This walk starts from East Aberthaw then heads along the coast path to Col Huw Beach before heading inland to finish at Llantwit Major. After parking in the car park opposite the Blue Anchor Inn, we retraced our steps down through the Aberthaw Nature Reserve to rejoin the Wales Coast Path at Leys Beach, to …
Continue reading South Wales Coast ~ Walk 7. East Aberthaw to Llantwit Major
This walk starts at the pretty village of Solva and continues westwards along a wonderful stretch of the coast to Porth Clais before heading inland to finish at Britain’s smallest city, St.David’s. Solva We start the walk at Main street in Lower Solva, which is lined with a variety of independent art shops and colourful …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 22. Solva to St.David’s
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 circular walk heads north on the coast path from the beachfront at Broad Haven to Nolton Haven, returning to the start via quiet country lanes. Heavy overnight rain had given way to a much fresher day with sun and light cloud cover, very pleasant conditions for a coastal walk in November. We parked near …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 plans to make progress with a series of walks on the Pembrokeshire coast this year were thrown into disarray when the coronavirus / Covid-19 global pandemic resulted in the UK implementing a national lockdown in March 2020. In Wales non-essential travel was limited to 5 miles from a home address and activities such as …
Continue reading Pembrokeshire Coast Walk 15. Milford Haven to Sandy Haven
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 …
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