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Official Guide: Isle of Anglesey/ Ynys Mon Coastal Path
New Edition – rewalked and wholly updated. The route is described in a clockwise direction, starting and finishing at Holyhead. by Carl Rogers The 210km/130 mile-long Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path passes through some of the grandest coastal scenery in Wales — wide sandy bays and estuaries, intimate coves, dramatic cliffs and rocky islets, sand dunes and forests—much of it designated ‘An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). This Official Guide has been designed to provide all the information needed to plan and walk the coastal path and includes: Information on accommodation, public transport, seasonal closures and tidal restrictions Twelve day-walk chapter sections with detailed route descriptions and full Ordnance Survey mapping Fascinating notes on points of interest -
Official Guide: Wales Coast Path: Llyn Peninsula
Bangor to Porthmadog
by Carl Rogers and Tony Bowerman NEW 4th, revised and updated edition - 2023 One of seven Official Guides to the Wales Coast Path This Official Guide to the Llŷn Peninsula section of the Wales Coast Path contains everything local and long-distance walkers need. The Llŷn offers some of the finest coastal walking in North Wales. Its distinctive landscape is characterised by traditional farms, compact villages and volcanic hills encircled by the ever-present sea. Along the way, you'll pass Iron Age hillforts, pilgrims' churches, medieval castles, a hidden valley, a pub on the beach, tiny coves, sandy bays and Bardsey island balanced at the tip of this ancient 'Land's End of Wales'. Keep an eye out, too, for seabirds, wild goats, choughs, seals, dolphins, wildflowers and butterflies. The Llŷn coast path really is a walkers' paradise. -
Official Guide: Wales Coast Path: Pembrokeshire
Cardigan to Amroth
by Vivienne Crow NEW, revised and updated edition - 2021 One of seven Official Guides to the Wales Coast Path The 186 mile/300km long Pembrokeshire section of the Wales Coast Path runs through some of Wales’ most varied and dramatic coastal scenery — high, rugged cliffs and long sandy bays, Pembroke Castle, St David’s cathedral and St Govan’s remote cliff-wrapped chapel, with several large offshore islands. Pembrokeshire is also Britain’s only coastal National Park. This Official Guide splits the route into 14 convenient day sections, each of about 10-17 miles / 16-27 kilometres. It contains everything local and long-distance walkers need to enjoy the path. -
Official Guide: Wales Coast Path: Carmarthen Bay & Gower
Amroth to Swansea
By Harri Garrod Roberts NEW, revised and updated edition - 2021 One of seven Official Guides to the Wales Coast Path The Carmarthen Bay and Gower section of the Wales Coast Path runs for 120 miles/193 kilometres between Amroth, on the eastern edge of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, to Swansea, on the landward side of the Gower Peninsula. This Official Guide splits the route into 12 convenient day sections, each of about 10-17 miles / 16-27 kilometres. It contains everything local and long-distance walkers need to enjoy the path. -
Official Guide: Wales Coast Path: South Wales Coast
Swansea to Chepstow
by Dennis & Jan Kelsall One of seven Official Guides to the Wales Coast Path The 115 mile/185km long South Wales Coast section of the Wales Coast Path runs through unexpectedly varied and dramatic coastal scenery. Along the way are four National Nature Reserves and some 14 miles of designated Heritage Coast, while the deserted salt marshes and mudflats bordering the later stages of the route alongside the mouth of the River Severn are a bird-watchers’ paradise. This Official Guide splits the route into nine achievable day sections, each of about 10-17 miles / 16-27 kilometres. It contains everything local and long-distance walkers need to enjoy the path. -
Official Guide: Wales Coast Path: Snowdonia & Ceredigion Coast
Porthmadog to Cardigan
by Vivienne Crow NEW, updated and revised edition – 2022 One of seven Official Guides to the Wales Coast Path The Snowdonia & Ceredigion Coast section of the Wales Coast Path runs for 132 miles / 213 kilometres between Porthmadog in Gwynedd in the north and the town of Cardigan close to the Pembrokeshire border in the south. This guide splits the route into 11 convenient day sections, each of about 6-18 miles / 10-29 kilometres. Day Sections six and seven also provide route descriptions for the complete Ceredigion Coast Path (which, for a few kilometres north of Borth, doesn’t coincide with the Wales Coast Path.) This Official Guide to the Snowdonia & Ceredigion Coast section of the Wales Coast Path contains everything local and long-distance walkers need. COMING SOON -
This NEW Official Guide to the Isle of Anglesey section of the Wales Coast Path describes the route in an anti- clockwise direction, starting and finishing at Menai Bridge. Includes linking directions from Bangor and the North Wales Coast guide. New Edition - wholly rewalked and updated 2024 One of seven Official Guides to the Wales Coast Path The Isle of Anglesey can boast some of the finest and most varied coastal scenery in Britain. During a 130-mile/210 kilometre circuit of the island, you'll experience the dramatic Menai Strait, broad tidal estuaries, sandy bays separated by rocky headlands, dramatic cliffs and sheltered, quiet coves. For much of the route, Snowdonia's mountains and the Llyn peninsula form a dramatic backdrop to the coastal views. Along the way you'll find prehistoric monuments, sea arches and caves, a medieval castle, lighthouses and a church in the sea as well as a wealth of wildlife from grey seals and dolphins to little egrets, peregrines, terns and puffins. This Official Guide to the Isle of Anglesey section of the Wales Coast Path contains everything local and long-distance walkers need.
