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Name:Allt yr Esgair
Hill number:2273
Height:392.6m / 1288ft
RHB Section:32A: Llandovery to Monmouth
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Black Mountains
County/UA:Powys
Catchment:Usk, Catchment Boundaries, Wye
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Tump (300-399m), Clem
(Ma,Hu,Tu,3,Cm)
Grid ref:SO 12615 24361
Summit feature:rocky knoll
Drop:199m
Col:194m  SO 1424 2252  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 161
(1:25k) OL13N OL13S
Survey:Abney level/Trimble GeoXH 6000
Comments:col height determined by LIDAR. Natural col now covered by road/road structure
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 292 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
SOTAmike.hartley24/03/2024
With Shaky on a bright, clear day from the large layby off the A40 about 2km W of Bwlch. Followed the track & then bridleway straight up enjoying the big display of snowdrops near the farm. Followed the track along to the summit for a cracking view of Black Mountains, Brecon Beacons, the Usk valley. Not too muddy. Back the same way.NotReallyABagger30/01/2024
Very muddy, but beautiful clear views. Walked from Bwlch along Beacons Way to Llangorse lake before ascending, then followed the ridge back to BwlchJacquiH704/01/2024
Nice hill, well would have been but for the heavy rain and no views.Alan Caine04/11/2023
From car park to SW.JGC19/09/2023
Walked up from Pennorth. Nice hill except for nettles on path; great views, a little gem, as someone else said.IanHHill12/09/2023
From car park to SW, via ridge to NW. KSCFBHam and Skate28/08/2023
Polk tourRob Rees25/04/2023
Easter Day sunrise. He is Risen!Rob Rees09/04/2023
www.exploringmidwales.co.uk TourRob Rees08/04/2023
Parked in the large brown signed layby to the south. Pleasant, if initially muddy, ascent. Great views, especially west with the sun just setting behind the main Brecon ridge.richard6902/01/2023
Wales weekendchelec31/12/2022
End of ridgetop good views all around.Walked from Bwlchfreethehilltops25/10/2022
From Llangasty Village Hall. Dimunitive but fab hill because of the outstanding all round views from the top.mazz29/08/2022
Truthfully don't remember much about this one, parked in layby,did a loopTribal2er13/07/2022
Revisit … last time was 2005 … short run up and down from the lay by at SO 129222 … lovely baby mountainmilejunkie14/06/2022
From village hall to north. Iron age hill fort and some bouldering on summit. Nice views.Nick Canute03/04/2022
Donation-parked at Gasty village hall to north. Ascended permitted path on west side of ridge, descended bridleway through woods. All lovely.Wycombe Wanderer14/01/2022
From c/p on the A40. Fine viewpoint. Good easy hill over PRoW.DanMaisieBex29/08/2021
From Bwlch and then down to Llangors lakebenwloudon19/04/2021
1 x grass parking at A-C class road junction at SO141225. 'Roman Road', NW from 2nd bend on C class road.Isbjorn15/04/2021
With Henrythefunkylibrarian12/04/2021
From the hall to the North. Excellent views from the summit.NormanW29/09/2020
A great up-n-down from the car park on the A40 below. Superb panorama of the Beacon and Black Mts.summitter20/09/2020
Approached from the north. Parked at village hall which is on the road just south of Tymawr Farm. Very nice views of Myndd Llangorse, Myndd Troed and Llangorse Lake on the way.Pete West19/09/2020
Part of a 17km circular hike from Bwlch. Also incorporated Mynydd Llangorse and a loop around most of Llangorse lake. Enjoyable afternoon :-)Gerry the Ranger03/09/2020
Visit to Welsh Venison farm shop SE near Bwlch. Excellent bacon roll before heading up the track/path more than happy for me to leave car in their car park... and yes another bacon roll for lunch before departing. 2/3 Marilyn, dry but rain coming on just before car.N.Morters27/08/2020
G, MyIdris22/08/2020
G, Mymaryjdavies22/08/2020
Lovely hill. From the hall to the north. Had an early lunch on the top. Lots of wall brown butterflies.Herbert Anchovy01/08/2020
2 hours- good viewshill_walker18/03/2020
A40 near Tretower - Myarth - Buckland Hill - Allt yr Esgair - Bwlch.Mark Jackson20/02/2020
Short circular walk from a cottage we are staying at over new year. First walk for a long time and hopefully getting back into it.atreides788702/12/2019
From village hall to the north. Just says Hall on OS map and it is not in a village. Lots of free parking.ijpowell29/08/2019
from village hall good viewsunderhill21/07/2019
Fron A40 toilets. Lovely late afternoon. After Pen y Fan etc. Walked up and ran down. Rounsfell28/04/2019
Easy walk from the closed public convenience. The paths were muddy and in places carried a stream. Would guess in Summer this wouldn’t be the case. Once on the higher ground it was much drier and very pleasant. Summit was small rocky knoll near the plaque and sign board. Views were decent with a dusting of snow on the higher peaks. Returned by same route. Time taken 45 minutes for 2.6 miles.isabelle17/03/2019
Parked at the car park on the A40 with WC sign, took bridleway straight up onto ridge then very pleasant walk along ridge with good path to summit. Surprised to find a field of friendly deer en route. Great views over all the Brecon Peaks from here.JulieB02/01/2019
From village hall from where ancient footpath leads up the hill which was an Iron age fort. Allt in Welsh means wooded slope of the ridge just in case you like me were thinking Scottish & wondering where's the stream. Took about 45 minutes, good views.rogreeves23/10/2018
doneoutlawcatcher10/10/2018
From north starting at village hall at Pt202. Path all the way. A delightful hill, Beacon views all round, which well illustrates the case against height limits.Topographer5726/09/2018
Walked up from the lay-by on the A40 - toilets closed. A lovely little hill with splendid views to the Brecon Beacons to the S and Langorse lake to the N. A real summit achieved with little effort on good grassy paths. If this top was in the Lakes it would be thronged.climbingkershaw15/09/2018
From layby on A40 following bridleway. Great views from the top.Ramblingpaul20/07/2018
2/4 Marilyn day. The ascent of Allt yr Esgair from the tea shop lay by on the A40. A nice ridge walk with good views on a cloudless morning. A round trip of 4.4km in 1h15m. (S)silveracorn_alan14/05/2018
With Shelagh and Maisie from the lay-by to the south. Took the bridleway through the woodland to the reservoir then back over the summit. Super walk with great views.SteveG07/03/2018
A nice enough walk, starting up the sunken bridleway from the village hall, so no views until near the summit, but worth the wait.Gill25/02/2018
2.5 mile out-and-back walk from layby with tea van south, easy well defined well signposted paths up to summit, this hill was a lot better than we were expecting, not bad summit and great views of the Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains. Lovely clear and sunny but cold. Earlier that day bagged May Hill, Gloucestershire, Waun Fach and Pen.Y.Gadair-Fawr again and later on bagged Craig Syfyrddin.DanTrig23/02/2018
From the south. Parked just off the A40 at the turning for the venison farm. Very muddy footpath until onto the open hillside. Fantastic views from a lovely summit. Solo.Dangerous Dave21/01/2018
Fine views of Brecons, felt like sat in middle of themnickywood129/11/2017
A pleasant stroll from the layby on the A40 just south of Talybont along the slopes and Llangors lake, returning over the summit. Mostly clear & sunny, no wind, a gorgeous day.mickdavidson19/11/2017