Walk Description
The old main road is usually bypassed by the busy traffic using the M4
but if you take the eastbound carriageway of the A48 just off the Penllergaer roundabout at junction 47
there is a lay-by opposite the Pit Stop cafe where you can begin a woodland walk.
Use the metal kissing gate on the roadside that leads into Penllergare Woods (note the old spelling).
Take the left woodland path (not the vehicle track) and follow the path through some woodland.
At a junction, turn left onto a wider path where the tree canopy opens up
and there is a brief view through power lines towards the ridge of Hendrefoilan.
Take the left path at a wooden way marked post that goes through more woodland until it emerges on a broad dirt road.
Turn left then right and go downhill to a junction with another path.
Turn left and follow this broad track until it curves right to the Sapper Bridge.
Either climb over the metal barrier to cross this first bridge
or descend left to the older bridge below and walk around to the other side of the first bridge.
Go through a gate and start the return journey along another broad path, this time on the other side of the river.
Look for a turning right and the remains of a vandalised bridge.
Turn left along the river path and arrive at the man-made water fall.
Rejoin the broad track behind the falls and continue past stone steps that mark the remains of the old demolished mansion.
Follow the broad track and turn right when it meets another path at a T-junction.
Go past the visitor centre and turn left to exit the woods at the start point.
Ramblers Cymru and Swansea Ramblers provide these routes but accept no responsibility for those walking them.
If you would like to go on a walk but would prefer to do so with a group of people then click on our Programme section to see what walks we are leading.
We have walks for varying levels of ability and you get the chance to see the countryside in places you might never go by yourself!
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