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Cornelly Walk (5km, 3 Miles)
This is a circular walk starting and ending in South Cornelly. Alternatively you can start the route in North Cornelly from Heol y Sheet or Porthcawl
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Route: Around the North and South Cornelly Areas
Suitability: Not suitable for wheelchairs/buggies or small children. Cyclists/horses not allowed
Length: 5 km (3 miles). Allow 2½ hours to complete
Parking: There is on street parking in North and South Cornelly
Pubic Transport: Bus Service Information from Bridgend Bus Station is available. Alternatively Traveline Cymru will help you plan your entire journey.
Starting Point – South Cornelly
Take the road known as Lamb Row, passing the Three Horseshoes pub.
Continue past the pub and follow the public footpath that bears to the right, along Railway Terrace. Rock Cottages will be on your left hand side. Continue along the footpath which has a tarmac surface for 100 metres.
Continue along Railway Terrace. At the end of Railway Terrace you will see another footpath sign. You will go across a grassed surface for 10 metres to an A-frame barrier. Go through the A-frame barrier and along the gravel path up a slight incline. The path then levels out.
Continue along the path. You will pass between Pant Mawr Quarry and Cornelly Quarry.
At the green gates turn left, and follow the access road which is also a public footpath. Take care as plant and vehicles use this
route. The footpath comes to the end of the access track at a green portacabin. Take the steps at the side of the portacabin
and continue round it. You can buy refreshments here.
Continue following the public footpath which is well defined and easy to follow, past the Tarmac site on your right hand side,
until it terminates on a junction with a gravel track. Turn left and continue along the gravel track for approximately 75 metres at which point you will notice a kissing gate ahead of you to the left. Go through the kissing gate and continue across the field.
Follow the line of the overhead power cables along the path, which is waymarked, through a further three kissing gates until
the path emerges onto Heol y Sheet.
At the junction with Heol y Sheet, turn left and follow the road for 500 metres, until you get to the bypass kissing gate at
Ty Tanglwyst Farm.
Go through the gate and continue along the concrete access track. Take the public footpath on your right hand side. The path is tarmaced with ranch/motorway style fencing on both sides. Follow this footpath which will take you over a footbridge. Follow the path under the motorway until you come out on the North Cornelly side of Heol y Sheet. Continue down Heol y Sheet until you see a tarmac link footpath that runs along Heol Y Cwrt. Continue past a small play area on your left hand side. You will come out on the junction of Heol Y Cwrt and Porthcawl Road. You are now in North Cornelly.
Cross Porthcawl Road and turn left. Walk along the footway under the M4. Continue along the footway. Shortly after passing under the motorway there is a link to Cornelly Walk 2. Continue along the footway for 25O metres until you see a signed public footpath on your right hand side. Take this footpath up a steep
incline until its junction with Ty Draw Lane. Turn left. Continue along Ty Draw Lane until its junction with Porthcawl Road, South Cornelly.
You have now returned to your starting point.
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