During out recent excursion to Ceredigion, the weather wreaked havoc with most of our plans for longer walks, but we still managed plenty of quick trips out to do some shorter strolls. One such trip was a visit to the coast at Gwbert – once intended to be a coastal resort to rival Brighton. Unfortunately these plans never quite took off, and there isn’t much at Gwbert today other than a clifftop hotel with a golf course. And, of course, the section of the Ceredigion coast path which runs through the area.
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We followed a short route from our Pocket Mountains guide. The walk starts from a free parking area as you drive towards Gwbert (which we managed to drive past and had to turn around to get back to). From here, it’s a short walk along a roadside path to reach the Gwbert Hotel, passing through the car park to join the Ceredigion coast path. There are nice views across to Poppit Sands beach, before turning away as the coast becomes rockier. All contrasted nicely by the manicured golf course on the other side of the path!
Eventually (not that eventually, as it only takes about half an hour to get there), you reach a small sandy cove which marks the end of the route in the Pocket Mountains guide. Before retracing our steps we dropped down onto the beach to let the dogs have a run – the path down here is fine (but steep) up to a certain point, with the last few metres being rougher and needing care to descend.
We let the dogs have a good run on the beach to burn off some energy – while the beach was small, we had it entirely to ourselves until a family arrived after about 15 minutes. We climbed back up the steps to return the way we came – just in time for the rain to start as we climbed back into the car.
Dog friendly rating – 3/5. While this is a short walk with leads required for most of the time, both of the dogs loved the beach. Coal had a good splash in the sea, Merry found some driftwood to chew and both of them had a good zoom. There are no stiles to worry about, and the road sections have a path set well back from the road. A great option when you only have a brief weather window.
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