Walk 9

How to get there: St Ishmaels to Public transport: Puffin Shuttle (wheelchair accessible). Great Castle Head

Own transport: South West ; 3 miles West Easy access walk: 0.6 miles (1.0 km) of the town of . Approach via the A4076 Adventure walk: 1.9 miles (3.1 km) trunk road and the /St Ishmaels minor road. There is a small parking area at the start of the walk. Character: magnificent views over towards Angle. Path to coast is level and surfaced; the rest are natural surfaces with some gradients.

Grid ref. starting point: SM838071

Toilets: at start of walk (seasonal).

Further facilities: there is a children’s playground and a picnic area at the start of the walk.

Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Walk 9

Description settlement, or perhaps both. Further along the gradients are 1:10 for 6 metres and The first part of this walk, As you walk, look out for 1:10 to 1:7 for 9 metres; this from the car park to first seabirds and for farmland section is also uneven. viewpoint on the Coast Path, species like the yellowhammer has been tarmaced. The walk - a yellow, sparrow-sized bird There is a short 1:6 gradient along the Coast Path is on often seen in summer singing for 2 metres where the path natural surfaces, though its heart out from a hedge joins a track. Turn right onto gradients and cross gradients top. the track and follow it to the are minimal. remnants of the ramparts of the Iron Age Fort. Retrace Along the route are excellent Directions steps to return to starting views of Milford Haven point. waterway. A superb natural Go though the gate to the harbour, the waterway has side of the public toilets and been busy with shipping over follow the path through many centuries. Medieval another gate into the playing traders sailed from here to fields. Where the path turns ports in England and France; right there is a 1:10 gradient ships were built for the Royal for 6 metres. Stay on Navy at Milford Haven and surfaced path until reaching later at , and it the viewpoint. This is the end was a forming up point for of the Easy Access Walk, Atlantic convoys in World War retrace steps to return to Two. starting point.

In Pembrokeshire, Iron Age For the Adventure Walk, turn settlements often go hand-in- left onto the Coast Path and hand with good views like the follow it. At the access to the one at Great Castle Head. The beach (steep with steps) there fort is thought to be more is a 1:8 to 1:6 gradient down than 2,000 years old and was for 8 metres and a 1:9 to 1:7 a defensive feature, a gradient up for 3 metres.

St Ishmaels to Great Castle Head KEY Hard and smooth surface Compacted stone surface Natural soil surface Grass surface Public path

Gradient, steeper than 1:12 Gradient, between 1:20 & 1:12