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Crymlyn Burrows and Tennant Canal

30th November 2024

Leader: Clive Rees




Swansea Ramblers travelled to Port Tennant to walk the Tennant Canal.

We first of all walked along Fabian Way to the university and went onto the beach.

We then explored the SSSI of Crymlyn Burrows before crossing the Pill.

We then joined the main road and crossed over in front of Amazon.

As the rain had started to drizzle, we had a lunch stop at the Towers Hotel then walked back along the canal.

Afterwards, we walked down to the Mile End Inn for our post-walk social.   



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Photographs



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Leader Clive Rees


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We crossed Fabian Way on the footbridge


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And followed the pavement to the Bay Campus of Swansea University


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We were now across the county line in Neath Port Talbot


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And we made our way through the campus


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We briefly went onto the beach


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From where we could see Mumbles


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This is Crymlyn Burrows


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And we left the university grounds to enter the burrows


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Looking back, we could see the university in the distance


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We negotiated the various small pills that fed into the main one


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Then crossed the muddy, slippery main pill


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And followed the BP track


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We then headed for the pavement opposite Amazon


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And made our way to the Pedestrian Crossing


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Then the drizzle started so no more photos!


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At the end of the walk we went to the Mile End Inn


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To enjoy our post-walk social


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Which is an essential part of every walk!


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And the next few photos from N. Barry
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The Sculpture in the Burrows
See Plantlife website for more details



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The foreshore of Crymlyn with the university
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This area is one of the last wild areas along Swansea Bay
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And we had a 'wild' time crossing the muddy pill!
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But we all made it safely
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And some of us bought coffee at the Towers Hotel for our lunch stop
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Then back along the Tennant Canal
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And the next few photos from A. Martin
The view to Mumbles
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The steel works at Port Talbot
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Kilvey Hill with Solar panels looking like snow!
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The M4 bridge over the River Neath
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Baglan industrial estate
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The Pill we had to cross
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Good job the tide was out!
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It wasn't too deep, just a bit slippery
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Looking back to the University
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We all got across safely
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The dog had a lift across!
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Then along the Tennant Canal
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Ordnance Survey map of the route walked
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(Can be reset to original dimensions by refreshing the page)




All photographs Copyright  Andrew Morgan, N. Barry and A. Martin 2024
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