Wales Coast Path

Wales Coast Path
Marking of the end point of the Wales Coast Path in Chepstow
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Data
length	1400 km
location	Wales
Starting point	Queensferry, Flintshire 53 ° 12 ′ 37.8 "  N , 3 ° 1 ′ 0.4"  W.
Target point	Chepstow 51 ° 38 ′ 45.2 "  N , 2 ° 40 ′ 18.6"  W.
Type	Long-distance hiking trail
season	all year round
particularities	Longest continuous hiking trail along the coast of a country; Connection to the Offa's Dyke Path

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The Wales Coast Path ( Welsh Llwybr Arfordir Cymru and occasionally All Wales Coast Path ) is an approximately 1,400 km (870 mi) long distance hiking trail that follows from the River Dee at Queensferry in north Wales to Chepstow on the south coast of Wales.

The long-distance hiking trail is the first and longest continuous hiking trail along the entire coast of a country and was created between 2007 and 2011 through the connection of various previously existing shorter hiking trails and officially opened on May 5, 2012.

The long distance trail touches a number of areas classified as Areas of National Importance by the Welsh Government, including the Snowdonia and Pembrokeshire Coast National Parks and the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty Anglesey , Pen Llŷn and Gower . One of the longest independent sections is the 200 km long Anglesey Coastal Path .

There is a link to the Offa's Dyke Path which allows a complete circumnavigation of Wales on a 1660 km (1030 mile) hike.

Individual sections of the long-distance hiking trail

Listing of the parts of the route along the Wales Coast Past from north to south

section	distance	predecessor	Unitary Authorities	Route map
North Wales Coast & Dee Estuary	109 km	The North Wales Path, opened in 1997, spans parts of it.	Flintshire : 27 miles Denbighshire : 11 miles Conwy : 35 miles
Isle of Anglesey → Main article : Anglesey Coastal Path	212 km	Anglesey Coastal Path, opened in 2006.	Isle of Anglesey
Menai, Llŷn & Meirionnydd	304 km	Llŷn Coastal Path (146 km) opened in 2006 and expanded to cover the rest of Gwynedd.	Gwynedd
Ceredigion	116 km	Ceredigion Coast Path opened in 2008.	Powys : 8 km Ceredigion : 108 km
Pembrokeshire → Main article : Pembrokeshire Coast Path	290 km	The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is a national trail . Opened in 1970.	Pembrokeshire
Carmarthenshire	109 km	The Millennium Coastal Park (21 km), near Llanelli , opened in 2002	Carmarthenshire
Gower & Swansea Bay ,	114	Gower Coast Path (Unofficial route opened in 2005)	Swansea : 90 km. Neath Port Talbot : 26 km
South Wales Coast & Severn Estuary	156 km	Sections along the coast of the Valeways Millennium Heritage Trail, opened in 2001.	Bridgend : 12 miles Vale of Glamorgan : 38 miles Cardiff : 14 miles Newport : 26 miles Monmouthshire : 15 miles

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Strumble Head lighthouse , overlooking Carreg Onnen Bay The Pembrokeshire Coast Path at Ceibwr Bay looking north towards Cemaes Head The Pembrokeshire Coast Path between Pwllgwaelod and Fishguard Above the bay of Mwnt The beach at Newborough and Llanddwyn Island

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Distance table at Walescoastpath.gov.uk , accessed June 23, 2014.
2. ↑ North Wales Path, publ. Conwy County Borough Council, 1997
3. ^ Anglesey Today - Anglesey Coast Path , accessed June 23, 2014.
4. ↑ Snowdonia-active - Llyn Walking Festival 2008 , accessed October 3, 2013.
5. ↑ www.walescoastpath.info accessed June 23, 2014.
6. ^ Ceredigion Coast Path , accessed June 23, 2014.
7. ↑ National Trails: Pembrokeshire Coast , accessed June 23, 2014.
8. ↑ Wales Coast Path - The Carmarthenshire bit! ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. DiscoverCarmarthenshire.com, accessed June 23, 2014. 
9. ^ Speech by Queen Elizabeth II the day after the opening, June 22, 2002 , accessed June 23, 2014.
10. ↑ Gower Coast - The Glamorgan Coast Past - The Coast of Gower ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 23, 2014. 
11. ^ Long Distance Walkers' Association

Web links

Commons : Wales Coast Path  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Wales Coast Path officially opens with events in Cardiff, Aberystwyth and Flint on BBC News May 5, 2012.
• Wales Coast Path homepage