This is a longer walk taking approx. 2 hours but watch out for the wild pigs!

Alas it seems that this sign was put up just to add excitement for the visitors, and may well have been removed by the time you do the walk. We have been informed from a very reliable and official source that there are definately no wild pigs in Wrexham. Oh well it's still a good name for the walk...

For this walk start at Kingsmill. Go round the back of the building and follow the path alongside the river as it goes under the road. You will emerge into open fields and you will see the National Trust information board.

Continue along the path by the river until you get to a green bridge. Cross the bridge and enter Bryn-y-cabanau wood.

Follow the footpath on the south side of the river going in the same westerly direction. After approx. 300m you can bear left up a hill towards a new house after going over a stile. The footpath crosses a maize field and ends up near a house at the rear of Marchwiel Hall.

The path comes out onto a road. Turn left and continue until the road joins the road from Croes-y-mab. Then turn right and go past the Marchwiel Cricket Club. (If you were driving from Wrexham to Marchwiel this road is the right turn after passing Bryn-y grog Hall on the right).

Rejoin a footpath on the right where the road swings left (see picture above). Look on the map to see the path in relation to the road.

The path passes a clay pigeon shooting area then bears right. Here you will see a large yellow and black sign with a picture of a ferocious looking boar's head with the warning 'WILD PIG - EXTREME DANGER'. The largest wild mammal reportedly spotted here was a hare. Whether there really are wild pigs in the vicinity the Outsider cannot be sure. If anyone does spot one please let us know!

The footpath is well marked with WCBC signs and signs the landowner has put up stating the Countryside landowners Association (CLA) welcomes responsible walkers. 

The path drops down to Gefeiliau Brook, again well sign posted. Continue to follow the signs - you will cross two more stiles and find yourself back in a maize field and obviously out of the wooded area.

The footpath returns onto Sontley Road near Sontley Lodge Farm. Turn right and pick up the footpath through the kissing gate on the left, through the avenue of trees to the rear of the farm and back into Big Wood.

Continue along the path in the same direction until it drops down by the cup and saucer. Turn right onto Erddig Road and continue down the road over two bridges. Just after the second bridge turn right and follow the River Clywedog back to Kingsmill (you will cross Sontley Road again).