The Wysis Way is a 88km walking route

Long-distance trail

Long-distance trails are the longer recreational trails mainly through rural areas, used for non-motorised recreational travelling ....

 which forms a link between the Offa's Dyke

Offa's Dyke

Offa's Dyke is a massive linear earthwork, roughly followed by some of the current border between England and Wales. In places, it is up to wide and high. In the 8th century it formed some kind of delineation between the Anglian kingdom of Mercia and the Welsh kingdom of Powys...

 and Thames Path

Thames Path

The Thames Path is a National Trail, opened in 1996, following the length of the River Thames from its source near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the Thames Barrier at Charlton. It is about long....

 national trails in the United Kingdom. The Way runs between Monmouth

Monmouth

Monmouth is a town in southeast Wales and traditional county town of the historic county of Monmouthshire. It is situated close to the border with England, where the River Monnow meets the River Wye with bridges over both....

 and Kemble, Gloucestershire

Kemble, Gloucestershire

Kemble is a village in Gloucestershire, England.It lies four miles from Cirencester and is the settlement closest to Thames Head, the source of the River Thames. Kemble Church is part of the Thameshead benefice, comprising the communities of Kemble, Ewen, Poole Keynes, Somerford Keynes, and...

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Route Detail

Starting from the Wye Bridge in Monmouth the Wysis Way heads eastwards up The Kymin

The Kymin

The Kymin, or Kymin Hill, is a hill overlooking Monmouth, in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located approximately one mile east of Monmouth, on the eastern side of the River Wye and its AONB and adjacent to the border with Gloucestershire's Forest of Dean and England...

 and into the Forest of Dean

Forest of Dean

The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. The forest is a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and north, the River Severn to the south, and the City of Gloucester to the east.The...

. Heading primarily eastwards the trail goes through Hillersland before continuing through the Forest. Passing through Nailsbridge, Harrow Hill

Harrow Hill, Gloucestershire

For the area of north west London see Harrow on the HillHarrow Hill is a village situated in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. It is contiguous with the larger village of Drybrook. The village has its own football club, Harrow Hill F.C....

 and Mitcheldean

Mitcheldean

Mitcheldean is a small town in the east of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.-History:Mitcheldean was a thriving community for many centuries due to the town's proximity to iron ore deposits...

 on its way to the top of May Hill

May Hill

May Hill is a hill between Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye, whose summit is on the western edge of Gloucestershire, though its northern slopes are in Herefordshire....

 (296m) and some fantastic views of the River Severn

River Severn

The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , but the second longest on the British Isles, behind the River Shannon. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, Ceredigion near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales...

. From May Hill the it continues eastward through Glasshouse

Glasshouse

Glasshouse or Glasshouses may refer to:*Greenhouse, a building where plants are cultivated*Glasshouse , a 2006 novel by Charles Stross*Glasshouse , term for a military prison in the British Army...

, Taynton, Tibberton

Tibberton, Gloucestershire

Tibberton is located from Gloucester. The current population of Tibberton is approximately 650. Tibberton is a parish of in an area with 248 households. The local primary school is Tibberton Community Primary School with roughly 110 pupils....

 and the edge of Highnam

Highnam

Highnam is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of the city of Gloucester. It is three miles northwest of the city on the A40, on its way to Ross, west of Alney Island and Over Bridge. The parish includes the villages of Lassington and Over...

 before reaching Gloucester

Gloucester

Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....

. At Gloucester the trail starts to head more southerly but still in an eastern direction up to the trig point

Trig point

A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity...

 on Robinswood Hill

Robinswood Hill

Robinswood Hill is a hill and country park to the south of the city centre of Gloucester, close to the Stroud Road . It rises to 650 ft , and is owned and managed by Gloucester City Council's Countryside Unit. The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust also have their head office based here.It was...

 (198m) before continuing southeasterly through Painswick

Painswick

Painswick is a small town in Gloucestershire, England. Originally the town grew on the wool trade, but it is now best known for its parish church's yew trees and the local Rococo Garden. The town is mainly constructed of locally quarried Cotswold stone...

, Bisley

Bisley

-Places:* Two villages in the United Kingdom:**Bisley, Surrey**Bisley, Gloucestershire*Bisley Ranges is near the Surrey village and is the headquarters of the National Rifle Association, UK -Others:...

 and Oakridge Lynch before reaching its end in Kemble where it meets the Thames Path.