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The Wales Coast Path (Welsh: Llwybr Arfordir Cymru) is a designated long-distance trail which follows, or runs close to, the coastline of Wales. [1]Launched in 2012, the footpath is 870 miles (1,400 km) long and was heralded as the first dedicated coast path in the world to cover the entire length of a country's coastline. [2]
This is a list of cities, towns, villages and hamlets on or near the Wales Coast Path, a long-distance walk which follows the coast of Wales from Chepstow to Chester.It is divided into sections corresponding to those used to market and promote the route.
The South Wales Coast and Severn Estuary Coastal Path [1] (Welsh: Llwybr arfordir De Cymru ac Aber Hafren) covers Region H of the larger Wales Coast Path, [2] an 870-mile (1,400 km) long-distance walking route around the whole coast of Wales which opened on 5 May 2012. [3]
England Coast Path: 2,795 4,500 † England: N/A: N/A: Will cover the entire coast of England and will be the longest managed and waymarked coastal path in the world. [11] Glyndŵr's Way: 135 217: Powys, mid Wales: Knighton: Welshpool: Runs in an extended loop. Hadrian's Wall Path: 84 135: England: Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, Cumbria ...
The path is maintained and administered by two county councils, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. Wales Coast Path logo. The highest point of Gower is The Beacon at Rhossili Down at 193 metres (633 ft) overlooking Rhossili Bay. [5] Pwll Du and the Bishopton Valley form a statutory Local Nature Reserve. [6]
The Wales Coast Path is an 870-mile (1,400 km) long trail which follows almost the entire coastline. Opened in 2012, it incorporates pre-existing paths such as the Pembrokeshire Coast Path which had been established as a National Trail around almost the entire 186-mile (299 km) length of Pembrokeshire's coastline in 1970. [26]
At the other end of the route is Portstewart, a small seaside town with a two-mile stretch of golden sand, a favourite with surfers and explorers of the 6,000-year-old sand dunes.
The Ceredigion Coast Path project was funded under the EU's Objective 1 programme for West Wales and the Valleys.There were previously existing lengthy public rights of way along the coastline, but the scheme allowed for these to be linked together – by creating new public access routes – to make a continuous route.