Coppet Hall to Stepaside – wheelchair walks in Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Coppet Hall to Stepaside – wheelchair walks in Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
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This route follows an old railway line that ran between the harbour at Saundersfoot and the Stepaside iron works. Originally a horse-drawn ‘dramway’, it would have been used to transport anthracite coal that had been processed at Stepaside. Today, it’s a cycleway up until Wiseman’s Bridge, before it turns into a hard-surfaced bridleway through the woodland of the well-named Pleasant Valley.
The route is most easily accessed by car and there’s parking at Coppet Hall or in nearby Saundersfoot. The 351 Tenby to Pendine bus service stops at both Saundersfoot and Wiseman’s Bridge but it isn’t currently wheelchair accessible.
From Coppet Hall, you follow the tarmac cycleway through two tunnels. The first is 59 feet (18m) in length and the second is much longer, at 331 feet (101m). Take care in the second tunnel especially, as it’s unlit and the ground is uneven in some places. Soon you emerge to lovely views across Carmarthen Bay along a promenade-like section.
After Wiseman’s Bridge, you leave the coast path and head inland, turning right onto the Bridleway at Tramway Cottage. The next stretch, through the wooded Pleasant Valley, is wonderfully colourful in the warmer months.
The old railway ceased operation in 1939 but when you arrive at Stepaside, you’ll get a sense of the size of the former coal and iron industry that it was a part of. After exploring what remains, it’s time to head back, following the same route you came out on.
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Mae'r llwybr hwn yn dilyn hen reilffordd oedd yn rhedeg rhwng harbwr Llanussyllt a gweithfeydd haearn Stepaside. Yn wreiddiol, roedd yn damffordd a dynnwyd gan geffylau, a byddai’n cael ei ddefnyddio i gario glo caled a gafodd ei brosesu yn Llanfyrnach. Heddiw, mae'n lwybr beicio hyd at Bont Wiseman, cyn iddo droi’n lwybr marchogaeth drwy’r goedwig o’r enw addas iawn sef ‘Pleasant Valley’.
Y ffordd orau i gyrraedd y llwybr yma ydi yn y car, ac mae mannau i barcio yn Coppet Hall neu yn agos iawn i Llanussyllt. Mae gwasanaeth bws 351 Dinbych y Pysgod i Bentywyn yn stopio yn Llanussyllt a Phont Wiseman, ond nid yw'n hygyrch i gadeiriau olwyn ar hyn o bryd.
O Blasdu Coppet, dilynwch y llwybr beicio tarmac drwy ddau dwnel. Mae'r cyntaf yn mesur 59 troedfedd (18m) o hyd, ac mae'r ail yn llawer hirach, 331 troedfedd (101m). Cymerwch ofal yn yr ail dwnel yn enwedig, gan ei fod yn dywyll ac mae'r llwybr yn anwastad mewn rhai mannau. Cyn bo hir, byddwch yn dod allan i olygfeydd hyfryd dros Fae Caerfyrddin ar hyd rhan sy’n debyg i bromenâd.
Ar ôl Pont Wiseman, byddwch yn gadael llwybr yr arfordir ac yn mynd tuag at y tir, gan droi i'r dde ar hyd y Llwybr Marchogaeth wrth fwthyn Tramway. Mae'r darn nesaf, drwy ‘Pleasant Valley’ goediog, yn fendigedig o liwgar yn y misoedd cynhesaf.
Gorffenodd yr hen reilffordd weithredu yn 1939 ond pan fyddwch yn cyrraedd Stepaside, cewch syniad o faint y diwydiant glo a haearn yr oedd yn rhan ohonno. Ar ôl archwilio'r hyn sydd ar ôl, mae'n amser i droi'n ôl, gan ddilyn yr un llwybr a wnaethoch chi ddod allan arno.
Last updated: June 8, 2024
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219 m
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1.13 km
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1.91 km
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5.54 km
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2.47 km
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299 m
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June 28, 2023
This route follows an old railway line that ran between the harbour at Saundersfoot and the Stepaside iron works. Originally a horse-drawn ‘dramway’, it would have been used to transport anthracite coal that had been processed at Stepaside. Today, it’s a cycleway up until Wiseman’s Bridge, before it
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