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Swansea Ramblers Walk



Llansteffan Circular




Walk Start / Finish Location:
Llansteffan - Sea front car park

Walk Distance: 3.5 miles (2 hours)

Walk Level: Moderate

Parking: Llansteffan - Sea front car park (Free)

Transport: Traveline - www.traveline.info   - or - Telephone 0871 200 22 33




Walk Description



From the car park go onto the beach and walk below the cliffs to a house.
(N.B. If the tide is coming in then ascend the steps and follow the cliff path).
At the house turn left onto the ascending path to the viewpoints.
After about a mile the path turns inland to a road.
Turn right and follow the road to a National Trust farm.
Take the left fork after passing some farm buildings then follow the path, with views of Llansteffan Castle straight ahead.
Go through a few gates, continuing straight on until another gate leads back to the cliff path.
Turn left and descend back to the house by the beach before climbing once more to continue along the cliff path.
Follow this path for a while then take a right fork down some steps to the road
(at high tide take left fork to car park).
Turn right and go onto the beach.
Turn left on the beach to the car park.


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!






Maps of the Walk






Ordnance Survey map of the route to walk
Resizable and draggable
(Can be reset to original dimensions by refreshing the page)
Green Swansea Ramblers logo markers where present can be clicked to provide more information






This aerial map is resizable and draggable
(Can be reset to original dimensions by refreshing the page)

A 25,000 Ordnance Survey map of the area
can be viewed by clicking on the above 'View Larger Map' option
(applies only if the above is a Bing map, not a Google map )



Peoples Collection link

The route of this walk has been added to The National Museum of Wales' Peoples Collection Web site.
A choice of aerial imagery or historic Ordnance Survey mapping is available.
Click the map to enter their web site (opens in a new browser window)
or copy and paste this link into a new browser window.
http://www.peoplescollectionwales.co.uk/Trail/765-llansteffan-to-wharley-point




Photographs of the Walk


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Leave the car park and cross the beach towards the cliffs
(at high tide use the higher cliff path)



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Continue along the beach


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The house leading to the cliff path is on the right


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Coast path continues on the hillside


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Passing the house to ascend the cliff


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Good views to be seen over the estuary


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Continue along the cliff path


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Continue along the cliff path


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National Trust sign for Wharley


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After the gate, the path moves away from the coast


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A right bend in the path


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Gate leads to the road


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Llansteffan Castle


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Turn right at road


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Turn right at road


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Follow road to farm


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Follow road to farm


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Take left fork at farm


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Take left fork at farm


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Continue straight on through fields


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Continue straight on through fields


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Continue straight on through fields


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Continue straight on through fields


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Continue straight on through fields


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Continue straight on through fields


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Gate leads back to cliff path


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Turn left at cliff path


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Descend past house then climb back onto cliff path


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Follow cliff path


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Follow cliff path


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Follow cliff path


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Follow cliff path


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Follow cliff path


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Turn right for beach or go left if tide is in


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Steps lead to road. Turn right


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Road ends at beach


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Turn left on beach


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Return to Car Park




More information about walking in Wales is available at:    www.ramblers.org.uk/wales

Ramblers Cymru and Swansea Ramblers provide this route but accept no responsibility for those walking it

All photographs Copyright 2012 Andrew Morgan. All rights reserved




Swansea Ramblers hope you enjoy doing this walk.

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- for example - path diversions, new gates instead of stiles or maybe the path has become blocked.

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