NORTHUMBERLAND GOWER 19 SIMONBURN 20 PENMAEN WALES A uDistance: 7¾ miles/12.5km uTime: 4 hours uGrade: Moderate EAST NORTH uDistance: 9 miles/14.5km uTime: 4 hours uGrade: Challenging B The exposed Roman PLAN YOUR WALK Three Cliffs Bay PLAN YOUR WALK wall at point 3. at low tide. PHOTO: PHOTO: P&C MONAGHAN P&C ROUTE JULIEROYLE ROUTE Start/parking Simonburn Start/parking Penmaen car park, NE48 3AS, church – track between grid ref NY871735 church and bus stop leads Is it for me? Relatively to National Trust car park CHOSEN BY… (Sandstone Way Cycle Route). easy route to follow CHOSEN BY… Three Cliffs Bay is spectacular, by cattle grid, SA3 2HH, although one path is little grid ref SS531886 PAUL & CHRISTINE At end of road fork L twice on JULIE ROYLE especially at low tide. used. Roads used are Is it for me? Moorland, MONAGHAN track signed Fenwick Field. gated or dead-end so only There is so much A dramatic ruined castle at woodland, parkland, This is a lovely walk Note ruins of Simonburn Castle used by local vehicles packed into this Penrice and a Neolithic burial wetland, dunes, cliff-tops that combines a few Roman dating from 13th century which Stiles 9 glorious walk you’ll probably chamber known as Arthur’s Stiles 1 sites with a good country was owned by the Herons of want to return again and Stone add to the attractions. walk. From the pretty village Chipchase Castle, seen later on. PLANNING again, to enjoy this wonderful PLANNING of Simonburn, with its 13th Nearest town Hexham landscape in all seasons and Start Nearest town Swansea Refreshments Refreshments Pub at century church dedicated 1¼ miles/2km Tearoom in Simonburn all weathers. The walk begins 1Walk straight ahead from Reynoldston, café at to the Scottish Saint Mungo, 2At farm turn L (not signed) Public toilets None with the so-called ‘backbone cattle grid on track or parallel Penmaen (both close this walk takes you across aiming for far edge of strip of Public transport Bus of Gower’ a moorland ridge grassy path. At Three Cliffs to route, not on it) open country to the excavated woodland. Cross footbridge AD122 from Hexham to which offers great views and Care Home bear R across Public toilets None Temple of Mithras, where and stile and continue in same Bricolitia and start there the chance to see wild horses. common. After short distance Public transport New Roman solders worshipped direction L of fence to gate R Maps OS Explorer OL43, The return leg meanders you’ll be walking parallel with Adventure Travel 117/118 Landranger 87 from Swansea to Penmaen a pre-Christian god and of wood. At road turn R then L through woods and beautifully another track. Follow it for a church, daily except made sacrifices. There is at T-junction on marked byway. landscaped parkland before while before bearing L on path winter Sundays good section of exposed wall Cross road and follow signs to the unexcavated Roman Fort meeting the exquisite coast across Cefn Bryn. Follow ridge Maps OS Explorer 164; nearby and unexcavated sites Bricolitia (Temple of Mithras). of Carrawburgh then continue for which Gower is principally top for 4km, ignoring branching Landranger 159 such as Carrawburgh Fort. R of car park wall. Stay on wall famous. Oxwich Bay is a real paths and guided by occasional 3¼ miles/5.2km path which crosses road and joy, with so many different Gower Way marker-stones. for the grassy path on the Start 3Continue on Roman wall climbs to ‘Limestone Corner’, habitats that it’s recognised other side of the road, 1Pass front of church then path turning L towards road the most northerly point on the as one of the most diverse 2¾ miles/4.5km indicated by a roadside fork L on dead end road alongside a fence. You can visit wall (and hence the Roman ➥ coastal areas in Britain, while 2Pass toposcope and look fingerpost. Descend to cross ➥ 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 ✁ NORTH EAST NORTH WALES GOWER NORTHUMBERLAND 20 PENMAEN 19 SIMONBURN uOS Explorer map 164 uBuy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop uOS Explorer map OL43 uBuy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop 2 START 1 2 ©CROWN COPYRIGHT 2017 ORDNANCE SURVEY. MEDIA001/17 ORDNANCESURVEY. 2017 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN ©CROWN COPYRIGHT 2017 ORDNANCE SURVEY. MEDIA001/17 ORDNANCESURVEY. 2017 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN 3 1 START 4 4 3 DON’T MISS... 4½ miles/7km After a brief overgrown section 3Cross to the track opposite. join the Wales Coast Path on Explore Follow it to Mill Wood and walk the R, continuing in the same DON’T MISS... 5 miles/8.1km by a semicircle of woods. There Pemmaen through the wood to the direction through wetlands, 4There is a detour you can were four gates in the middle Burrows to The Military junction by a pool. Turn L dunes and woodland. Coast take from the Heritage sign to of each side. To continue find another neolithic Road (B6318). and walk to the lane. Cross Path is sparsely waymarked; a unexcavated Roman Camp walk take single track road burial chamber and Built in 1746 to Penrice Castle Park, using avoid descending paths leading 800m away. Permissive access from Heritage sign back to the ruinous remains by General George the stone stile for access only to beaches. Several is granted until 31 August 2019. Simonburn. This is a gated road of a medieval church. Wade to suppress the then joining the driveway. signposted turnings lead to While it is little more than a so has only farm traffic. As you Jacobite Rebellion. Follow the yellow-painted Penmaen but best is one from raised area slightly above the approach village look R for Much of the Roman markers through the park Three Cliffs Bay, via Notthill field it does have a good view Chipchase Castle. After bridge Wall was demolished the road and join path. Follow and up to the A4118. Turn R, to Penmaen church. over the South Tyne Valley to turn L back to start point. it to Arthur’s Stone then turn L. then R again at lodge. Take and its stone and the Pennine Hills. Cross the foundations used. Keep L of pool as you approach next path on L, at Oxwich GET THIS WALK main road. Go through gate, GET THIS WALK road. Re-cross road and go National Nature Reserve. turn R beside fence back in ON YOUR PHONE: April2017 Walking © Country ON YOUR PHONE: April2017 Walking © Country Empire) with views north to straight on to cross ridge. Walk lfto.com/cwroutes the direction of Carrawburgh lfto.com/cwroutes across common to meet road 6 miles/9.5km the Cheviot Hills. Continue past beside an impressive section lined by houses (Reynoldston). 4Walk through Nicholaston IN ASSOCIATION WITH sections of the wall and ditch of the Vallum (ditch) where IN ASSOCIATION WITH Turn L along edge of common, Woods, keeping to the lower as far as English Heritage sign the stone for the wall was join road at cattle grid and path. Leaving the woods, for Black Carts Turret. Visit extracted. The camp is about proceed to A4118. continue past the wetlands. OS MAPS turret and return. 50m square and is surrounded OS MAPS ✁.