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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 stretch is a 109-mile (176 km) in length running from Kenfig Dunes near Port Talbot, South Wales to Chepstow. [4] With five local councils involved in its creation and maintenance, the route goes through a heritage coast, three national nature reserves and three heritage landscapes.
The route, which is marked by waymarker disks, makes use of existing public rights of way, including sections of the Wales Coast Path, and along the way it visits many small stone churches, many dedicated to key Celtic Saints, which can provide shelter and rest along the trail.
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 coastal path and a ruined cottage at Penrhyn, near Traeth Bychan beach. The 200-kilometre (124 mi) path mainly follows the coast. Exceptions are where the path comes inland from Moel y Don by Plas Newydd estate, and the Bodorgan Estate on the west of the island between Aberffraw and Malltraeth, where the Prince and Princess of Wales used to live. [1]
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]
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.