Cerdded Cymru - The Welsh Walks Guide

Aberystwyth Edition


Walks Menu    Borth Walks    Borth to Wallog and back along quiet lanes (6.5 miles)

Summary 
Distance: 6.5 miles Grade: B
Starting place: 
Borth Lifeboat Station.
Starting place map reference:  SN608890
Parking place: 
There is a free public car park almost opposite the start point.
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Route description

Leg 1:     Start of leg GR: SN608890 
From the lifeboat station follow the main road for a few yards and then keep right at the first junction and right again at the second junction to follow the tarmac road which goes more or less alongside the small cliff and the sea. Where the tarmac ends go through the gate and follow the coastal path up the hill to the War Memorial.

Leg 2:  Leg distance 1.9 mile(s)   Start of leg GR: SN602885
From the War Memorial descend to the small cliff lined bay adjoining the caravan site. Follow the coastal path with its ascents and welcoming descents until you reach the house and old quay at Wallog. not a bad point for a break to take your sandwiches.

Leg 3:  Leg distance 0.6 mile(s)   Start of leg GR: SN590858
Near the stream you will see a track leading away from the shore. Follow it for over half a mile until you arrive at the Borth to Aberystwyth Road B4572.

Leg 4:  Leg distance 2 mile(s)   Start of leg GR: SN599854
Cross the B road on to the lane directly opposite. Walk along the lane for two miles passing the houses Wileiriog Fach and Wileiriog uchaf. Turn neither right nor left at any junction, until you descend a narrow wooded valley arriving at a hair pin bend at the bottom, to the left of which is a track.

Leg 5:  Leg distance 0.8 mile(s)   Start of leg GR: SN623871
At the hair pin bend turn left to follow the track for over three quarters of a mile to emerge on to a lane just past the entrance track to Cilolwg farm on the right.

Leg 6:  Leg distance 0.9 mile(s)   Start of leg GR: SN616879
From the track proceed directly across the lane junction to go down the lane leading to Borth. When you get to the junction with the Borth-Aberystwyth road, turn right so that after just under a mile after leaving the track you will arrive back at the Lifeboat station start point.










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