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Marloes Sands Walk

1.86 miles (3 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap This short circular walk visits the beautiful Marloes Peninsula on the Pembrokeshire Coast. The National Trust managed area also includes Marloes Mere and the lovely beaches of Marloes Sands. There's great views towards Gateholme Island and Skomer Island with attractive coastal vegetation including heather and gorse. There's also lots of interesting wildlife with Welsh Mountain ponies, various sea birds and seal pups to look out for.
The walk starts from the National Trust car park just to the west of Marloes village. From here you can pick up the footpath heading west past the pretty mere, where you can look out for various birds from the hide. The path continues to the coast where you pick up the coast path to Marloes Sands. After passing along the sands you can pick up another path to take you back through the countryside to the car park.
The sands are on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path so you can easily extend your walk by picking up the trail. Heading north west will take you past a series of pretty bays to Martin's Haven. Here you can catch a boat to Skomer Island where you can look out for a huge variety of wildlife including Puffins, Manx Shearwaters, Dolphins, Harbour Porpoises, Razorbills, Gannets and Fulmars.
Head a short distance to the east and you will soon come to the lovely Dale Peninsula where you can visit St Ann's lighthouse and Dale Fort.

Marloes Sands OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Marloes Sands Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Further Information and Other Local Ideas

Head north along the coast path and you could visit the quaint villages of Little Haven and Broad Haven. There's a lovely blue flag beach, natural arches and a fine beach front bar to visit.

Photos

Marloes Sands MMc

Marloes Sands

Cliffs at Marloes Sands - geograph.org.uk - 537082

Cliffs at Marloes Sands

Runwayskiln, Marloes youth hostel - geograph.org.uk - 537426

Runwayskiln, Marloes youth hostel

Path down to Marloes Sands - geograph.org.uk - 1744385

Path down to Marloes Sands

Gateholm Stack and Island from Marloes Sands - geograph.org.uk - 262808

Gateholm Stack and Island

Gateholm Island - geograph.org.uk - 2575527

Gateholm Island

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GPS Files

GPX File

Marloes Sands.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)

Memory Map Route

Marloes Sands.mmo (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold >Download Linked File)