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Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot


Slow Ways linking Port Talbot and Maesteg, Neath, Porthcawl, Pyle, Swansea

Wales / Neath Port Talbot / Port Talbot

Port Talbot’s five Slow Ways are 45% checked

Drawn: 5/5
reviewed: 4/5
verified: 0/5
and surveyed: 0/5

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Walk to Port Talbot from further afield

Slow Way Route To do
Neath—Port Talbot
Neapor one Verify me Distance 11km/7mi Ascent 454m Descent 456m
Port Talbot—Maesteg
Pormae one Pioneer me Distance 11km/7mi Ascent 420m Descent 300m
Port Talbot—Porthcawl
Porpor one Pioneer me Distance 19km/12mi Ascent 99m Descent 96m
Port Talbot—Porthcawl
Porpor two Review me Distance 18km/11mi Ascent - Descent -
Port Talbot—Pyle
Porpyl one Verify me Distance 11km/7mi Ascent 92m Descent 61m
Swansea—Port Talbot
Swapor one Review me Distance 17km/10mi Ascent 107m Descent 111m

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Collective progress

42% of Port Talbot’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified

6/6

drawn

4/6

reviewed

0/6

surveyed

0/6

verified

2 people have contributed to Port Talbot’s Slow Ways

2 people have pledged to walk and review a route

0 people have surveyed a route in Port Talbot

57km out of 87km have been walked and reviewed

79km of reviews have been shared in Port Talbot

Latest Updates

Paddy Dillon took this photo on Porpyl one

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The route from Port Talbot is very urban and starts by following a cycleway alongside Harbour Way. (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....

Paddy Dillon

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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. 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. 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....

Paddy Dillon

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Paddy Dillon took this photo on Neapor one

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The route leaves the wood too early and it's better to stay on the woodland path and leave at Baglan Heights, then head down past the primary school at Blaenbaglan....

Paddy Dillon

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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....

leiafee

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Port Talbot—Porthcawl

Stuart Bain added Porpor two, a new walk from Port Talbot to Porthcawl

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Takes a slightly odd detour up to to Amazon roundabout and another through the Bay campus rather than sticking to the main road and there's a lot of time spent on the cycle path that runs parallel to the dual carriageway at the Swansea end which is easy and fast on wheels but mildly unappealing on foot - for this stretch the route offered on the Swanea route along the canal path is nicer for the Port Tenant to Briton Ferry stretch....

leiafee

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Significantly slower starting at the Port Talbort end because it climbs right up Mynydd Dinas to the national coast path along the top - there are other paths lower down along the side of the hill which all meet up. There is one odd detour through a the housing at Baglan instead of the waymarked Coast Path route through the same estate. This part of the route was completely new to me and is def a way I would routinely use as an alternative to the canal path which is my current usually walking route into Neath....

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Neath—Port Talbot

Slow Ways added Neapor one, a new walk from Neath to Port Talbot

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Port Talbot—Maesteg

Slow Ways added Pormae one, a new walk from Port Talbot to Maesteg

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Port Talbot—Porthcawl

Slow Ways added Porpor one, a new walk from Port Talbot to Porthcawl

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Port Talbot—Pyle

Slow Ways added Porpyl one, a new walk from Port Talbot to Pyle

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Swansea—Port Talbot

Slow Ways added Swapor one, a new walk from Swansea to Port Talbot

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Port Talbot, Fri 29 March

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Port Talbot’s Slow Ways starting point

Grid ref

SS7674589635

Lat / Lon

51.59204° / -3.78069°

Easting / Northing

276,745E / 189,635N

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Facilities

Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Port Talbot's meeting point

Public toilet

Wheelchair accessible toilet

Supermarket or convenience shop

Restaurant, cafe or pub

Accommodation

Accommodation for under £50 a night

Campsite

Bothy

Free wifi

Mobility scooter hire

Off-road wheelchair hire

Disabled Parking

Train station

Bus stop

Ferry

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