Walks you can reach from Llantwit Major by train

Recommended: A flat walk through former industrial land where nature is starting to reclaim the coast.

Coastal: almost all along the coast.

Time: 2h–4h

Walk details: Railwalks.

Recommended

Walk details: Railwalks.

Impressive walk; spectacular. Coastal path with woodland.

Coastal: almost all along the coast.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Time: 3h–6h

Walk details: Railwalks.

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.

Walk details: Railwalks.

A more rural route through fields, involving stiles and best done when the ground is dry or frozen.

Time: 3h30–6h30

Warnings: Involves stiles, and the field sections are best avoided when the ground is wet. Can be muddy.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Field paths and a less monotonous town section and with fields that can get very muddy after bad weather.

Time: 2h–3h30

Warnings: Two fifths urban. There may be cattle in the fields.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Impressive stretch; impressive.

Coastal: two thirds along the coast.

Time: 5h–10h

Walk details: Railwalks.

Travels through quiet roads or off-road cycle lanes through the suburbs of Bridgend, into Laleston, across Stormy Down and down into Pyle. A short walk across boggy fields and with overgrown stiles between Upper Park Farm and Laleston. Passes the Old Bridge (Yr Hen Pont) built in 1425 at Bridgend.

Time: 3h–5h30

Lunch: Laleston has a pub, shops and cafes (though the pub may be closed); shops and facilities in Bridgend and Broadlands.

Warnings: A series of old stone stiles between Upper Park Farm and Laleston are overgrown with brambles and nettles and in one place barred by gates; the route into and out of Laleston is hard to find.

Walk details: Slow Ways.