Coastal Walks – scenic coastal routes around North Wales, typically around an hour’s drive from Beddgelert. Ideal alternatives when weather is poor in the mountains, these walks offer beaches, headlands and sea views while still making for an easy and rewarding day trip from Beddgelert.
Criccieth Coastal Walk to Llanystumdwy
Length: 7.25 km (4.51 miles)
Difficulty: Easy
Approx. duration: 2-3hrs
An easy coastal and countryside loop from Criccieth to Llanystumdwy, with wide sea views, peaceful farmland, and a rewarding food stop back in town.
Aberdaron Coastal Path Walk, Llŷn Peninsula
Length: 9.60 km (5.97 miles)
Difficulty: Moderate
Approx. duration: 2:30-3:30hrs
Dramatic clifftops above the Irish Sea with Bardsey Island on the horizon — starting from a genuinely unhurried Welsh fishing village at the tip of the Llŷn Peninsula.
Great Orme Coastal Headland Walk, Llandudno
Length: 8.96 km (5.57 miles)
Difficulty: Moderate
Approx. duration: 2:30-3:30hrs
The Great Orme has its own microclimate — often clear when the mountains are in cloud. Coastal wildlife, Bronze Age history and a café halfway round. Good in any season.
Porthdinllaen Coastal Pub Walk, Llŷn Peninsula
Length: 4.46 km (2.77 miles)
Difficulty: Easy
Approx. duration: 1-2hrs
Coastal paths to a fishing village with no road access and one of the world's great beachside pubs. A circular route that earns the pint at the Ty Coch Inn.
Ynys Llanddwyn Coastal Walk, Anglesey
Length: 5.76 km (3.58 miles)
Difficulty: Easy
Approx. duration: 2h-2:30hrs
Wales's most romantic headland — wide beach, wild ponies, lighthouse ruins and views back to the mountains of Eryri. Go early or off-peak to avoid the crowds.
South Stack Coastal Walk, Holyhead
Length: 7.53 km (4.68 miles)
Difficulty: Moderate
Approx. duration: 2:30-3:30hrs
Puffins, peregrines and dolphins off the cliffs — South Stack is one of the best wildlife walks in Wales, with industrial history thrown in at Breakwater Country Park.