Official Guide: Wales Coast Path: Llyn Peninsula

Description

One of seven Official Guides to the Wales Coast Path

The 110 mile/180km long Llyn Peninsula section of the Wales Coast Path passes through some of the finest coastal scenery in Wales — dramatic cliffs and hidden valleys, long sandy beaches, intimate coves, and semi- wild headlands, with the remote island of Bardsey at its tip. Much of the peninsula is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

This Official Guide contains everything local and long-distance walkers need to enjoy the path and includes:

• An overview of the Llyn Peninsula with dedicated history and wildlife sections
• Nine day-walk sections with detailed route descriptions and full, enhanced Ordnance Survey mapping
• Distance charts, section overviews, background information and interpretation of places of interest
• Stunning professional photographs throughout
• Information on accommodation, public transport, local information, weather, and tidal links.

Contents

• Wales Coast Path: Discover the shape of a nation
• Wales Coast Path: An 870-mile coastal adventure
• The Best of Llyn
• Llyn Peninsula: Part of the Wales Coast Path
• Walking the Llyn Coast – map and distance chart
• Day Sections
• A brief history of Llyn
• Wildlife on Llyn
• The Llyn Peninsula Coast Path
• Day Section 1: Bangor to Caernarfon
• Edward’s ‘Iron Ring’
• Day Section 2: Caernarfon to Trefor
• Pilgrim Paths to Bardsey
• Day Section 3: Trefor to Nefyn
• Vortigern’s Valley
• Day Section 4: Nefyn to Porth Colmon
• Day Section 5: Porth Colmon to Abedaron
• Island in the Tide
• Day Section 6: Aberdaron to Hell’s Mouth
• Day Section 7: Hell’s Mouth to Llanbedrog
• Day Section 8: Llanbedrog to Criccieth
• Day Section 9: Criccieth to Porthmadog
• The town that Madocks built
• Welsh Coastal Place Names
• Visitor Information

What they say …

“These excellent guides lay the whole wales Coast Path at your feet — mixing practical information with the history, heritage and wildlife you will meet as you walk.”

— Country Walking magazine