Route description
From Porth Trwyn bay, walk up the drive past the white house and turn le along the lane. A er about 125 metres go straight on up a path (the road curves right). Cross an access track and through a kissing gate into National Trust land. Follow the left-hand boundary of the field and through another kissing gate into an enclosed path. Proceed down and up some steps, through a kissing gate and head downhill towards a large white house. Go through another kissing gate; bear right, over a couple of small foot- bridges. You are now at Porth Crugmor or Cable Bay.
Passing in front of the white house, carry on up the hill, through a kissing gate, cross a field, through another kissing gate and along an enclosed path. Passing Porth Tyddyn Uchaf proceed through a kissing gate, around a headland (National Trust Porth Swtan) along the path by the clawdd wall. Go through two kissing gates to come out behind a café at Porth Swtan or Church Bay.
On joining the lane turn left then bear right through the kissing gate by the access down to the beach. Follow the enclosed path, through the gate and up the field following the hedge on your left. The path narrows, goes through a kissing gate, over a s le (National Trust Clegir Mawr) and up a set of steps.
Follow the clawdd bank on your right and proceed through a kissing gate. Passing through a field, go through a small gate, and then over a stile at Ogof Lowri. Following a clawdd bank again, proceed down and up some steps, through a gate and over a footbridge. You are now at Gwter Fudr. Go through a gate and walk straight across the next field, over a footbridge, and then another gate. Cross another field, bear right into a dip, across another footbridge at Porth y Dwfr, and keep heading straight on. Keep following the coastline (ignoring the large ladder stile) with the clawdd bank on your right. At Porth y Nant, go through a gate, and bear left (a public footpath carries on up the track). Head up the hill bearing slightly away from the coast, ignoring the any sheep tracks along the steep coastal slopes.
Go through 2 more kissing gates, over the hill and along the ridge keeping away from the cliffs. Coming down a steep sec on go through the gate and descend onto the beach at Ynys y Fydlyn.
1 February to 13 September
Cross the beach, go through the kissing gate and ascend the hill. Pass through the scrub, again taking care near the cliffs, to descend to a kissing gate. Going up through another kissing gate you are now at Porth y Hwch. Ascend onto the headland and the Skerries (Ynys y Moelrhoniaid) and West Mouse (Maen y Bugael) will come into view. As you proceed around the headland a chimney will slowly come into view.
Aim to pass between the chimney and an isolated building. Cross a footbridge, and head East. Pass in front of the lower of the beacons (Two White Ladies), down to cross a stone s left.
14 September and 31 January
Access along the coast north of Ynys y Fydlyn is closed between 14 September and 31 January
During this time, you will need to head inland by taking the path eastwards, with the bay behind you, Llyn y Fydlyn on your left, and along the boundary of a forest. Continue this line when you come to open ground. After around 1km/0.6miles you will come into a small National Trust carpark called ‘Mynachdy’.
From here, follow the road left for just over 1km, 0.7miles, passing the entrances to several farms until you reach a junction with a small triangle of grass, and a post box. Take the left-hand track (signed as a no through road) and follow it, past a property immediately on your right, continuing on un l you reach the yard of Mynachdy Farm. Go past a few farm buildings on your left, then take the enclosed trackway to the left, past these buildings and through a gate. When the path opens out, stay to the left of the fish pond, and head for a s le in the boundary up ahead. Head over this, and over another soon a er on the left-hand boundary.
Heading in a generally northwestern directly on to the next boundary, make sure to keep just to the right of a small enclosure you will come to a further stile. Head over this, and straight on, in front of one beacon (one of the Two White Ladies) then down to a small footbridge. Here, you are back on the Coastal Path, and will head east, passing in front of the second White Lady where you carry on with the route! Descend a dip, up the other side and approach a large stone wall that has a kissing gate in it.
Pass through; descend another dip, over a footbridge, and up to a field. Go around the field edge for the next two fields, past Porth yr Ebol and Porth Gron. Bear right to join an incline down to a small bay at Porth Padrig, over a footbridge and through a kissing gate. Again, follow the field edge, around the back of Porth Newydd, and at Porth yr Ysgraff cross a ditch and through a kissing gate.
Following the field edges, pass through three kissing gates at Porth Tywodog, and onto a headland. On approaching Hen Borth go through a kissing gate, over a bridge and through another two kissing gates crossing Hen Borth beach. Proceed up the field through a kissing gate, and up to another kissing gate on the horizon. Follow the clawdd bank on your right and proceed through a kissing gate.
Go along the field edge and go through another kissing gate (ignore the s le onto the shore), and rounding the corner proceed through the next five kissing gates to come out onto Trwyn Cemlyn. Turn right and follow the track to the car park (Cemlyn West). On entering the car park from the headland bear left around the walled enclosure to the crossing of the outlet of Cemlyn lagoon. Proceed along the shingle bank. Around one hour either side of high tide you won’t be able to cross this outlet so carry on along the lane out of the car park, past the walled house and the entrance to Ty’n Llan. Bear left at the junction, past Plas Cemlyn, and at the road junction on turn left. Take the next left to arrive at the car park (Cemlyn East).
Proceed out of the car park through a kissing gate and proceed round the headland, through another gate, following the coastline. Go over a stone s le and turn right along the top of the shoreline. Proceed around the back of the bay, along a track and into a field towards Felin Gafnan Mill. Go in front of the mill, over a stone bridge and through a kissing gate. Cross a field towards a house, crossing an access track, through a kissing gate and turn left. Follow a left- hand field boundary, through another gate.
Turn right (away from the house) and follow the remains of a stone wall on your right. Go through a gate and keep straight on. Go through another gate; follow a track past some old buildings, through a gateway, to come out through a gate on the access road to Wylfa Power Sta on.
Turn left pass the Visitor Centre, and after a short while bear right into an area of woodland along a clearly marked trail. Pass under a pylon, up a set of steps, bear right at a split in the paths, and descend through the wood to come out over a step onto a lane. Turn le and go through the kissing gate next to a set of large gateposts. Follow the path up through the trees, through the gate and bear left.
The circuit around Wylfa Head (Mynydd y Wylfa) is optional so if you want a longer walk bear left and follow the path in a circuit around the headland, past Porth yr Ogof. Follow the coastline eastwards, turning south around the back of Porth Wylfa, through a kissing gate, and across a field. Bear left through a kissing gate along a hedged path.
At a junction in the paths, go through the kissing gate and bear left along the coast. Descend the hill, bearing right to avoid a well and a ditch, and go through a set of large gateposts. Turn left to join a driveway. Almost immediately turn left again, down towards the sea. Turn right through a kissing gate to follow a narrow path close to the low cliffs to come out onto a lane through a gap in the wall. Carry straight on and on approaching a large house on the headland follow the enclosed path to the right, to emerge past a white cottage on your left.
Turn left down the hill to come out on Ffordd y Traeth. Turn left and walk along the promenade around the Bay to come into Cemaes. Pass the harbour to meet Bridge Street. Turn left along it, over the bridge and bear left down the road to the car park.
