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Carmarthenshire CoastNorth Dock to Sandy Water Park
The Llanelli end of the coastal park, level and surfaced, with the Loughor estuary on one side and reclaimed industrial ground on the other.
- Distance
- 3.4 mi / 5.5 km
- Time
- 1 hr 45
- Ascent
- 25 m
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Shape
- There and back
Where it is
The circle shows the general area, not the exact start. Use the directions link below to get to the car park itself. Contours and paths shown are OpenTopoMap, drawn from OpenStreetMap data.
The route
Follow the coastal path east from North Dock to Sandy Water Park and back. Flat and surfaced.
Worth knowing
- The whole coastal park runs fourteen miles and is accessible throughout.
- Sandy Water Park was a tinplate works and is now a lake.
- The estuary holds thousands of waders in winter.
What you’ll see
The estuary and Gower opposite, the lake at Sandy Water Park, and sculpture along the route.
Background
Llanelli was the tinplate capital of the world in the nineteenth century, and this whole shoreline was works and docks.