Port Talbot — Porthcawl
Porpor two
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By Stuart Bain on 10 Feb 2023
Description
A more scenic route cutting through Porthcawl via the Library and Grand Pavilion (serving food and drinks) and hugging tight to the coastline along Kenfig & Margam Sands
A more scenic route cutting through Porthcawl via the Library and Grand Pavilion (serving food and drinks) and hugging tight to the coastline along Kenfig & Margam Sands
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Maximum elevation
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Start and end points
Port Talbot
Grid Ref
SS7674589635
Lat / Lon
51.59204° / -3.78069°
Easting / Northing
276,745E / 189,635N
What3Words
truth.study.enter
Porthcawl
Grid Ref
SS8186777074
Lat / Lon
51.48025° / -3.70257°
Easting / Northing
281,867E / 177,074N
What3Words
blaring.steam.crusaders
| Port Talbot | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SS7674589635 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.59204° / -3.78069° |
| Easting / Northing | 276,745E / 189,635N |
| What3Words | truth.study.enter |
| Porthcawl | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SS8186777074 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.48025° / -3.70257° |
| Easting / Northing | 281,867E / 177,074N |
| What3Words | blaring.steam.crusaders |
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review
Paddy Dillon
11 Nov 2023 (edited 14 Nov 2023)I've walked this route twice before, but many years ago. I was also caught out in the middle of this route once when the Afon Cynffig flooded and it was impossible to get across, even though there's a footbridge. So... when I was in the area this winter after a lot of heavy rain, I decided to play safe. I looked at the first part of the route, from Port Talbot to the big roundabout near Margam Country Park, and on another day I looked at the route from the Kenfig dunes to Porthcawl.
The route from Port Talbot is very urban and starts by following a cycleway alongside Harbour Way. When this road was constructed they only put a cycleway halfway along it, passing close to the steelworks. That means that you have to duck under a railway bridge and follow a backstreet route through Margam. It's all pretty easy and flat, and is adequately signposted for cyclists and Wales Coast Path walkers, but it's also just a case of walking past houses, with one bit alongside a sports field. I finished at the big roundabout between Margam and Margam Country Park, not wanting to risk finding the Afon Cynffig had burst its banks and having to retrace my steps.
On another day I walked through the Kenfig dunes and picked up the Wales Coast Path on the other side of the Afon Cynffig, and headed in the direction of Porthcawl. The path is mostly flat and easy, well signposted and shouldn't present anyone with any difficulty. A long stretch beside a golf course has been entirely constructed from wood effect plastic, which is interesting. One thing I've never really understood is why the Wales Coast Path follows a roadside path into Porthcawl, when there's a generous strip of land between the road and the coast that's well used by local folk and threaded with a maze of useful paths. Eventually, the promenade has to be followed into town.
If I could offer split star ratings, I'd give three stars for the route out of Port Talbot to Margam, and five stars for the route from Kenfig dunes to Porthcawl. So, four stars overall.
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