Welcome to the Edge of Wales Walk

Section 6 Llangwnnadl to Mynydd Mawr
	The path takes us past the old jasper mines of Carreg and through a landscape where the fields grow increasingly small and wildlife abounds. This is chough country and refuge to migrating sea birds. Mynydd Mawr is the Lands End of Wales with a coastguard lookout and the remains of wartime gun emplacements. The remains of St Mary’s Church can still be seen on the headland and St Mary’s Holy Well right at the sea edge marks the very last Holy Well from which Pilgrims would drink before their little boats braved the treacherous waters of the Bardsey Sound.
Distance 7 miles / 11.3 km
Terrain After further cliff walking the path is forced inland along lanes before descending to the famous sandy beach of Whistling Sands. It then begins a steady climb on cliffs and moor through gorse and heather up to Mynydd Anelog and later Mynydd Mawr from where superb views can be gained of the whole of Llŷn stretching back to the hills where the walk began. As soon as the summit of Anelog is gained the Holy Isle of Bardsey in its entirety is sighted for the first time in our journey.