Walking · Wales
Wales was the first nation on earth with a continuous path around its entire coast — 870 miles of it — plus three mountain national parks. Wales is small, wild, and made for walkers.
Why walk here
In 2012 Wales became the first country in the world to open a continuous waymarked path around its entire coast. Eight hundred and seventy miles from Chepstow to Chester, taking in Pembrokeshire's sea cliffs, the Llŷn Peninsula, Anglesey's beaches, and the Dee estuary.
Inland there are three national parks — Eryri (Snowdonia), the Brecon Beacons, and Pembrokeshire Coast. These hold most of Wales's serious mountain walking. The Cambrian Way crosses the country north to south along the spine Wales. Offa's Dyke follows the English border for 177 miles. And Glyndŵr's Way loops through the mid-Wales hills that most visitors never see.
The trails we walk
Booking nowPembrokeshire
293 km · 8–14 days
The full 293 km sweep of Britain's only coastal national park — Amroth to St Dogmaels, walked as three self-guided stages or in one push.
Booking nowYnys Môn
200 km · 9–12 days
A full loop of Anglesey — Ynys Môn — with Snowdonia rising across the Menai Strait. Sea cliffs, hidden coves, and Neolithic burial chambers on the headlands.
The trails on one map
Lines follow each trail's waypoints — live trail pages draw the full GPX route. Tap a line to see the trail.
Reasons to linger
Eat
Enjoy the best of Welsh cooking at then end of day. 'What's Wales famous for then?' we hear you ask. Well, there's the Welsh Black beef at The Hardwick in Abergavenny. Salt-marsh lamb on the Llŷn. And bara brith with a pot of tea in almost any village.
Drink
The Ship at Red Wharf Bay on Anglesey. The Sloop at Porthgain (one of Rob's favourite places in the world). The Bull at Beaumaris. Wales does the seaside pub better than almost anywhere — a pint of local ale, chips on the wall, and a view of the boats coming in.
Sleep
We book you into working-farm B&Bs, coaching inns like the Bull at Beaumaris (1472), and Georgian townhouses along the coast. Small, family-run, and used to walkers arriving with muddy boots.
Read
Get ready for your walk in Wales with a good book first. Jan Morris's The Matter of Wales. Jim Perrin's Snowdon. Owen Sheers's Resistance. R. S. Thomas's collected poems. Wales writes itself best in books like these — take one for the train.
From the journal
Seven days, an eleven-kilo pack and a first go at wild camping. Rick Clark on what the Pembrokeshire coast does to an ultra runner who assumed it would be easy.
Sophie McCarthy walked the Pembrokeshire Coast Path solo. 186 miles, mostly camping, carrying everything on her back. She had one very dramatic fall, told a badger to “go away”, and sat in a public toilet for sixty pence just to get out of the rain. And guess what - she'd do it again in a heartbeat.
Nicola Whitbread walked the Anglesey Coast Path solo, sleeping on clifftop ledges, watching the tide creep to within four feet of her sleeping bag, and talking to the army about her laundry. She'd describe the island as magical. She's not wrong.
