Apart from being a rugby nation, Wales now features Premier League football. It boasts a number of championship-class golf courses, has world-class sports arenas, hosts major international motor sport events, the Iron Man Wales triathlon, marathons, and the spectacular coastline has year-round water sports activities like yachting, powerboat and longboat racing.

In addition to the opportunities for escapism while exploring the coast path itself, you can find so many other ways to escape from the real world while you make your way round the Coast Path, that there’s a danger you may never get back to it!

Learn about the background, history of the path and key facts

Enjoy a train journey for a different perspective of the path

Relax in the sand dunes of Wales

Charlie Blackwell and Al Monkman: Walked the Wales Coast path in aid of St Luke’s Hospice Sheffield between 24 April – 30 May 2013

Explore North Wales’ coastal wildlife all year round

Useful information to find places to stay along the path

A great circular walk from Talacre, on a splendid sandy beach with the option of a shorter walk behind the sand dunes

The border on the north bank of the River Dee boasts a 'Welcome to Wales' sign, marker stones and daffodils in Spring