Walks near Nevern (Nanhyfer)
8 of our walks start within about 6 miles of Nevern (Nanhyfer) — 42 miles of walking between them. The nearest starts 1.6 miles away: Carn Ingli from Newport.
4 are circulars — park once, walk, end up back at the car. 3 are linear stages of the Coast Path, needing transport at both ends; 1 is there-and-back to something worth seeing.
2 are graded easy, 3 strenuous. That grading is about ascent, not distance — the Coast Path drops into every valley it meets and climbs straight back out.
Sorted by how far the start is from Nevern (Nanhyfer). Every one has parking notes, an honest difficulty grade and a safety section on its own page.
Carn Ingli from Newport
Straight up from the town onto a 337m crag covered by an Iron Age hillfort, with the whole of Newport Bay laid out below.
5 miles · 3 hours · Moderate
Starts 1.6 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Newport to Fishguard
A long day linking two towns, over Dinas Head or through the valley behind it, finishing in the harbour where Under Milk Wood was filmed.
12 miles · 6–7 hours · Strenuous
Starts 1.8 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
The Gwaun Valley Woodland Walk
A sheltered walk through ancient oak woodland in a glacial meltwater channel, in a valley that still keeps the old New Year in January.
3.5 miles · 1½–2 hours · Easy
Starts 3 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Ceibwr Bay to Newport
The wildest stage on the north coast: a collapsed sea cave, a long switchback over unfenced cliffs, and almost nobody else on it.
7 miles · 4½–5 hours · Strenuous
Starts 4 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Dinas Island Head
A short, steep circuit of a headland that isn't quite an island, with the ruin of a storm-wrecked church at one end and a beach pub at the other.
3 miles · 1½–2 hours · Moderate
Starts 4 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Poppit Sands to Cemaes Head
The northern end of the Coast Path, and its highest cliffs. Hard work, few people, and dolphins offshore more often than not.
4 miles · 2½ hours each way · Strenuous
Starts 6 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Distances are to the start of each walk, straight-line from the centre of Nevern (Nanhyfer). Several of these cross grazed clifftop with an unfenced drop — dogs on leads, and if cattle come at you while you’re holding one, let go. In an emergency anywhere near the coast, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard.