Walks near Porthgain
7 of our walks start within about 6 miles of Porthgain — 45 miles of walking between them. The nearest starts in the village itself: Porthgain to Whitesands Bay.
1 is a circular — park once, walk, end up back at the car. 5 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 Porthgain. Every one has parking notes, an honest difficulty grade and a safety section on its own page.
Trefin to Porthgain
Two easy miles linking two of the best small stops on the north coast — the ruined mill and beach at Aber Draw to the harbour, brickworks and famous fish and chips at Porthgain.
2 miles · 1 hour each way · Easy
Starts 1.1 miles from Porthgain
Abereiddi to Porthgain and the Blue Lagoon
A short, spectacular cliff walk between two abandoned quarry harbours, past the flooded slate pit everyone photographs.
3 miles · 1½ hours each way · Easy
Starts 1.5 miles from Porthgain
Solva to Newgale
A relentlessly up-and-down stage between a drowned-valley harbour and a two-mile shingle beach. Short on paper, hard on the legs.
5 miles · 3 hours · Strenuous
Starts 5 miles from Porthgain
Pwll Deri to Trefin
Ten empty miles of low cliff and storm beach between two of the quietest corners of the coast, with a Victorian railway scheme that never happened.
10 miles · 5½–6½ hours · Strenuous
Starts 5 miles from Porthgain
Distances are to the start of each walk, straight-line from the centre of Porthgain. 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.