Qualla: Ceredigion Coast Path

Ceredigion Coast Path: Introduction

Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0. The path starts at a bronze otter. It is bolted to the stones at the northern end of the old bridge in Cardigan, on the bank of the River Teifi, and you place a hand on its head and turn north. Sixty-five miles later, after eleven days of average walking, you arrive at a war memorial on the dunes at Ynyslas, just north of Borth. Between the otter and the memorial lies one of the most varied stretches of coastline in the British Isles: cliffs and dune systems, fishing harbours and Regency squares, sea caves and bottlenose dolphins, the bronze-otter starting point and the dune-grass ending point separated by an entire coastline of Cardigan Bay.

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Ceredigion Coast Path: What the Path Connects

Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit TR001, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Ceredigion Coast Path was opened throughout in July 2008, funded by the European Union's Objective 1 programme for West Wales and the Valleys. Public rights of way along this coastline had existed for centuries in isolated segments. What the project did was link them - by cre...

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Ceredigion Coast Path: Eleven Sections, Eleven Worlds

Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit William M. Connolley at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. The path divides naturally into eleven walkable sections, each accessible by road and short enough for a single day. From south to north: Cardigan to Mwnt, 11.7 miles. Mwnt to Aberporth, 5.3. Aberporth to Tresaith, 1.5. Tresaith to Penbryn, 1.6. Penbryn to Llangrannog, 1.7. Llang...

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Ceredigion Coast Path: Heritage Coast and Dolphin Water

Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0. Four sections of the Ceredigion coastline are formally designated as Heritage Coast, the highest recognition of coastal landscape in Wales. Two areas within Cardigan Bay are marine Special Areas of Conservation, designated for the bottlenose dolphins, grey seals and porpoises tha...

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Ceredigion Coast Path: Cardi Bach, Wheelchair Access, and the Practical Path

Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0. Long-distance paths in Wales used to be the preserve of fit walkers with backpacks. The Ceredigion path has tried, slowly, to widen its accessibility. The Aberporth Inclusive Access Cliff Top Trail is a one-kilometre surfaced path built to wheelchair gradient standards. Re-routin...

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