NOTE: Many of the following
leaflets may be out of print and difficult to find.
Valeways is a
registered charity who do much good work reopening existing footpaths. They can
be contacted on 01446 749000 or at Valeways, Unit 7, Barry Community Enterprise
Centre, Skomer Road, Barry, CF62 9DA. Amongst their leaflets are the
following:
THE HIGHLIGHT
TRAIL: 11 kms around St
Nicholas, Duffryn and Highlight Park, Barry.
CHURCH, COLLEGE AND LIGHTHOUSE: 3 walks of 3.5, 5 or 9 miles around Llantwit
Major, similar to our Llantwit Major and Nash
Point walks.
COSMESTON, DINAS AND
SULLY: 7 miles starting at
Cosmeston Lakes.
PENDOYLAN: 6.5 miles around
Pendoylan and Tre Dodridge.
LLANCARFAN CIRCULAR
(SOUTHERN ROUTE): 9 kms including Llancarfan, Llanbethery,
Llancadle, Fonmon and Penmark.
LLANCARFAN CIRCULAR
(NORTHERN ROUTE): 5 kms including
Llancarfan and Walterston. You can combine the Northern and Southern Routes.
VALEWAYS COUNTRYSIDE
WALKS NO.3 – HEART OF THE VALE ROUTE: From Llanblethian to
the sea including Llanmihangel, Llandough, Flemingston, Llanmaes, Boverton and
St Athan.13 kms for the main route with 8 kms for the Northern Loop and 23 kms
for the Southern Extension.
WOODLANDS, PARK AND COAST, Walk no 4. 5.5 miles around Barry and Porthkerry
in the same area but not following the same route as our Porthkerry
circuit.
SIGINGSTONE TRIANGLE
WALK: 4 miles around Sigingstone and Llanblethian.
There is a series of walk leaflets entitled Glamorgan
Heritage Coast but with no indication of who has produced them.
HISTORY WALK A walk around Llantwit Major with details on the different
buildings in the town
CLIFF WALK This leaflet covers a cliff walk around the sea front at
Llantwit Major and to the East.
NATURE WALK Shorter than the cliff walk but in the same area.
BEACH WALK Starting from the same area as the Cliff Walk leaflet but
this time heading West.
South Glamorgan County Council (as was) produced some
leaflets which have a diagram but no text. You will find it useful to have an OS
map:
WENVOE/DINAS POWYS CIRCULAR WALK
PORTHKERRY CIRCULAR WALK
WESTERN COWBRIDGE CIRCULAR WALK
EASTERN COWBRIDGE CIRCULAR WALK
An excellent series of walks leaflets has been produced by
Groundwork Ogwr/Groundwork Bridgend (The Environment Centre, Maesteg Road, Tondu,
Mid Glamorgan, CF32 9BT). Many of these have been revised and reprinted.
NANT BRYBGLAS - 2.5 miles around Coychurch and Coity
NEWTON PORTHCAWL - 5.5 miles mainly linear walk from Newton to Candleston Castle
OVER THE BWLCH - 16 miles linear from Dare Valley Country Park to Bryngarw
Country Park
ST BRIDES MAJOR -
4 miles circular walk from St Brides to Southerndown and back
via Heol y Mynydd
THROUGH THE VALE - 19 miles linear walk from Bryngarw Country Park to the coast
by Aberthaw Power Station
PORTHCAWL TO MARGAM - 11 miles linear walk from Newton at the Eastern end of
Porthcawl through to Margam Country Park
RIVER OGMORE AND MERTHYR MAWR - 5.5 miles circular walk from central Bridgend towards Merthyr
Mawr down one side of the River Ogmore and along the other
EWENNY - 3.3 miles circular walk from Ewenny Priory to Corntown and
back.
LLANGYNWYD VILLAGE AND MYNYDD MARGAM
- 9.5 miles circular walk from Garth, picking up the Coed
Morgannwg Way and back
GARW VALLEY COMMUNITY WALK - 14 miles from Bryngarw to Llangeinor via Betws and
Pontycymer, largely followed by the Bryngarw Walk.
