Usk
As well as being a premier Welsh salmon river the Usk is also acclaimed as one of the best wild trout rivers in the UK. The Welsh name for the river is “Afon Wysg”, appropriately meaning “river abounding in fish”.
Starting at the Usk reservoir, the river flows in an easterly direction through stunning scenery, passing to the north of the Brecon Beacons before starting to take a more southerly bearing through Abergavenny and the town of Usk itself, joining the Bristol Channel at Newport.
Canoeing
There is no right of navigation on the Usk. An access agreement is in place on the upper river between Sennybridge and Crickhowell, permitting canoeing at certain times of the year and at certain river heights. Please click here for more details. Should you encounter any canoeists outside these times, please ask them to leave and not continue. We would be grateful if you could also inform them about the agreement and let us know what happened.
Starting at the Usk reservoir, the river flows in an easterly direction through stunning scenery, passing to the north of the Brecon Beacons before starting to take a more southerly bearing through Abergavenny and the town of Usk itself, joining the Bristol Channel at Newport.
Canoeing
There is no right of navigation on the Usk. An access agreement is in place on the upper river between Sennybridge and Crickhowell, permitting canoeing at certain times of the year and at certain river heights. Please click here for more details. Should you encounter any canoeists outside these times, please ask them to leave and not continue. We would be grateful if you could also inform them about the agreement and let us know what happened.
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