2.75 miles · 1.5–2 hours · Easy–Moderate · Park: Aberdaron, Porth y Swnt (LL53 8BE)
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For four hundred years pilgrims walked this last leg to the boats for Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli) — the “island of 20,000 saints”, where three pilgrimages equalled one to Rome. Start at St Hywyn’s church on the beach (R S Thomas’s church — its bookshop is a gem), follow the coast path west along the cliffs, and drop into Porth Meudwy, the tiny fishing cove where the Bardsey boat still sails today.
Need to know: mostly gentle with some steps into the cove; one of the more accessible clifftop walks here. Y Gegin Fawr in Aberdaron — the 14th-century pilgrims’ kitchen — is the traditional start or finish. Want to cross to Bardsey? Boats are weather-dependent; never attempt the Sound yourself.
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