Walks from the Doorstep

The Rural Cottage in North Pembrokeshire

If you don’t want to take the car, have a look at what’s on offer from the cottage door!

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There is a great variety of walks available from the front door of the cottage.

The National Park has about 1000km of public footpaths and almost half of all the walks are shorter than 10km and many of them pass close to the cottage. And they are all quite different.

A lovely quiet stay in this beautiful area of Pembrokeshire. Great walks from the door over and around the Preseli hills. The coastal path is very close with spectacular views. Ms Barbara Cooper

The scenery around the cottage was beautiful and the owners were especially helpful in suggesting the local iconic places for viewing and visiting. Mrs Yaping Lian

We found their advice and ideas on where to visit and places to go was invaluable. As strangers to Pembrokeshire, we really can’t thank them enough for their help and suggestions in making our holiday so enjoyable.” Mr William Shepherd

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Such a Variety of Walks

Those who have previously visited Pembrokeshire have praised the variety of what was on offer. They have talked about the ‘stunning scenery’ enjoyed while on the coastal path and in the rolling and mystical Preseli Hills. Foxglove Cottage is perfectly located for you to share the same experience of both the coast and the hills. The cottage also sits high above the ancient Gwaun Valley – a glacial valley between the Preseli Hills and the Carningli (Mountain of Angles) – and access to the valley is easy from the cottage. On route you’ll pass the highest waterfall in the National Park! And the whole area is surrounded by working farmland and the rolling countryside.

There is definitely something to suit every taste: long and short walks, difficult and easy walks, themed or general interest walks. More details about walking routes is available free of charge for you in the boot room, including recommendations for many our our favourites.

The following walks illustrate how perfectly positioned Foxglove Cottage is.

The Gwaun Valley and Preseli Hills View – A 50 Metre Walk!

The shortest walk from Foxglove Cottage is only fifty metres in length from the gate! Simply head to the corner of the farm barn to enjoy the beautiful long-distance view along part of the distinctive tree-lined Gwaun Valley as it stretches North East before turning below Carningli mountain and heading to Newport and the coast. From this angle Carningli is stunning. From here, turn a little to your right and you can also see the Preseli Hills running away from you to the East. This short stroll is an excellent one to ‘get under your belt’ as soon as the car is unpacked (we’ll help you do that too!).

We hope you will immediately be inspired by the majesty of the valley and the tranquillity of your surroundings. A great way to start your holiday and you’ll certainly be home for tea!

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The Waterfall and Fortified Farmstead Settlement View – a 200 Metre Walk!

The next shortest route is only 200 metres in length and is in the opposite direction. One spur will take you to the nearest waterfall while the other will bend you further round to the west and a little way along a narrow track you come across the small, grass covered but distinctive iron age settlement. Tregynon means ‘settlement place’. Take a moment to ponder what our ancestors must have been thinking when they stood exactly where you now stand, looking over the Gwaun Valley and up to the Preseli Hills, nearly 3000 years ago. Don’t fall in the pond either going or returning from this walk and you will still be home for tea!

The Foel Eryr Summit – a 5 km round trip to the top and back!

Only 1km away from Foxglove Cottage the lower slopes of mighty Foel Eryr (Eagle Mountain) start to rise, gently at first. This mighty sentinel is the guardian of the Western end of the ancient and mystical Preseli Hills and it has watched over the land since it was ‘born’ 450 million of years ago. It witnessed the glacial melt-water carve out the Gwaun Valley at the end of the last ice age about 18,500 years ago. Foel Eryr is reached by a slow, or brisk, walk back along the track that brought you to Tregynon Cottages, through farmland and then a short climb into Open Land and up to its summit, upon

which sits a triangulation point and a large Bronze Age burial mound. Foel Eryr presents to you a spectacular panoramic view which stretches for miles and miles. To the east runs the spine of the Preseli Hills with Cymcerwyn (Mountain of the Dead) – the highest peak in the Preselis – in the foreground and, tantalisingly close but just out of sight sits Carn Menyn the long-suspected source of the Stonehenge Bluestones and Bedd Arthur one of the acclaimed resting places of the king himself! At the far end of the Preseli Hills, you can see the imposing hill fort of Foel Drygarn. To the north sits Carningli and her hill range running East to West towards Fishguard and pointing to St Davids beyond. To the north, and clearly visible immediately beyond the Carningli range, lies the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean and the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path: of its total length of 300km or 186 miles, much of its northern end can be seen from Foel Eryr. And inland to the South sits the Llys y Fran reservoir; the scarred face of the Rosebush slate mines; and beyond, mile after mile of rolling green agricultural farmland and National Park. Don’t forget to take the binoculars (we have a spare pair) to look back down into the Gwaun and to see Tregynon Cottages below you. And yes, you will still be home for tea!

For the more energetic, Foel Eryr sits on the less well known, but none-the-less inspiring 112km/70 miles long Preseli Hills Circle Walking Trail (and the Golden Route – so named for the trade that passed along its way over millennia) centred on the Gwaun, the Preseli Hills and North Pembrokeshire and encompassing part of the ancient pilgrimage route from the North down to St Davids. But if you do the whole 112km/70 miles you will not be home for tea so take your sandwiches!

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Carningli – a strenuous 3 km walk each way!

This is one of our favourite walks, providing stunning views of the Preseli Hills, the coast, including Newport, Pembrokeshire and its Sands below you and the distinctive Dinas Head promontory. Carningli also presents the lure of an exceptional vantage point for a clear sunset. The Carningli range is about 4km long and consists of gentle rolling hills that stretch from Carningli itself, West towards Fishguard. A conveniently situated car park at its mid-point provides a good alternative starting point and enables the walker to conduct the total walk in two separate sessions if preferred. Allow plenty of time to stop and look around. You can be home for tea but I would suggest you take a picnic and have tea up there!

The Pembrokeshire Coastal Path – a 6 km drive (or an energetic walk over Carningli!)

Stretching for 300km (186 miles in old money) from its Northern-most starting point at Poppit Sands near Cardigan around the coast to Amroth in the South Easterly corner of Pembrokeshire. This jewel in the Pembrokeshire crown passes only two miles, as the crow flies, from your cottage. It is impossible to do it justice in written words, just come and see it for yourself! There are a number of recommended sections of the path depending upon what you want to see and there are several books, references, etc available for you in the boot room and we can advise you on where to see it at its best at different times of the year. You can drive to several car parks and then use the Poppit Rocket (the local coastal bus, which is seasonal) or we might be able to help you with transport to or from your walk.

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Fishguard has a rich and lengthy history

Plenty of cycle routes in and around Tregynon Cottages

Newport Pembrokeshire is only four miles by road from Tregynon Cottages