Leaflets produced by the Merthyr Tydfil Groundwork Trust:
Morlais Heritage Trail - 3 mile trail including old tramways and railroads
Merthyr Heritage Trails
A series of 10 historical walk leaflets in and around Merthyr Tydfil covering
Morlais, Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, Abercanaid, Pentrebach/Troedyrhiw, Bedlinog,
Quakers Yard/Trelewis/Treharris, Dowlais, Cefn Coed y Cymmer, Cyfarthfa. The
pack costs around £1 and can be obtained from the Information Centre in
Cyfarthfa Castle
Leaflets produced by Mid Glamorgan County Council:
Blaenrhondda Waterfalls Walk (No.1 in series) - 2 mile walk between Treherbert
and Hirwaun
Caerphilly Mountain Project leaflets:
Machen Forge Trail - rural walk covering old industrial area of Machen,
tramways, coal, iron foundries
6 walks in the Caerphilly area.
Produced by the Council covering the Darran
Valley, Pen y Fan pond, Twmbarlwm, Caerphilly/Rudry, Sirhowy Valley, Parc
Penallta. Can also be downloaded from the Council website.
Llanelli Borough Council Leaflets:
Lower Lliedi reservoir (No.1 in series) - 2 mile walk around the reservoir.
Neath Port Talbot council.
Top Ten Walks. This free leaflet gives very useful information on walks in this
area. There are brief notes and OS maps for walks from Glyncorrwg, Foel
Trawsnant, Mynydd Dinas, Pant-y-Sais Fen, Sarn Helen, Melincourt Falls, Neath
Canal, Sgwd Gwladys, CwmDu and Pontardawe. Best of all is a relief map showing
the area and topography.
Swansea City Council Leaflets:
Clyne Valley Country Park Trail - 1-2 mile walk in the Country Park
Tawe Riverside Path - path for pedestrians and cyclists from Clydach to Swansea
City Centre
West Glamorgan Council leaflets:
The Tonna Trail - 2.5 mile walk overlooking Tonna, the Neath Valley and Swansea
Bay
Sgwd Gwladys Walk - 3 miles there and back in waterfalls country
Cilybebyll Walk - 1.25 hours with views over Swansea Valley and Pontardawe
Leaflets produced by Taff Ely (Llantrisant) Ramblers:
St Peters Church Circular - 6 miles Llantrisant Forest and Llanharan
Rhiwsaeson - 5 miles around Rhiwsaeson and Cross Inn
Cilely - 3 miles around Tonyrefail
Groesfaen - 4 miles including Groes Faen, Rhiwsaeson and Cross Inn
Coed Ely - 7 miles from Coed Ely and including a bit of the Taff Ely Ridgeway
walk
Taff Trail Circular Walks:
Llandaff
Eglwysilian, Upper Boat, Pontypridd
Individual
Leaflets
Afan Forest Park. A leaflet showing a range of walks around the Countryside
Centre at Afan Argoed stretching from Cwmafan up to Glyncorrwg.
OLD BARRY - A 4 mile historical and scenic walk around Barry with
snippets about local history and buildings.
THE DARE AMAN TRAIL - 2 3 mile walks around the Dare Valley Country Park
WALKS IN & AROUND BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH
This is a summary leaflet of walks which are covered in
detail in the Groundwork Ogwr/Bridgend series above.
THE CARDIFF CENTENARY WALK - Produced by Cardiff Council in 2005, a heritage
walk around the city. Notes and photos of buildings plus map with route. 2.3
miles.
Long
Distance Routes
TAFF ELY RIDGEWAY - This 21 mile linear ridgeway walk runs from Mynydd Maendy
to Caerphilly Common. One side of the leaflet covers the entire route on an OS
map and is sufficient for route-finding.
BRIDGEND CIRCULAR WALK - 20 miles in a circuit from Sarn to St Brides. The first leaflet describes the section
from Sarn to Ogmore Castle. The second leaflet describes a 6 mile section
from Sarn to Coychurch. The third covers Coychurch to Merthyr Mawr.
COED
MORGANNWG WAY - 36 miles from Margam Park to Gethin Woodland Park where it meets
the Taff trail. The route is marked on OS maps although this can be vague in
places and a leaflet with text description does help.
GOWER
WAY - 3 leaflets (around 75p per leaflet) covering the Gower Way which runs for
35 miles from Rhossili to Penlle'r Castell. The 3 sections are Rhossili to
Penmaen, Penmaen to Gowerton and Gowerton to Penlle'r Castell.
TAFF
TRAIL - a 55 mile waymarked route for walkers and cyclists from Cardiff Bay to
Brecon. North of Merthyr Tydfil the route splits giving you a choice of a
Western route via Storey Arms or Eastern route via Pontsticil and Talybont.
There is a guidebook - the Taff Trail by Jeff Vinter - which is ideal if you
plan to walk it but appears to be out of print.
