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5 Coast and Pier Walk Online Leaflet English

5 Coast and Pier Walk Online Leaflet English

VALE OF Approximate walk time: 2.5 hours • COUNTRYSIDE • CULTURE WALKING IN THE VALE

ARFORDIR • CEFN GWLAD • DIWYLLIANT BRO MORGANNWG Walking in the combines a fascinating 60 km stretch of the Coast Path with THE COUNTRYSIDE CODE the picturesque, historic beauty of inland Vale. Along its VALE OF GLAMORGAN VALE OF GLAMORGAN VALE OF GLAMORGAN VALE OF GLAMORGAN VALE OF GLAMORGAN • Be safe – plan ahead and follow any signs. COAST • COUNTRYSIDE • CULTURE COAST • COUNTRYSIDE • CULTURE COAST • COUNTRYSIDE • CULTURErugged coastlineCOAST • COUNTRYSIDE walkers • CULTURE can discoverCOAST the • COUNTRYSIDE last manned • CULTURE in Wales (automated as recently as 1998), • Leave gates and property as you find them. a college unlike any other at St. Donats and 16th Century • Protect plants and animals, and take your litter home. Coast and • Keep dogs under close control. walled gardens at Dunraven Bay, plus the seaside bustle

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5 580 kcal 690 kcal visitthevale.com Estimated calories: Estimated calories: Family Wheelchair access on THE ROUTE 70kg walking at 3mph 83kg walking at 3mph friendly certain areas of the walk

Getting there THE WALK Grid ref: ST149679 From the east, take the A4055 towards Barry, Sully to Penarth Pier Walk (5 miles) For almost the whole of this walk, you can then travel south on B4267 towards Sully. At the enjoy unrivalled views across the estuary. next roundabout (before entering Sully) turn right Start at Hayes Road carpark, Sully. onto Hayes Road. Take the second turning on the left, From the car park, along the coast path, which footbridge (6) on the south side of the second field. Cross to follow a track (with height restriction) to reach eventually becomes a pebble track along the beach (1). the footbridge and continue on the path into woods. the coast and car park. After approximately 600 metres walk through a car park On leaving the woods, walk 30 metres towards the Terrain which shortly rejoins the coast path headland, passing a prominent derelict gun battery on Fairly level terrain on well marked paths with minimal and runs alongside playing fields(2) . your right. Turn left on the coast path which leads to stiles or obstacles. Quiet lanes and promenade. Follow the path in front of Sully Lavernock Point with its fine where Distance Sailing Club. Note the viewpoint wildlife interest is combined with historic remains in a 5 miles / 8 km marker on your left just past the club dramatic and picturesque coastal setting. Continue along Map house. On a clear day, you can see the headland path that leads to a kissing gate. Keep to OS Explorer 151 and . across the channel to Hinkley Point and . the path on the right of the field(7) to go through the Parking Follow the coast path as it runs in front of a row of large kissing gate that joins the road past the entrance to Free car park off Hayes Road, Sully. Roadside houses. At the end of the houses, go through a kissing Marconi Holiday Village. Head right, following the road near Promenade at Penarth or free car parks at gate, keeping the hedge to your right to the end of back down towards the coast. Cliff Parade Penarth and Penarth Railway station. another playing field to reach a second gate. Here, turn Public Transport right onto the road towards and the Captain’s On your left you will pass Transmitted in Regular buses between Penarth and Sully. Alight at the first ever radio Wife pub (3). St Lawrence Church (8) messages over sea read: Avenue, Sully and walk south along which has a plaque dedicated Burnham Avenue to reach the coast path. For up to Walk past the pub and continue alongside the sea wall. ‘Are you ready?’ to and date travel information visit www.traveline-cymru.info At the end of the car park join the path leading on to Followed by, George Kemp. ‘Can you hear me?’ Refreshments & Toilets the road, with the coast on your right (4). Proceed on The reply received was, Shops, cafes and bars at Sully and at Penarth. the road for 0.75 miles, ignoring a set of old steps and a Proceed straight on to the path ‘Yes, loud and clear’. gap in the safety barrier on the right. Continue walking Toilets at Penarth Pier, the Esplanade, and cliff top that runs alongside the house The morse recording slip for car park, Penarth. alongside fencing until you reach a ahead of you, leading through a the first message is now kissing gate on the right, just past on display in the National kissing gate to a footpath bearing Museum of Wales.

