Animal Discovery Trail, Newborough
1.1 miles (1.8 km), circular, coastal. Starts and finishes at Beach car park. Under an hour, easy.
Start: SH 404 634, and finish. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Map incomplete. Natural Resources Wales’s line for this walk is about 0.7 miles of the 1.1 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 8 m of climbing and 10 m of descent; highest point 12 m.
Facts
- Code
- WA 1202
- Distance
- 1.1 miles (1.8 km)
- Publisher’s page
- naturalresources.wales
- Type
- Circular, coastal
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Wales
- County
- Isle of Anglesey
- Total ascent
- About 8 m. Highest point 12 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Car parks
- Car park (pay), 100 m from the start. Directions SH 405 633Car park (pay), 750 m from the start. Directions SH 408 641
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Llwyn Helyg, 2.9 km away (Directions); Bodorgan station, 7 km away (Directions).
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 9 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- UK 038Wales Coast PathShares 0.3 miles of path with this route. This route starts and finishes on it at Beach car park.
- WA 104Isle of Anglesey Coastal PathShares 0.3 miles of path with this route. This route starts and finishes on it at Beach car park.
- WA 1158Saint, Sand and Sea Trail, NewboroughShares 0.4 miles of path with this route. This route starts and finishes on it at Beach car park.
Walks nearby
- WA 1166Princes and Pines Heritage Trail, Newborough3.3 miles, circular. Starts 0.4 miles away
- WA 1165Dune Walk, Newborough3.5 miles. Starts 1.8 miles away
- WA 1191Red Squirrel Discovery Trail, Newborough1.5 miles. Starts 2.3 miles away
- WA 105Llŷn Coastal PathLong-distance route, 101 miles, one way. Starts 4.5 miles away
- WA 1135Lôn Eifion12.5 miles, one way. Starts 4.8 miles away
- WA 1129A Gentle Walk at Plas Newydd1 mile, circular. Starts 8 miles away
Sources
Checked against naturalresources.wales on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Natural Resources Wales, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Natural Resources Wales information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Facts: naturalresources.wales
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