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Turn right when you meet the gate and take the footpath on your right which follows the edge of the valley. Do not take the path that drops down the valley side. At the head of a gully there is a white house. Continue along the path following the valley edge. This brings you into a field where you keep to the left hedge and to a gully. Cross over a fence and a low stone wall and turn right, cross a stile and follow the footpath across the field. At the dwellings take the track straight ahead which brings you to the Joiners Arms and The Valley pub.

Take the path with Prospect Barn on your left down the slope to a road and a house, turn left and take the footpath to the left of the house. This skirts around the graveyard and drops down back to the start at St Teilo’s Church.

WALK 4

Pwlldu Head and Bishopston Valley

Start/Finish National Trust car park, Southgate, Pennard (SS 5540 8735) Distance 8.5km (5¼ miles) Total ascent 340m Time 2hrs Refreshments Three Cliffs Café and stores at the start.

The route heads along East Cliff to High Tor, with fine views west of Oxwich Bay, and then on to Pwlldu Head from where there is a grand vista of Caswell, Mumbles Head and the Vale of Glamorgan coastline as far as Nash Point. This part of the walk is made more interesting by following pathways as close to the cliff line as possible as this affords the best views, and also crosses an Iron Age fort. After visiting the old quarry village the route turns inland, following the picturesque Bishopston Valley with its enjoyable woodland walk.