Walks from Barry
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Barry Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Barry by train.
Barry to Llantwit Major
Coastal headlands, pebble and sandy beaches, flat rock-shelf beaches, low cliffs, striated limestone cliffs, parkland, quiet cliff paths, wetland and historic town centre.
Coastal: nine tenths along the coast.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Check tide timings.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Barry to Rhoose Cardiff International Airport
Recommended: A flat walk through former industrial land where nature is starting to reclaim the coast.
Coastal: almost all along the coast.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Railwalks.
Cardiff to Barry
Barry to Penarth
A more rural route through fields, involving stiles and best done when the ground is dry or frozen.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Involves stiles, and the field sections are best avoided when the ground is wet. Can be muddy.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Barry to Dinas Powys
Field paths and a less monotonous town section and with fields that can get very muddy after bad weather.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Two fifths urban. There may be cattle in the fields.
Walk details: Slow Ways.