Anglesey Walks

Walks with dogs by the Cottage

We are building a selection of available walks from the cottage please contact us if you have any that you enjoy. Please see the nearest beaches page for more ideas of coastal walks  

Directions are easy as all that is needed is to follow the markings for the North Wales Cycle Path on the promenade. You can park the car on the promenade head east toward the Penmaenhead headland. Keep the dog on the lead and continue parallel with the North Wales Railway and the A55 Expressway before the railway disappears into the tunnel below Penmaenhead, with the pebbled beach of Old Colwyn on the left. Then go past the rainbow bridge the bridge that crosses the main road the A55, you will see to your left an old quarry man's cottage which were used to protect the quarrymen engaged in blasting the limestone. Some miner's cottages are still to be found in the lane behind which is Miner's Lane.

As you folow along the path you will see further evidence of the limestone quarrying with two wooden jetties reaching out to sea. At high tides you may see the quarry boats being Wooden jetties to load the limestone to the boats loaded with limestone aggregate, and on quiet days you may see the local bird life seemingly taking control of the jetties. What with the jetties and the expressway close by you would think that this semi industrial environment would discourage nature. But no, nature fights back! The bird life, particularly the sea birds have increased since the construction of the expressway and if you are lucky you may see oystercatchers, dunlins, terns, grebe, or cormorants. Please keep dogs under control if birds are nesting. Continue past the car parks and there is a nice picnic area on the banks of the river Dulas.

To carry on we need to exit the cycle path at this point and thus we turn right on reaching the Afon Dulas. Follow the lane round to the A547 or the "old road". Continue uphill on the A547, it is a bit of a drag but there are interesting views of the old quarries to the left side of the road half way up the hill. And, as with most climbs, you have the reward of great views from the top of the hill. From here you can see the Little Orme, the Great Orme and the Bay of Colwyn while the scenery is beautiful remember to take time to reflect on the treachery that took place on Penmaenhead some 600 years ago when King Richard was taken into custody on this very headland and Wales was thrown into war with the Welsh people suffered decades of famine and terror. The route continues down hill as far the steps that lead from the A547 to Miner's Lane below, follow down the lane and cross over the rainbow bridge rejoining the cycle path. Turn left for the return walk to Old Colwyn promenade.

Facilities are available are sited on Llanddulas beach and on Colwyn Bay promenade and there are refreshments in the Kiosks on the seafront promenade between Old Colwyn and Colwyn Bay pier.