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Port Talbot — Pyle

Porpyl one

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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021

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Distance

11km/7mi

Ascent

92m

Descent

61m

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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Port Talbot and Pyle.

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Port Talbot
Grid Ref	SS7674589635
Lat / Lon	51.59204^° / -3.78069^°
Easting / Northing	276,745E / 189,635N
What3Words	truth.study.enter

Pyle
Grid Ref	SS8266882477
Lat / Lon	51.52898^° / -3.69284^°
Easting / Northing	282,668E / 182,477N
What3Words	delusions.convey.verdict

Porpyl One's land is

Arable	31.8%
Green urban	2.4%
Urban	64.9%
Woods	0.9%

Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018

reviews

Paddy Dillon

11 Nov 2023 (edited 14 Nov 2023) Autumn

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I walked half of this route, between Port Talbot and Margam, and reviewed it in 'Porpor two', so I might as well repeat what I wrote here...

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. (The only bit I would alter is an odd kink in the route that uses roads instead of a signposted cycleway. The cycleway is better.) 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.

Although I once walked from the big roundabout to Pyle, I wouldn't consider doing it again. There's a path alongside a busy road, and it's used as an alternative for the Wales Coast Path when the Afon Cynffig is flooded. That's really the only reason to walk beside the road to Pyle. In recent days I got the bus along that road, travelling four times back and forth, and that was good enough for me.

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Leiafee

20 Jun 2023 Spring

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A safe if unexciting cycle path mixed between segrated traffic lanes and traffic free routes, with some queiter lanes. Poorly maintained for wheels in some places particularly just outside Pyle.

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