Travelled up fronm Cardiff to Knighton on the weekend to visit the Offa's Dyke centre. Although disappointed with the centre (and the part of the earthworks at the back) the Dyke to the north of Knighton was very good. I walked about a mile or so along the Dyke in glorious sunshine and was impressed with the earthworks that remained. It is certainly better to see things in real life than look at pictures in a book - well worth the 5 hour round trip in a car! (Had the bonus of seeing beautiful countryside through the Brecon Beacons and mid Wales).

Agreed, nothing better than getting out there and walking it. No need for us to travel from Cardiff to Khighton to see it in all it's glory. Plenty of good walks along the dyke in the Wye valley and around White Castle and Grosmont Castles near the Gwent border.

I would love to do that,
but hear the conservation bodds were
trying to ban walking along these things,
or perhaps it was only Hadrians Wall.
cheers,
wm.

The part of the Dyke I walked was in the middle of nowhere. It would be hard to stop people walking it. Funny part was when we got there my girlfriend said 'we came all this way to see a ditch'?. I replied - 'not any old ditch - Offa's ditch'!

Thankyou for that.

The November/December issue of "British Archaeology" has a feature on Offa's Dyke which is very interesting.