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Port Talbot SWCP Inland and Coastal

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Overview

Join me on a circular walk along the South Wales Coast Path, joining both the Inland and Coastal routes at Port talbot.  There will be a mixture of industrial, urban, coast and countryside.  We will also visit the trig pillar on Mynydd Dinas, slightly off the Coastal Path.

Start Aberavon Beach car park. £2 All Day in winter

Grid reference: SS 73339 90788

Nearest postcode: SA12 7PL

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Wednesday, 25 February 2026
Start time:
10:00 am
Estimated finish time:
4:30 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
17.7km / 11.0mi
Ascent:
426.7m / 1400ft
Type:
circular
Website:
https://www.cardifframblers.org.uk/walks

Local Grade: B

Features

  • Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:
SS 73339 90788
Nearest postcode:
SA12 7PL
what3words:
points.broker.gold
Start time:
10:00 am

Aberavon Beach car park £2 All Day in winter

Upcoming walks with Cardiff Group

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Machen to Bedwas circular walk via the Sirhowy Ridgeway

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Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
Cancelled Walk

Cancelled: Goodrich Castle and Welsh Bicknor.

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Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
10.0 miles
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Penarth: Heights, Barrage, Pier, Promenade

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Distance:
6.0 miles
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Peaks and Valleys around Porth. Register with Walk Leader.

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Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
12.5 miles
Cardiff Central Bus Interchange

Cardiff Central Strollers: visit Insole Court. Linear.

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Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
Waymark

Lisvane to Cefn Mabley Circular. Please register with Walk Leader.

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Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
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Ogmore by Sea: Pants, Quarries and Coasts. Please register with Walk Leader.

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Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.0 miles
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Barry Cold Knap - Rhoose Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
Cancelled Walk

Cancelled: Llantrisant Forest. Please register with Walk Leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.5 miles
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Penallt near Monmouth. Register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.0 miles
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Port Talbot SWCP Inland and Coastal

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
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A walk led by Robert Smith - details tbc

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
12.0 miles
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Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
Bus Interchange

Cardiff Central Strollers: International Sports Village & ASDA Mountain. Circular.

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Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
Sugar Loaf

Sugarloaf from Abergavenny

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.0 miles
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Twyn y Gaer & Cefn Lechid. PLEASE REGISTER WITH WALK LEADER

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
Cancelled Walk

Cancelled: Fan y Big from Pencelli. Please register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
1.0 miles
Rail Ramble

Rail Ramble. Dinas Powys to Penarth via Cosmeston

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Cwm Colliery: Please register with walk leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
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Chepstow and surrounding area

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
13.0 miles
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Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
Cardiff Central Bus Interchange

Cardiff Central Strollers: Pontcanna & Llandaf Fields. Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Raglan Circular - Please Register with Walk Leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
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The Crickhowell Skyline and Grwyne Valley. Please Register with Walk Leader Jim Bradley 07397276530

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.5 miles
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Machen Rudry Circular.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
Dr Price

Rail Ramble Llanharan to Taffs Well

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
12.0 miles
lonely shepherd

Lonely Shepherd from Crickhowell

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
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Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk. TBC

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Cardiff Central Strollers: Glamorgan Canal Nature Reserve. Circular.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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Penarth Circular from Penarth railway station

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Chartist's Cave. Please Register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
12.0 miles
Bus Ramble

CBI: Pentyrch to Tongwynlais. Linear Bus Ramble.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
Rail Ramble

Rail Ramble: Rhoose via Aberthaw Nature Reserve to Barry in Springtime

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
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Forest of Dean Nigel Clifton 07968724078

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
12.0 miles
Parc Cefn Onn

Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk led by Carol

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
Cardiff Central Bus Interchange

Cardiff Central Strollers: checking for Any Signs of Spring in Bute Park. Circular.

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
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The Blorange

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
7.0 miles
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Caerleon and Wentwood. Please Register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.8 miles
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Dinas Powys circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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SOUTHERN DOWN- COED YR BWL- OGMORE

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.0 miles
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Tintern, Angiddy Valley and Beacon Hill. Please Register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.5 miles
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Wye Valley? DETAILS TBC. CONTACT ROB SMITH

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
13.0 miles
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Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Cardiff Central Strollers: Guest Leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
lake

Llandegfedd countryside

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.0 miles
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Taff's Well & Ridgeway. Please Register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.5 miles
St Sannan's church, Bedwellty

Rail Ramble: Bargoed to Pengam via Pen y Fan Pond. Please register with leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
12.0 miles
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South Gower - PLEASE REGISTER WITH LEADER

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
14.0 miles
Trig on Little Doward

The Dowards, the Wye, and King Arthur’s cave. Please register with walk leader Sue J

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
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The Kymin from Monmouth. Register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.5 miles
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Blaenavon to Pontypool. Linear. DETAILS TBC. Register with Walk Leader Rob S. 07590 570445.

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
15.0 miles
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Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Clytha Circular (please register with walk leader)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
9.0 miles
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Whitchurch - Radyr, circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Blaen Llia circular. Please register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
15.4 miles
Rail Ramble

Rail Ramble - Neath to Port Talbot

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
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Barry Waterfront Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
River Wye from near Brockweir

Tintern and the Welsh bank of the Wye (please register with walk leader, text preferred)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.8 miles
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The Ogmore and Garw valleys. Please register with the walk leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
The 'Old Place' - an Elizabethan mansion.

Historic Llantwit Major and the Heritage Coast

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
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Fan y Big from Pencelli. Please register with Walk Leader.

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
10.0 miles
The Chartist

Sirhowy River north of Blackwood

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
7.0 miles
Parc Cefn Onn

Circular from Parc Cefn Onn to Craig y Alt

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
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Portishead circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
13.5 miles
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Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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The Journey. Please Register with Walk Leader - Text Preferred

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
14.0 miles
Rail Ramble

Rhymney Riverside walk Machen to Llanbradach. Linear.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
8.0 miles
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Rhymney River Circular: Please register with the Walk Leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.0 miles
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Cwm Sychan, Cwm Tyleri Area. DETAILS TBC. Walk Register with Walk Leader Rob S. (Text 07590 570445).

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
14.0 miles
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Claire's Friday Morning Parc Cefn Onn Walk (woods, hills, countryside)

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Explore Chepstow by Train

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Llantwit Major - coastal walk

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.0 miles
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Longtown circular via 2 Darrens and Crib y Garth. Please register with Walk Leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
14.0 miles
Llanishen Church

Llanishen Circular

Start:

Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
5.0 miles
Parc Cefn Onn

Parc Cefn Onn Friday Walk led by Jean B.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
6.0 miles
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Castell Coch & Fforest Fawr. Circular.

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
7.0 miles
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Abercynon Circular - Please register with leader

Start:

Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
12.0 miles

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking
Join now for just £3.75 per month
Register for an account for FREE