Wales Coast Path

When it opened in 2012, the Wales Coast Path was the world's first continuous path along a nation's entire coastline. It runs from the Dee estuary on the outskirts of Chester round the north coast, Anglesey, the Llŷn Peninsula, Cardigan Bay and Pembrokeshire to the Severn estuary at Chepstow.

Along the way it takes in sandy bays, sea cliffs, estuaries, harbour towns and the industrial waterfronts of the south, with long stretches in Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and on the Gower peninsula. At Chepstow it meets Offa's Dyke Path, so walkers can complete a full circuit of Wales.

Natural Resources Wales, the Welsh Government body that looks after the path, gives its length as 870 miles. The official Wales Coast Path website offers an interactive map, places to visit and suggested itineraries for walking it in sections.