Pembrokeshire Coast Path

Pembrokeshire Coast Path
View from the Pembrokeshire Coast Path on Marloes peninsula
Length	186 mi (299 km)
Location	Wales
Designation	UK National Trail
Trailheads	Poppit Sands, near St. Dogmaels, Ceredigion 52°05′21″N 4°40′56″W / 52.0891°N 4.6822°W / 52.0891; -4.6822 (Pembrokeshire Coast Path (St. Dogmaels trailhead)) Amroth, Pembrokeshire 51°44′02″N 4°38′52″W / 51.7340°N 4.6477°W / 51.7340; -4.6477 (Pembrokeshire Coast Path (Amroth trailhead))
Use	Hiking
Elevation change	35,000 feet (11,000 m)
Highest point	Pen yr afr, on Cemaes Head 175 metres (574 ft)
Lowest point	Sandy Haven crossing, near Milford Haven 1.8 metres (6 ft)
Season	All year

National Trails
Acorn symbol used to guide the route of National Trails
England Cleveland Way Coast to Coast Cotswold Way England Coast Path Hadrian's Wall Path North Downs Way Peddar's Way and Norfolk Coast Path Pennine Bridleway The Ridgeway South Downs Way South West Coast Path (longest) Thames Path Yorkshire Wolds Way (shortest)
Wales Glyndŵr's Way Pembrokeshire Coast Path
Cross-border Offa's Dyke Path (Wales and England)
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The Pembrokeshire Coast Path (Welsh: Llwybr Arfordir Sir Benfro), often called the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, is a designated National Trail in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales.^[1] Established in 1970, it is a 186-mile (299 km) long-distance walking route, mostly at cliff-top level, with a total of 35,000 feet (11,000 m) of ascent and descent. At its highest point – Pen yr afr, on Cemaes Head – it reaches a height of 574 feet (175 m), and at its lowest point – Sandy Haven crossing, near Milford Haven – it is just 6 feet (2 m) above low water.^[2] Whilst most of the coastline faces west, it offers – at varying points – coastal views in every direction of the compass.

The southern end of the path is at Amroth, Pembrokeshire. The northern end is often regarded as being at Poppit Sands, near St. Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire, where the official plaque was originally sited^[3] but the path now continues to St. Dogmaels,^[4][5] where a new marker was unveiled in July 2009.^[6] Here the path links with the Ceredigion Coast Path, which continues northwards.^[7]

The Pembrokeshire Coast Path forms part of the 870-mile (1,400 km) Wales Coast Path around the whole coast of Wales from Chepstow to Queensferry, which was officially opened in 2012.^[8]