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CARDIFF LOCAL AREA

Walking routes

• For information and links about long distance walks and official trails in the south Wales area see our local trails page
• Ramblers eTrails project The Ramblers Association smartphone project with links to pilot wak routes in the Vale of Glamorgan
  these are also available from the Peoples Collection Wales web site.
• Cardiff county council guided walks programme and the Cardiff Council Walking Map of Cardiff.
• Walking in South East Wales Local walks from the BBC.
• Valeways organisation has a number of walk routes in the Vale of Glamorgan, and put much effort into keeping the routes waymarked and in good condition
• walks in Glamorgan Loads of info about routes in Glamorgan - well worth a visit
• Wisdom and Walks this PDF leaflet seems to be all that remains of this once useful website
• Blaenau Gwent Heritage Trails
• Caerphilly county council walking pages
• Cwmcarn walk routes

Other organisations

• South Wales Ramblers groups and other local information
• Swansea Ramblers (formerly West Glamorgan group)
• Cardiff CHA Walking Club
• Cardiff Outdoor Group
• Cardiff Conservation Volunteers
• Cardiff Naturalists
• Ruperra Conservation Trust
• Caerphilly Mountain Protection Group - a local campaign group
• Cardiff County Council are the local highways authority - all rights of way problems should be reported to them. Useful pages for ramblers include a map of public rights of way.

Some local walking guide books Some may be out of print. Priced from 10p to under £5 at the time of purchase.

• Glamorgan Seascape Pathways Glyndwr Publishing 2003 ISBN 1-903-529-115
• Family Walks around Cardiff and the Valleys Scarthin Books 1992 ISBN 0 907758 54 1
• Coastal and Valley Walks in South Wales Logaston Press 1992 ISBN 1 873827 01 6
• Pub Walks in South Wales Countryside Books 1994 ISBN 1 85306 313 4
• Cardiff's Wildlife: Six wildlife walks in the city Cardiff Naturalists Society 1992 ISBN 0 9503565 1 4
• Wildlife around Cardiff: Six further wildlife walks Cardiff Naturalists Society 1995 ISBN 0 9503565 2 2
• Taff Trails: Short Walks in the Taff Valley Taff Trail Project 1990 ISBN 1 873059 00 0
• Nature Walks in Glamorgan - Glamorgan Wildlife Trust, now part of the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

• Countryside Council for Wales
• Brecon Beacons - local walking page and lots of useful information
• Brecon Beacons National Park
• Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
• Snowdon Camera - check conditions with this live view from above Dinorwig
• explore-gower all you need to know about the Gower Peninsula
• Wilderness Wales
• Swansea University hiking club lots of info and links, even if you're too old to join !
• Stone pages For fans of the stone age
• CastleWales Very useful site for the historical rambler
• menternet everything about Anglesey, including walks
• Walking Wales

• Ramblers Holidays
• Get Walking Keep Walking routes, walks and resources for people new to walking, and Let's Walk Cymru
• Lou Johnson's Walking Britain
• Institute of Public Rights of Way Officers More interesting that it sounds!
• National Search And Rescue Dog Association
• Ordnance Survey
• Geograph photos of anywhere you might wish to visit.