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
most of which can be found currently in TICs:
THE HIGHLIGHT
TRAIL: 11 kms around St
Nicholas, Duffryn and Highlight Park, Barry.
BORDER
VALE WALK. Main walk 7 miles circular with two shorter options of around 3 miles
from Ystradowen.
CASTLE,
COURT AND WELLS. 8 miles around Cowbridge, Penllyn and Llansannor.
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.
LLANFAIR
WALK, ST MARY CHURCH: From St Mary Church to Cowbridge and back, just over 6
miles.
THE
SALMON LEAPS: Dinas Powys to Michaelston-le-Pit and back via the Salmon Leaps. 5
miles.
THE
SIX VILLAGE WALK. The whole walk is 13 miles but there are shorter options of 3.
4 and 5 miles. Around Colwinston.
THE
THREE SAINTS WALK. St Brides, St Georges and St Fagans - 9 miles but with
shorter options
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. Probably out of
print.
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. Probably out of print. 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 and are
currently available .
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.
OLD
INDUSTRIES & NEW PARKS - 5.5 mile circular walk from the railway station at
Tondu and passing through Coytrahen and Bryngarw
CORNELLY
WALK - 3 miles around South Cornelly
NOTTAGE
CIRCULAR WALK - 2.5 miles of circular walking around Nottage.
NOTTAGE
AND SKER POINT CIRCULAR WALK. 6 miles, along the coast to Sker, than back
cross-country
Also produced in the Bridgend area are some
walks currently available and covering the Garw Valley area.
GARW
VALLEY WALK 1. A circular walk starting at Blaengarw. 7 miles.
BRYNGARW
CIRCULAR WALK. Just 2.5 miles, this circular walk starts at Bryngarw Country
Park
Some walks in the Llynfi valley, currently in
print. OS maps used in leaflets.
Walk
1. From Garth station to Measteg station - then use rail to get back to start
point. 5 miles
Walk
2. Another route from Garth station to Maesteg station - this one also 5 miles.
You can combine 1 and 2 to make a good circular walk of 10 miles.
Walk
3. This takes a similar route to Walk 2 but starts at Maesteg station and is
slightly longer getting you back to Garth station in 7 miles. Combine this with
1 for a 12 miler although you will need to follow one of the two routes
backwards.
Walk
4. 5 mile linear from Maesteg Station to Caerau then return by bus.
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 (Probably
out of print):
Blaenrhondda Waterfalls Walk (No.1 in series). A 2 mile walk between Treherbert
and Hirwaun
Caerphilly Mountain Project leaflets (Probably
out of print):
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
Torfaen trails and tales. 3 trails currently available and
numbered 4, 5 and 6. The Information Centre did not know anything of 1, 2 and 3.
Trail
4. A walk around the British staring Talywain - 3 miles
Trail
5. Around the Lasgarn area - 2.5 miles
Trail
6. This is actually a car tour of 12 miles around Blaenavon, Abersychan, Varteg
and Cwmavon
West Glamorgan Council leaflets (probably out of print):
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.
St FAGANS CIRCULAR WALK - produced by Outdoor Cardiff and describing a 2
mile route from the village of St Fagans around the field behind the museum
and taking you over the site of the Battle of St Fagans.
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.
MILLENNIUM
HERITAGE TRAIL - a 100 km route that rambles through the Vale of Glamorgan and
is split into 16 sections. A pack is available giving route description and some
local information. In bookshops in the Vale or apply to Valeways
