South Wales Coast Path

The wales coast path welsh.

South wales coast path. Llwybr arfordir cymru is a designated footpath which follows or runs close to the coastline of wales. The wales coast path from rogiet to chepstow is the first or final section of the south wales section of the wales coast path that stretches between abertawe swansea and chepstow. About the wales coast path. The path here will join with the england coast path by 2020 or you can set off back to north wales along the offa s dyke national trail.

Wales coast path south wales coast swansea to chepstow. The wales coast path website uses cookies. Here are 10 easy walks for you to enjoy. Any recent changes to the wales coast path route will not be reflected on the paper and digital os base maps because of the delay in updating them please follow the purple line which is the wales coast path route.

The wales coastal path is 870 miles long and wraps around the entire coastline of the country from chester in the north to chepstow in the south. The wales coast path runs through eleven national nature reserves and other nature. In 2011 the path was voted by national geographic magazine as the second best. Highlights of the route include the historic coastal cities of swansea and cardiff vast sand dune.

South wales coastal path. In june 2006 rhodri morgan announced that the welsh government wanted to make all wales coast path linking north to south east wales. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Wales coast path llwybr arfordir cymru in welsh is a national trail which follows the entire coastline of wales the first country in the world to have such a trail it officially opened in may 2012 and offers a 870 mile 1 400 km walking route from chepstow in the south to queensferry near chester in the north.

Short walks on the wales coast path just because we created the first trail around a national coastline doesn t mean that we expect you to walk its entire 870 miles in one go. Wales coast path how it all started. Our map uses ordnance survey os data. The 14 mile section from nash point to barry on the south coast offers steep rugged cliffs peaceful secluded coves and stunning views across the bristol channel making.

Launched in 2012 the path is 870 miles 1 400 km long and was heralded as the first dedicated footpath in the world to cover the entire length of a country s coastline. For more details about cookies and how to manage them see our cookie policy. One of seven official guides to the wales coast path. The aim was to link improve and create paths as close to the coast as possible for local communities and visitors to wales.