Cerdded Cymru - The Welsh Walks Guide

Aberystwyth Edition


Walks Menu    Aberystwyth Walks   Constitution Hill, Coast and Woodland Walk (3 miles)

Summary 
Distance: 6 miles Grade: C+
Starting place: 
At the north end of the promenade near the Cliff Railway.
Starting place map reference:  SN583824
Parking place: 
Any car park in Aberystwyth, then make your way to the Promenade.
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250 m
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Route description

Leg 1:     Start of leg GR: SN583824   
Standing at the north end of the Aberystwyth promenade, facing Constitution Hill in front of you look right and you will see the Cliff Railway station. Walk to the station and on the left, facing the station, you will see the path which makes a somewhat steep ascent up the hill. Follow this path to the top of the hill to the buildings on the top

Leg 2:     Start of leg GR: SN584828   
Follow this path to the top of the cliff past the buildings on the top follow the path about a mile until you have descended to Clarach Bay and met the tarmac road.

Leg 3:  Leg distance 1 mile(s)   Start of leg GR: SN589837         
At this point you may wish to go straight ahead for ice cream or other refreshments available in the shops ahead of you. Otherwise at the tarmac road turn right for a hundred yards or so and then follow a path which leaves the right of the road, Walk on and up through the woods, following the path and track until you meet the tarmac road again.

Leg 4:     Start of leg GR: SN602834   
Follow the road for about 10 yards and then turn right, off the road, on to a path through the woods which comes out into a field.

Leg 5:     Start of leg GR: SN599832   
After about half a mile you will pass the head of a tarmac road which goes down to a farm, keep following the path keeping left a few yards to where there is a junction with a a track going right.

Leg 6:  Leg distance 1 mile(s)   Start of leg GR: SN595827   
Keep left at this junction and follow the path down alongside the golf course and after about three quarters of a mile you will reach a tarmac road -'Infirmary Road' in Aberystwyth town.

Leg 7:     Start of leg GR: SN588818   
Cross Infirmary Road and turn right into North road, walk along the pavement seeing tennis courts on your left after a hundred yards or so and when the road veers right, after about another hundred yards or so you will see the promenade in front of you. Walk the few yards to the promenade and turn right to see your starting point in front of you!









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