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Here’s
a chance to base yourself on the midpoint of Offa’s Dyke, and
soak up the ancient history of the Welsh borders. Knighton is on the
Radnor Ring, an 84 mile route along quiet lanes, which is part of the
National Cycle Network. The town has a pretty clock tower and you
don’t have to go far to get lovely views along the Teme Valley.
Presteigne
is an unspoilt border town whose history was built on the cloth
trade. It became the county town of old Radnorshire and has one of
the county’s finest churches – St Andrews, which looks like
a small cathedral. Cycle routes join the two towns along the Rivers
Teme and Lugg, and also visit castles of the Marches, standing
stones, and a spectacular iron-age hillfort, and are never far from
the eighth century ramparts of Offa’s Dyke.
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