Pines and Shells Trail, Pembrey Forest
4.4 miles (7.1 km), coastal. About 1½ hours, easy.
Start: SN 396 004. Finish: SN 402 009. 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 3.1 miles of the 4.4 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 52 m of climbing and 52 m of descent; highest point 15 m.
Facts
- Code
- WA 1157
- Distance
- 4.4 miles (7.1 km). We measure 3.1 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- naturalresources.wales
- Walking time
- About 1½ hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Wales
- County
- Carmarthenshire
- Total ascent
- About 52 m. Highest point 15 m
Getting there
- Car parks
- Car park, 550 m from the start. Directions SN 401 006Car park, 570 m from the start. Directions SN 401 001Car park, 680 m from the start. Directions SN 401 000
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: Pembrey and Burry Port station, 5 km away (Directions).
Getting back
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: a bus stop, 2.7 km away (Directions); Pembrey and Burry Port station, 4.3 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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Walks nearby
- WA 118St Illtyd's WalkLong-distance route, 64 miles, one way. Starts 0.5 miles away
- WA 1100Penybedd Trail1.4 miles, circular. Starts 1.6 miles away
- WA 1113Exploring Cwm Ivy, Gower1.5 miles, one way. Starts 4.7 miles away
- WA 1030Rhosili Down, Hillend and beach walk, Gower5 miles, circular. Starts 6 miles away
- WA 1136Swiss Valley Cycle Route10.8 miles, one way. Starts 6 miles away
- WA 1141Rhossili Headland Walk3.5 miles, circular. Starts 7.7 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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