Llyn Crafnant & Llyn Geirionydd
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0 1 2 3 conwy SHORT & fife 4SWEET 23 LLyn Crafnant & LLyn Geirionydd 24 north Queensferry to aberdour 5.0 WALES a SCOTLAND u u u u u u Distance: 5 miles/8.1km Time: 3½ hours Grade: Easy MILES6 1 Distance: 8 miles/13km Time: 4 hours Grade: Moderate b Waterside at plan your walk7 2 plan your walk llyn crafnant. 8 3 9 4 0 5 Photo: 6 Photo: dorothy hamilton dorothy 7 phoebetaplin route route s tart/parking s tart/parking north forest car park, near Llyn8 the iconic forth Queensferry station crafnant, above Trefriw, rail bridge. (There’s a bigger car park grid ref SH755618 9 at Aberdour so drivers is it for me? Tracks, lanes may prefer to park there chosen by… century, says he was found in and paths (some rough)0 chosen by… Queensferry station, turn and get train back to start) dorothy a basket (or coracle) near the stiles 5 phoebe taplin L downhill, following signs Ky11 1JH, grid ref nT131808 hamilton mouth of the River Dyfi. Fife’s coastal path for Fife Coastal Path. Follow is it for me? Mostly level, Llyn Crafnant and planning is a gem of a long narrow winding lane down well-signed, well-surfaced paths. Some roadside Llyn Geirionydd are two Start nearest town Llanrwst distance route. This section, towards Forth Bridges. Just sections beautiful lakes situated above 1Leave the car park by refreshments Lakeside passes waterside towns and before Old Kirk Road, turn L café (seasonal) Llyn stiles none the Conwy Valley. The first following the path with yellow villages, combining nature, onto cobbled path (don’t worry crafnant, choice in Trefriw section of this walk, beside markers to the lane. Turn R Public toilets At car park industry and history. There that sign says Dunfermline!) planning Llyn Crafnant, is almost to Llyn Crafnant and go R Public transport are great views of the Forth Keep going under Forth Rail nearest town completely flat and suitable through a gate to follow a track none to start bridges, Inchcolm Island Bridge, through Carlingnose inverkeithing for pushchairs. Families with above the lake. At a fork, go L Maps oS explorer oL17; and Edinburgh, as well as Point nature reserve, and refreshments choice in inverkeithing & Aberdour and ignore a stile on L. Follow Landranger 115 around beach beyond with young children could take a a medieval harbour, a ruined Public toilets shorter walk by following the the yellow waymarks, pass kirk, and plenty of wildlife. water on R. Aberdour station lane met at point 2 back to the through kissing-gates then The official route is mostly Public transport Trains start. Children used to a little veer L to cross a footbridge box, go R on path to kissing- designed to be cycle-friendly; 1 mile/1.6km between north rough walking and small hills on R. Go L through a gate, gate. Walk through trees, it’s often possible for walkers 2Continue on clear, Queensferry & Aberdour. can enjoy the full walk taking cross a bridge and, at a ignore stile L and veer R to detour slightly along grassy well-marked track beside water Station & bus stops in inverkeithing, near point 3, in Llyn Geirionydd, a good junction of tracks, bear L following blue markers uphill. paths nearby. Trains connect and follow it beside Inner Bay. if you want a shorter route place for picnics. Be sure to through a gate onto a lane. Go through gaps in a wall and both ends and the whole route The now-tarmac path runs Maps oS explorer 367; climb to the Taliesin a fence. After a level area, the with Edinburgh and beyond. between fences around Landranger 65 Monument for the view. One 1¾ miles/2.7km path descends to a track. Go scrapmetal works and beside a of the legends about Taliesin, 2Follow the lane for 1km ahead on track downhill, Start lane. Follow lane R under Street into Inverkeithing. Keep a bard who lived in the sixth and, just before a telephone veering R. Ignore track R that ➥ 1From Platform 2 of North railway and turn R onto Hope straight under another railway ➥ GRADIENT PROFILE GRADIENT PROFILE 600 600 400 400 200 200 metres metres 0 0 km 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 km 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 ✁ SCOTLAND WALES fife spring 2019 conwy spring 2019 24 north Queensferry to aberdour 23 LLyn Crafnant & LLyn Geirionydd uOS Explorer map 367 uBuy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop uOS Explorer map OL17 uBuy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop finish s tart 1 e Survey. Media 001/19 e Survey. e Survey. Media 001/19 e Survey. 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Continue past were given follow the lakeside path below path, which soon goes L and medieval Mercat Cross and 4¾ miles/7.6km golf course and keep straight this name by the a felled area. Shortly before R over rocks. Pass old mine interesting old houses. Turn Continue past houses through kissing gate onto road. Victorians who end of lake, the path rises buildings and walk downhill your rating your 5 rating your R down Port Street and cross beside beach and follow signs Turn R through wrought iron loved to visit hidden slightly to a rock and an easy to join a track at a turning footbridge. Keep straight along L up tarmac path. Turn R gates onto Aberdour’s main waterfalls. it’s easily scramble over it. Continue area. Take R fork and walk Preston Crescent, over little through suburban mansions, street. Turn R and follow reached by a path along hillside before dropping downhill to lane and car park river and beside sports ground. R again back towards water road L to railway station. from the centre of down beside fence. Pass old opposite. Continue on track and follow it and keep straight above trefriw village. mine workings and climb stile L. Go on past waterside houses, landscaped parks along The V iew the walk on near end of lake. Continue V iew the walk on © Country © Country round St David’s harbour. Wynd past Donibristle stable oS MAPS online: © Country crosses a cattle-grid and, at beside L hand wall to a building oS MAPS online: block. Follow road L. Just after lfto.com/cwroutes next fork, go R on track which then go L and R to pass the lfto.com/cwroutes w 4 miles/6.5km bungalow No. 39, turn R on w soon veers L with views of Llyn Taliesin Monument on R. 4Soon after info board, turn path through wood. Continue, IN ASSOCIATION WITH alking Spring20 Geirionydd through the trees. IN ASSOCIATION WITH alking Spring20 R onto path near beach, follow with water R, around Dalgetty 4¼ miles/6.9km it up and turn R again on lane. Bay and through woods to 3¼ miles/5.3km 4Follow the path marked 19 Continue on pavements and reach ruined St Bridget’s kirk. 19 3Just beyond a drive to Trefriw Trails 5. It climbs gently ✁.