Offa's Dyke Association

We are an independent voluntary organisation that provides information and other services to people who enjoy hiking and walking. We seek to promote and protect the 1200-year-old Offa's Dyke and the Offa's Dyke Path, a National Trail 177 miles long. We manage the Offa's Dyke Centre at Knighton and encourage archaeological and historical research relating to Offa's Dyke and the corridor along its length. Our invaluable Where To Stay guide is now online, but the printed booklet is still available for you to take with you on your walks.

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"To promote the conservation, improvement and better knowledge of the Welsh Border region along the Offa's Dyke Path".

"I ennyn diddordeb yn nhiriogaeth Clawdd Offa yn ogystal a'i ddiogelu a'i ddatblygu".

Offa's Dyke is a great frontier earthwork built by Offa, King of Mercia from 757 to 796 A.D. It gives its name to a long distance footpath, one of Britain's National Trails, which runs from Sedbury, near Chepstow, to Prestatyn through the varied and little-frequented landscapes of the Welsh Marches.

The Offa's Dyke Association was set up in 1969 to provide a link between walkers, historians and conservationists and those who live and work locally. All persons and organisations interested in the Welsh Border region are invited to join. Full membership is £14 a year: there are concessions for students, the unemployed, retired people, families and groups.

Details from the Centre Manager, ODA, West Street, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1EN. Phone 01547 528753.

Please email Simon Rayner if you have any comments about this web site.

This web page was last changed in January 2008. Copyright 2008 by the Offa's Dyke Association, registered charity no. 503821.