Trefonen Hillwalk

The walk up Trefonen Hill rewards you with views that stretch across the Shropshire border and into Mid Wales proper. It's a proper climb, mind you - steep in places and muddy after rain - but nothing that demands serious fell-walking boots. Allow a couple of hours to reach the summit without rushing, longer if you fancy poking about the woodland on the lower slopes.

What you get at the top are 360-degree vistas across the Tanat Valley. On a clear day you'll pick out Snowdonia in the distance. The hill itself is a nature reserve, so you'll pass through different habitats - broadleaf woodland gives way to grassland, then heathland near the ridge. It's the sort of place where you genuinely see curlews and buzzards if you're quiet enough. Families with reasonably fit children will manage it fine, though younger ones might find the steeper sections a slog. Walkers use it as part of longer loops through the area.

Oswestry sits just a few miles north, which makes this an easy half-day outing while staying at one of the local glamping spots. Sweeney Farm and Fairhaven are both within spitting distance, and if you're based at Tanat Holiday Park you're barely further away. The walk doesn't charge anything - it's open access - and you can start from the car park near the village. Go midweek if you can. Weekends draw the Midland day-trippers, and the narrow lane up fills quickly. Early morning in autumn, when the mist clings to the lower slopes, is properly atmospheric.