Teifi Valley
St Dogmaels to Poppit Sands
The northern end of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, from an abbey ruin and working watermill down the estuary to the beach.
- Distance
- 3.7 mi / 6 km
- Time
- 2 hr 5
- Ascent
- 160 m
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- 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 coast path from the abbey along the estuary to Poppit Sands. Undulating lane and path.
Worth knowing
- The coast path officially starts or finishes at St Dogmaels; the marker is by the abbey.
- Y Felin is a working watermill and still grinds flour, open to visitors.
- The Sagranus Stone in the abbey church carries both Latin and ogham and helped decipher ogham script.
What you’ll see
The abbey ruins and the Sagranus Stone, the watermill, the estuary, and Poppit Sands.
Background
The Sagranus Stone, bilingual in Latin and ogham, was the key that allowed scholars to read the ogham alphabet.