The Welsh coastline has many contrasts and offers something for everyone: from cliff top walks to estuary wanders, picturesque fishing villages to vibrant cities, industrial heritage to unconquered castles, desolate windswept beaches to bustling seasides. Whether you’re here for a single hour or an entire weekend, the Wales Coast Path has a lot to offer.
The 870 mile long Coast Path winds its way through towns and villages, across cliff tops and sandy beaches, sometimes darting inland before emerging once again at a sheltered cove or tiny hamlet that you would forever miss when travelling by car, bus or train. It will take you from the mouth of the River Dee, along the north Wales coast with its seaside towns, over the Menai Strait onto the Isle of Anglesey, from the Llyn Peninsula down the majestic sweep of Cardigan Bay, through Britain’s only coastal National Park in Pembrokeshire, along miles of golden sand, via Gower with its stunning scenery, along the waterfront of Cardiff Bay and Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, to the market town of Chepstow.
The Wales Coast Path website contains downloadable regional guides:
1. North Wales Coast
2. Isle of Anglesey
3. Menai Llyn and Meirionnydd
4. Ceredigion
5. Pembrokeshire North
6. Pembrokeshire South
7. Carmarthenshire
8. Gower and Swansea Bay
9. South Wales Coast
