Walks you can reach from Baglan by train
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Briton Ferry to Swansea (Glamorgan)
3 minutes direct from Baglan.
Recommended
Walk details: Railwalks.
Port Talbot Parkway to Briton Ferry (Glamorgan)
4 minutes direct from Baglan.
Recommended
Walk details: Railwalks.
Port Talbot Parkway to Maesteg (Glamorgan)
4 minutes direct from Baglan.
Neath to Port Talbot Parkway (Glamorgan)
8 minutes direct from Baglan.
You can see all the way around Swansea Bay and across the sea to Exmoor on a clear day. A scenic, very largely off-road walk on woodland and hill trails, climbing high onto Mynydd Dinas to the national coast path with sweeping views over Swansea Bay and the steelworks and across to Exmoor. A steep descent into Port Talbot with many wooden steps; trails are tree-rooty and muddy in short sections. Follows the Wales Coast Path along the top of Mynydd Dinas; picks up Baglan and Briton Ferry as jumping-on points.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 3h30–7h
Lunch: Shops at Briton Ferry are a short detour off-route.
Warnings: A steep descent with lots of wooden steps into Port Talbot; short tree-rooty and muddy sections hinder wheeling. Keep an eye out to get under the M4 and cross a busy road correctly near Port Talbot.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Pyle to Sarn (Glamorgan)
15 minutes direct from Baglan.
Mainly flat and on tarmac, following a former railway/tram route (National Cycle Network Route 4) through woodland for about six miles and with a couple of short stony sections that are well bedded in. Good for wheels; some parallel off-tarmac paths offer variety on foot. Follows National Cycle Network Route 4. The route runs alongside Parc Slip nature reserve and is buzzing with wildlife; Aberkenfig near the end has shops, pubs, cafes and a bakery.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 2h30–5h
1 lunch spot: Parc Slip Visitor Centre café
End-of-walk reward: Aberkenfig, near the end, has shops, pubs, cafes and a bakery.
Warnings: One alternative track in the Fountain Parkland section is narrow, boggy and rough underfoot; the surfaced cycle track is the better option.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Bridgend to Pencoed (Glamorgan)
15 minutes direct from Baglan.
A walk of two parts: well-defined paths and ginnels through the Brackla housing estate, then off-road field, woodland and quiet country-lane walking. Some sections are steep, with stiles and steps and ground that can be boggy in the woods even in dry weather. Part of the route follows the Bridgend Circular Walk. Pencoed has trains to Bridgend, Swansea and Cardiff, so the walk can be done in either direction.
Time: 2h–4h30
Lunch: Pubs, cafes, shops and supermarkets at Brackla triangle and in Pencoed.
Warnings: Heol Simonston is busy with fast traffic and the crossing points have poor sight lines; cross with great care. The high-banked lanes near Coed y Mwstwr have no verge. There are several stiles and steep, difficult ground approaching the M4 tunnel; using the underpass at Princess Way is simpler and safer than the road crossing. Can be muddy.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Bridgend to Llantwit Major (Glamorgan)
15 minutes direct from Baglan.
Bridgend to Port Talbot Parkway (Glamorgan)
15 minutes direct from Baglan.
Walk details: Railwalks.
Llanharan to Trehafod (Glamorgan)
30 minutes direct from Baglan.
Pontyclun to Pontypridd (Glamorgan)
30 minutes direct from Baglan.
Maesteg to Briton Ferry (Glamorgan)
3 minutes direct from Baglan.
Pontarddulais to Swansea (Glamorgan)
30 minutes direct from Baglan.