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TRAILWalking
GRADE; Moderate
DISTANCE: 2.5 miles (4 km)
TIME: 2 hours
OS MAP: Explorer 177
Contact: 01558 824512 (Dinefwr Park & Castle)
dinefwr@nationaltrust.org.uk
Facilities:
Pendine Village: toilets, cafés, car park, shops
Ragwen Point walk,Carmarthenshire
Stunning views across Carmarthen Bay from this cliff-top walk to a secluded bay.
Terrain: Some steep climbs, coastal paths, footpaths and lanes. Suitable footwear such as trainers needed:
there is some rough terrain. Dogs on leads are welcome.
Things to see: Wild flowers. If you walk here in spring you’ll be able to see and smell the wild garlic that now thrives here. Do the walk at different times of the year to see what other wild flowers grow here.
Practice area: All over Morfa Bychan Beach and further inland there are concrete structures, built to mimic the defences that were present on the French Coast. These were built for the Allied Forces to practice on
in 1944.
Mock defences: Some of the concrete structures along the route are huge, giving an idea of what the Allied Forces were up against at the Normandy landings in 1944.
Pendine, Carmarthenshire,
SA33 4NY
Start/end
Start: Car park at Pendine, grid ref: SN234080
End: Car park at Pendine, grid ref: SN 234080
How to get there
By bike: NCN route 4, then 1.5 miles to Pendine, see Sustrans website
By bus: From Carmarthen, see Traveline Cymru website
By train: From Carmarthen, see Traveline-Cymru website
By car: A4066 from St Clears,
Postcode SA33 4NY
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1. Go down to the beach from the car park and turn right towards the first outcrop. Follow the steep
path up the hill. When you reach the top you can look back along the miles of beach. Pendine Sands
is best known as the place where Malcolm Campbell and JG Parry-Thomas set the world land speed
record five times between 1924 and 1927.
2. Follow the path round to the left towards Ragwen Point. This area used to be overrun with
Japanese knotweed but, after extensive conservation work, it's now home to many native wild flower
and plant species.
3. The path crosses Gilam Point, where there’s an Iron Age hill-fort and the remnants of a medieval
field system.
4. Follow the path to a small pebble beach: Morfa Bychan. Allied Forces preparing for the Normandy
landings in 1944 practised on this beach.
5. On a clear day you'll have fine views towards Gower, Somerset and Devon, and Tenby to the west.
Turn your back to the sea and follow the path up the narrow, wooded valley.
6. Take the right-hand fork and follow the path through fields to its junction with the road. Then turn
right again and walk down the lane back to the car park in Pendine.
TRAILWalking
GRADE; Moderate
DISTANCE: 2.5 miles (4 km)
TIME: 2 hours
OS MAP: Explorer 177
Contact: 01558 824512 (Dinefwr Park & Castle)
dinefwr@nationaltrust.org.uk
Facilities:
Pendine Village: toilets, cafés, car park, shops
Ragwen Point walk,Carmarthenshire
Stunning views across Carmarthen Bay from this cliff-top walk to a secluded bay.
Terrain: Some steep climbs, coastal paths, footpaths and lanes. Suitable footwear such as trainers needed:
there is some rough terrain. Dogs on leads are welcome.
Things to see: Wild flowers. If you walk here in spring you’ll be able to see and smell the wild garlic that now thrives here. Do the walk at different times of the year to see what other wild flowers grow here.
Practice area: All over Morfa Bychan Beach and further inland there are concrete structures, built to mimic the defences that were present on the French Coast. These were built for the Allied Forces to practice on
in 1944.
Mock defences: Some of the concrete structures along the route are huge, giving an idea of what the Allied Forces were up against at the Normandy landings in 1944.
Pendine, Carmarthenshire,
SA33 4NY
Start/end
Start: Car park at Pendine, grid ref: SN234080
End: Car park at Pendine, grid ref: SN 234080
How to get there
By bike: NCN route 4, then 1.5 miles to Pendine, see Sustrans website
By bus: From Carmarthen, see Traveline Cymru website
By train: From Carmarthen, see Traveline-Cymru website
By car: A4066 from St Clears,
Postcode SA33 4NY
nationaltrust.org.uk/walks
1. Go down to the beach from the car park and turn right towards the first outcrop. Follow the steep
path up the hill. When you reach the top you can look back along the miles of beach. Pendine Sands
is best known as the place where Malcolm Campbell and JG Parry-Thomas set the world land speed
record five times between 1924 and 1927.
2. Follow the path round to the left towards Ragwen Point. This area used to be overrun with
Japanese knotweed but, after extensive conservation work, it's now home to many native wild flower
and plant species.
3. The path crosses Gilam Point, where there’s an Iron Age hill-fort and the remnants of a medieval
field system.
4. Follow the path to a small pebble beach: Morfa Bychan. Allied Forces preparing for the Normandy
landings in 1944 practised on this beach.
5. On a clear day you'll have fine views towards Gower, Somerset and Devon, and Tenby to the west.
Turn your back to the sea and follow the path up the narrow, wooded valley.
6. Take the right-hand fork and follow the path through fields to its junction with the road. Then turn
right again and walk down the lane back to the car park in Pendine.
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