the entrance to a caravan park (5). left, with fine views of Penarth Turn right through the kissing gate, Pier and (9). Continue Since the route is linear why not take the regular bus following the path through the field TIP from Penarth to Sully and walk back to your start on the path for just over a mile until you reach a gate point? Otherwise, it’s advisable to take 2 cars and with the hedge on your right. through to the Penarth headland path. Follow the path, leave one at each end of the walk. past the park and café on your left and proceed downhill The path bends around to the left, then right, into a along the Esplanade leading to Penarth Pier (10). second field. Keep right on the path that leads to a

There is a possibility of livestock in some fields. Please keep dogs on a lead and follow the Countryside Code. KEY PLACES OF INTEREST Parking Penarth Pier Sully Island Located just offshore, opposite the Captain’s Church Dinas / Dinas Powis Penarth 10 Wife pub, you can access the island on foot at low . Pub According to legend, it was the base for a Norman pirate, Refreshments The Night Hawk, in the 13th Century.

Accommodation Lavernock Point gun battery Built in the 1860’s by the

Toilets Royal Commission to protect the access channel to Cardiff and shipyards during the short- lived war Wheelchair access area between and Britain. The extensive remains have Viewpoint now been listed as an Ancient Monument, and include

Nature reserve the gun emplacements, director-rangefinder observation position, crew and officers quarters. Country park Lavernock Point nature reserve Around 170 different Caravan park plant species have been recorded here, including cowslip, Wales Coast Path several orchids and the scarce adder’s tongue fern. Vale Trail Cosmeston The area’s many butterflies and moths include tortoiseshell, peacock, red admiral and painted lady. Here you can see how our local wildlife changes with the seasons. Look for migrant as they stop on their way south to feed on the berry rich hedgerows. St Lawrence Church: Marconi Plaque The attractive St Lawrence Church late 18th Century limestone church of St. Lawrence at 9 Lavernock has an interesting link to radio history. In 1897 7 Sully 8 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first ever radio transmission over open sea between Lavernock Point and 5 Island. The small stone hut that Marconi used 6 to contain his experimental radio telegraph equipment 1 START still stands on the cliff edge nearby. 2 Lavernock Point Penarth A magnet for holiday makers and day visitors 4 since Victorian times, Penarth owes its development 3 to the massive expansion of the industry in the 19th century. The generosity of these landowners To walk only the Wales earned the town the reputation of “The Garden by Coast Path within the Vale, the Sea” because of its splendid parks and open spaces follow the Way Markers. You can complete the walk which still link the seafront and town centre. to by following these waymarkers. Penarth Pier Built in 1894, the pier was recently restored, Sully Island winning Pier of the Year in 2014. Inside the pavilion is a cinema, café, bar and restaurant. © Crown copyright and database rights 2014 Ordnance Survey 100023424 9 8 10 7 6 1 5 2 43 2 3 VALE OF GLAMORGAN

M4 J34 OTHER VALE TRAILS Cardiff FOR YOU TO EXPLORE Caerdydd COASTAL WALKS INLAND WALKS 1 3 4 1 Ogmore By Sea Walk 6 Salmon Leaps Walk St. Brides Major 2 Coast and 7 Haunted Field Walk Lighthouse Walk St Nicholas Llantwit Major / 8 Magical Forest Walk 3 Celtic Crosses Peterston-Super-Ely and Coast Walk 9 Iolo Morganwg 5 6 Gun batteries along the coast 7 Llantwit Major Heritage Walk 4 Park and Seaside Walk Cowbridge St. Athan / / Barry 10 & 5 Coast and Pier Walk Spring Flowers Walk Barry / Sully / Penarth / Ewenny

LINKS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk welshwildlife.org/lavernock-point-penarth coflein.gov.uk/lavernock point fortified battery vintageinn.co.uk/thecaptainswifepenarth 8 9 valeways.org.uk

valeofglamorganramblers.co.uk

For more information on Vale Trails, or for a full list of accommodation, attractions and activities nearby

Images courtesy of Design Treganna visitthevale.com The Esplanade along Penarth coast 10

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