark cone

12.9 km NE

Photo of Kington, a village in Herefordshire, central England.

Kington

Village

Border market town in the Arrow valley below Hergest Ridge, gateway to Offa's Dyke walking country.

13.6 km SE · Herefordshire