P20033150027 The Green Bridge of Wales.		P20033220379 Strumble Head lighthouse.

Introduction

The Pembrokeshire Coast Path runs from Amroth, between Tenby and Pendine to St Dogmaels, near Cardigan, and is a 179-mile path according to the Ordnance Survey. I walked this path in early 2003 as part of my Coastal walk around Britain, and the file below describes the relevant walks.

P20033230450 Morfa Head.		P20033230458 The view along the cliffs from near Bwn Bach.

The walk statistics:

 

Total duration of walk	3 days, 3 hours and 39 minutes
Stopped time	6 hours and 12 minutes
Shortest completed leg	Amroth to Lydstep at 11.8 miles
Longest completed leg	Lydstep to Castlemartin at 20.6 miles
Average distance per leg	17.44 miles

The walk in full:

	No.	From	To	Distance	Status
	1	Amroth	Lydstep	11.8	Completed
	2	Lydstep	Castlemartin	20.6	Completed
	3	Castlemartin	Pwllcrochan	16.4	Completed
	4	Pwllcrochan	Milford Haven	16.2	Completed
	5	Milford Haven	Wooltack	19.7	Completed
	6	Wooltack	Solva	19.8	Completed
	7	Solva	Abereiddy	19.1	Completed
	8	Abereiddy	Strumble Head	16.1	Completed
	9	Strumble Head	Newport	18.9	Completed
	10	Newport	St Dogmaels	15.8	Completed

Further information

If you want more details of the path, then have a look at the following book. I used this book throught my walk, and it proved to be invaluable.

The following maps also cover the Pembrokeshire Coast Path:

• OS map Landranger number 158 (Tenby & Pembroke)
• OS map Landranger number 157 (St David's & Haverfordwest)
• OS map Landranger number 145 (Cardigan & Mynydd Preseli)

 

P20033220386 The memorial stone at Carreg Goffa, commemorating the last invasion of Britain.		P20033210333 The view down into Porthgain.

 

P20033210337 Islands to the east of Porthgain.		P20033210346 The Carreg Sampson burial chamber, above Abercastle.

 

P20033210378 Strumble Head lighthouse.		P20033200290 St Justinian's lifeboat station.

 

P20033200302 The Coetan Arthur Neolithic burial chamber.		P20033190197 The cliffs near Warey Haven.

 

P20033190198 A curious monument on the path.		P20033190206 A view northwards over the beach at Little Haven.

 

P20033180138 Looking towards Little Castle Head from Great Castle Head.		P20033180150 The bridge over the River Gann.

 

P20033180181 The view back towards Gateholm.		P20033170086 The gun tower at Pembroke Dock.

 

P20033170102 The view along the river from near Wear Point.		P20033160021 The view towards Sheep Island.

 

P20033150047 Looking down over Swanlake Bay.		P20033150015 St Govan's Chapel.

 

P20033140032 Marros Sands.		P20033140039 Amroth Beach.

 

P20033140021 The South Beach, Tenby.

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