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The Pembrokeshire Coast Path ((ウェールズ語:Llwybr Arfordir Sir Benfro)), also often called the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, is a designated National Trail in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pembrokeshire Coast Path )〕 It was established in 1970, and is long, mostly at cliff-top level, with a total of of ascent and descent. At its highest point – Pen yr afr – it reaches a height of , and at its lowest point – Sandy Haven crossing – it is just above low water.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pembrokeshire Coast Path Statistics )〕 Whilst most of the coastline faces west, it offers – at varying points – coastal views in every direction of the compass. The southern end of the path is at Amroth, Pembrokeshire. The northern end is often regarded as being at Poppit Sands, near St. Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire, where the official plaque was originally sited〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pemcoastphotos.com/photo_7626422.html )〕 but the path now continues to St. Dogmaels,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pembrokeshire Coast Path: Newport to St Dogmaels )〕 where a new marker was unveiled in July 2009. Here the path links with the Ceredigion Coast Path, which continues northwards. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path forms part of the Wales Coast Path, an long-distance walking route around the whole coast of Wales from Chepstow to Queensferry, which was officially opened in 2012. ==History of the path== Following the establishment of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in 1952, Welsh naturalist and author Ronald Lockley surveyed a route around the coast. Although there were villages and settlements on the coast, communication between these was largely by boats, and access in the region was generally poor. Lockley's report for the Countryside Commission in 1953 was welcomed and broadly adopted. Some sections of the walk were existing rights-of-way, but the majority were in private hands, necessitating negotiation. Most landowners were in favour, and many benefitted from the erection of new fencing. Even today, however, the path in places detours from the obvious line where landowners were unwilling to accept a new right-of-way across their land.〔 Completion of the path took 17 years, and this work included the erection of more than 100 footbridges and 479 stiles, and the cutting of thousands of steps into steep or slippery sections.〔 When opened by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas on 16 May 1970, the length of the path was given as , but over the years there have been a number of Footpath Diversion Orders which have extended it to its current length of .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pembrokeshire Coast Path」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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