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Coppet Hall to Stepaside – wheelchair walks in Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

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Coppet Hall to Stepaside – wheelchair walks in Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

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Coppet Hall to Stepaside – wheelchair walks in Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

01:27

5.54km

40m

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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.

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Last updated: June 8, 2024

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Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

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Coppet Hall Beach

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Coppet Hall was where coal was shipped out during the region's 19th-century industrial heyday. At that time it was known as Coalpit Hall. It was connected to the iron works at Stepaside by a railway line that now forms part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. If you're in need of refreshment or a refuel, there are sandwiches, ice creams and hot drinks available from the Kiosk.

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This is a splendid viewpoint above Wiseman's Bridge Beach. The vista south towards Monkstone Point is particularly good.

This section of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path follows an old railway line that's now a cycleway. The railway was used to transport coal from the colliery at Stepaside to Saundersfoot. It closed in 1939.

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Pleasant Valley Bridleway

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This lovely little valley connects the coast path and Wiseman's Bridge to the old iron works at Stepaside. It's particularly beautiful in spring when the wildflowers are at their best and butterflies flit from flower to flower. Walkers, cyclists and horse riders all use this pretty bridleway.

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Stepaside Ironworks Ruins

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Opened in 1849 by the Pembrokeshire Coal and Ironworks Company, the Stepaside iron works were an imporant part of the region's industry. Here, ore collected from the cliffs between Saundersfoot and Amroth would be processed in the blast furnaces and coke ovens.

A railway was built to transport anthracite coal to the harbour at Saundersfoot, though it ceased operation in 1939, not long after all activities stopped at the workshops in 1930. Today, it makes for an excellent walk, full of industrial heritage and natural beauty.

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2.47 km

2.10 km

478 m

238 m

163 m

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2.58 km

2.47 km

299 m

163 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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