Coppet Hall to Stepaside

Walk 2 How to get there: Coppet Hall to Stepaside Public transport: Service bus 351 (Tenby – Pendine), not Easy access walk: 3.2 miles (5.1 km). wheelchair accessible, only stops at Saundersfoot and Wisemans Bridge. Character: wide tracks, reasonably level hard surface along disused railway, beaches, sea views, wooded valley. Own transport: South Pembrokeshire; half mile north-east of the village of Saudersfoot. Approach via the B4316 road. Parking on compacted stone surface at Coppet Hall (charge seasonal). Grid ref. starting point: SN139053. Toilets: at Coppet Hall and Wisemans Bridge (closed from November to March), disabled access. Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Walk 2 Description Stepaside to the harbour at places. Continue along the left hand side of the road to Saundersfoot. Originally a seafront, the path from here avoid a cross fall of 1:8 until This walk starts from the horse-drawn ‘dramway’ the to the road at Wisemans you reach the junction with beach car park at Coppet Hall railway fell into disuse and Bridge has the character of a the bridleway at Tramway and runs along the seafront, closed in 1939. promenade with railings on Cottage. Leave the road at the through two tunnels to the sea wall and the width bend, uneven surface for 3 Wisemans Bridge beach where The beaches here were a used varies from 1.6 to 3.5 metres. metres and continue straight it turns inland to run a training ground in 1943 for Forty metres after the tunnel on along the hard surfaced alongside the stream up the the D-Day landings. Look for there is a short descent of bridleway through the woods. aptly named Pleasant Valley to blue-tit, great-tit, wren, 1:12 for 3 metres. Continue You will pass a junction with a finish at the old iron works at greater-spotted woodpecker along the path to pass two footpath to the left and 440 Stepaside. and chaffinch in the woods. more benches. There are two metres along the bridleway cross falls to the sea; 1:8 and there is a bench. At 123 The section from Coppet Hall 1:12 for a combined distance metres from the bench there to Wisemans Bridge is a Directions of 40 metres. Pass another is a cross fall of up to 1:15 for cycleway. From Wisemans bench and the junction of a 25 metres. Cross the bridge, Bridge to Stepaside the path The start of walk is along a footpath leading to the woods passing another junction with runs along a bridleway so you 2.8 metre wide tarmac track to pass another two benches a footpath to the left until you may encounter horse riders as on the immediate left as you until you reach the road reach a gap next to a gate. well as cyclists on this part of enter the car park at Coppet junction. the route. Hall. Follow the track around From here there is a to the right towards the To access the toilets at compacted stone surface for Coppet Hall was known as coast to the first tunnel. At Wisemans Bridge from the 98 metres as the bridleway Coalpit Hall in the nineteenth the tunnel entrance there is a road junction, fork right along runs parallel to the road for a century when coal was short descent of 1:14 for 2 the minor road (no pavement) short distance before bearing shipped out from this beach. metres, continue through the for 92 metres with descents of left onto the entrance road to The Stepaside Ironworks tunnel (length 18 metres) between 1:8 to 1:14. Retrace the old ironworks and car processed ore dug from passing two benches to a steps. park. Retrace steps. 'patches' on the sea cliffs second tunnel (length 101 between Saundersfoot and metres) The path in the tunnel To continue the walk, fork left Amroth. The path runs along is 2 metres wide narrowing to to follow the minor road past the old railway that was built 1.5 metres wide at the exit. Step Cottage for 260 metres to transport anthracite coal The tunnel is unlit and the (no pavement), keeping to the from Grove Colliery at path surface is uneven in Coppet Hall to Stepaside Stepaside Wisemans Bridge KEY Hard and smooth surface Compacted stone surface Public path Gradient, steeper than 1:12 Tunnels Gradient, between 1:20 & 1:12 Cross gradient Saundersfoot.

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