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{{Short description|Long-distance footpath in Wales}}
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{{National Trails}}
'''Glyndŵr's Way''' ({{langx|cy|'''Llwybr Glyndŵr'''}}) is a [[long-distance footpath]] in [[mid-Wales]]. It runs for {{convert|135|mi}} in an extended loop through [[Powys]] between [[Knighton, Powys|Knighton]] and [[Welshpool]], and anchored on [[Machynlleth]] to the west.<ref name="kittiwake" /><ref name="cicerone" /><ref name="ldwa" /><ref name="ramblers" /><ref name="bbc" />

== History ==
{{main|Owain Glyndŵr}}
Its name derives from the early-15th-century [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[prince]] and folk hero [[Owain Glyndŵr]], whose [[Owain Glyndŵr's Parliament House, Machynlleth|parliament]] sat in Machynlleth in 1404.<ref name="academy" /> Glyndŵr's Way was granted [[National Trail]] status in 2000 to mark the beginning of the [[third millennium]] and the 600th anniversary of an ill-fated but long-running and culturally significant rebellion in 1400.

== Route ==
The footpath officially begins in Knighton, on the English border, where it links with [[Offa's Dyke Path]]. Running in roughly a horseshoe shape, it passes small market towns such as [[Llanidloes]] and quiet villages including [[Abbeycwmhir]] and [[Llanbadarn Fynydd]], traversing central [[mid-Wales]] to Machynlleth near the [[River Dyfi|Dyfi]] estuary and returning across Wales via [[Llanbrynmair]], [[Llangadfan]] and [[Lake Vyrnwy]] and the valley of the [[River Vyrnwy]] to [[Welshpool]] {{convert|4|mi}} from the [[Wales–England border]].

The route passes nationally important Welsh natural habitats such as [[Quercus petraea|sessile oak]] woodlands, upland mire and [[heath]], and ancient hedgerows. The area from [[Staylittle]] to [[Aberhosan]] is noted for its heather moorlands.<ref name="kittiwake" />

==See also==
* [[Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom]]
* [[National Trails]]
* [[Wales Coast Path]]

==References==
{{reflist |refs=

<ref name="kittiwake">
{{cite book
 |last=Perrott
 |first=David
 |date=
 |title=Glyndwr's Way National Trail Guide
 |url=https://kittiwake-books.co.uk/glyndwrs-national-trail-guide-p-151.html
 |publisher=Kittiwake Press
 |isbn=978-1-908748-14-0
 |access-date=1 February 2021
}}
</ref>

<ref name="academy">
{{Cite book|title=The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales|date=2008|publisher=University of Wales Press|others=Davies, John, 1938-, Academi Gymreig.|isbn=978-1-84972-709-9|location=Cardiff, Wales|oclc=692604080}}
</ref>

<ref name="cicerone">
{{cite book
 |last=Dillon
 |first=Paddy 
 |date=29 May 2018
 |title=Glyndwr's Way
 |url=https://www.cicerone.co.uk/glyndwrs-way-second
 |publisher=[[Cicerone Press]]
 |isbn=9781852849504
 |access-date=1 February 2021
 |edition=Second
}}
</ref>

<ref name="ldwa">
{{cite web
 |title=Glyndwr's Way/Llwybr Glyndwr National Trail
 |url=https://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Glyndwr%27s+Way%2FLlwybr+Glyndwr+National+Trail
 |publisher=[[Long Distance Walkers Association]]
 |access-date=1 February 2021
}}
</ref>

<ref name="ramblers">
{{cite web
 |title=Glyndŵr's Way
 |url=https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/routes-and-places-to-walk/paths-index/national-trail/glyndwrs-way.aspx
 |publisher=[[The Ramblers]]
 |access-date=1 February 2021
}}
</ref>

<ref name="bbc">
{{cite web
 |title=Ramblings: Glyndwr's Way
 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00775g0
 |publisher=[[BBC Radio 4]]
 |access-date=1 February 2021
 |date=16 March 2007
}}
</ref>

}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Glyndŵr's Way}}
* {{Official website}}
* [https://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Glyndwr%27s+Way%2FLlwybr+Glyndwr+National+Trail The Long Distance Walkers Association]
* [https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/routes-and-places-to-walk/paths-index/national-trail/glyndwrs-way.aspx The Ramblers]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00775g0 BBC Radio 4 Iconic Walk]

{{Long-distance footpaths in Wales}}
{{UK Trails}}
{{Transport in Powys}}

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[[Category:Footpaths in Powys]]
[[Category:Recreational walks in Wales]]
[[Category:Long-distance footpaths in Wales]]