This walk starts at the car park just across the road to Nolton Haven beach, joining the coast path to Solva Harbour, a distance of just over 8 miles. Taking in the view at Nolton Haven Beach Before setting off we took time to enjoy the splendid view of the beach. From here the path …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 21. Nolton Haven to Solva Harbour
This walk starts at Jackson’s Bay, Barry Island. It’s the nearest point to return to the coastline on the Wales Coast Path after Sully (see Walk 5). The start point is the entrance to Barry Yacht Club, overlooking Jackson’s Bay. This is a gem of a beach, lovely golden sands backed by cliffs, with a …
Continue reading South Wales Coast ~ Walk 6. Barry Island to East Aberthaw
This walk starts near to Wales Millennium Centre, at the heart of Cardiff Bay. This area was once a major docks and trading centre, exporting vast quantities of coal from South Wales around the world. The docklands, known locally as ‘Tiger Bay’, was once a grimy industrial area. In recent decades it has been transformed …
Continue reading South Wales Coast ~ Walk 5. Cardiff Bay to Sully
The 3rd walk on the South Wales section of the Wales Coast Path, starts at the Newport Wetlands Reserve at Nash. From there, we walked to Newport’s iconic Transporter Bridge on the River Usk. It’s just under 4 miles to the eastern side of the bridge, then a further 2 miles to the west side …
Continue reading South Wales Coast ~ Walk 3. Nash to Pillgwenlly, Newport.
This walk covers the Wales Coast Path section between Goldcliff seawall to the RSPB Newport Wetlands Reserve. It’s an 11 miles loop walk, returning to Goldcliff. Wales Coast Path ~ way-marker on the seawall at Goldcliff. With views across the Severn Estuary and the flat low-lying landscape of the Gwent Levels, Goldcliff is a favourite …
Continue reading South Wales Coast ~ Walk 2. Goldcliff & Newport Wetlands
We returned to Marloes in October for our next walk in this series, to continue on the trail northwards to St. Brides Bay. We parked in a lay-by on the quiet country lane which leads from Marloes village towards the coast, fortunately it’s right opposite a gate for the link path which leads along fields …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 19. Marloes to Broad Haven
This first walk on the South Wales section of the Wales Coast Path covers the route alongside the Severn Estuary to the River Wye in Monmouthshire. The start point is at Redwick Village, on the boundary of Newport and Monmouthshire. The quiet rural village is a good place to start with roadside parking near the …
Continue reading South Wales Coast ~ Walk 1. Redwick to Chepstow
Walk 18 in this series takes us to the westernmost point in South Pembrokeshire. It was our second walk in September as this time we headed westwards on the coast path around the Marloes Peninsula. Our start point was at Dale Beach Car Park, near the Boathouse Cafe. But it was only the pay and …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 18. Marloes Peninsula
We returned to Pembrokeshire on a fine September day to continue our next stage of the coast path, an 8 mile circular walk of Dale Peninsula. This walk starts at ‘The Gann’, the tidal estuary we had reached on Walk 16 , where at low tide a boardwalk provides a crossing point for about 4 …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 17. Dale Peninsula
Walk 16 starts on the western side of Sandy Haven, our previous walk having reached the eastern side of this tidal inlet. There’s very limited parking on this side of the Haven, a layby on the country lane near Skerryback Farm provides a safe space only a short distance uphill from the lane which leads …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 16. Sandy Haven to The Gann
Our next walk on the Pembrokeshire coast path was from Pembroke to Milford Haven, which we completed in 2 stages. The first stage a ‘bridge to bridge’ 4 miles walk from Pembroke’s ancient stone arch Mill Bridge to the modern Cleddau Bridge and Burton Ferry, followed by an 8 mile afternoon ramble to Milford Haven. …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 14. Pembroke to Milford Haven
The next stage of our coast path walks starts from St. Mary’s Church, Pwllcrochan near the Valero power station, and finishes at Pembroke town. It's a distance of six and a half miles on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. We had previously reached the beautiful church at Pwllcrochan on walk 12. There's a parking area near …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 13. Pwllcrochan to Pembroke
The coastline between the Green Bridge of Wales and Freshwater West lies within the military training area of Castlemartin Range West. As this area has no public access, the official Wales Coast Path route turns inland at Stack Rocks, missing out the coastline by following the highway lanes to Castlemartin village and onto Freshwater West. …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 10. Castlemartin Range West
This walk starts from the village of Bosherston, joins the coast path at Broad Haven South and continues on a clifftop walk. The walk can be either a short 4 mile circular, or as an extended 10.25 miles to Stack Rocks (see Walk 9) and returning to Bosherston. Bosherston is a small village with picturesque …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 8. Bosherston and Castlemartin Range East
We ventured to Ceredigion, West Wales, for our first coast path walk outside of Pembrokeshire. Ceredigion is Pembrokeshire’s northern neighbour and the county boundary is the estuary of the River Teifi. We stayed at The Gwbert Hotel in the coastal hamlet of Gwbert-on-Sea, three miles north of Cardigan. The hotel is located directly on the Wales Coast …
Continue reading Ceredigion Coast Walk 1. Gwbert to St. Dogmael’s
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