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The Wales Coast Path ((ウェールズ語:Llwybr Arfordir Cymru)) is a long-distance footpath which follows, or runs close to, the majority of the coastline of Wales. It opened on 5 May 2012, and offers a walking route from Chepstow in the south to Queensferry in the north.〔(BBC News Wales - All-Wales coast path nears completion ) 〕 Wales is the first country in the world to provide a dedicated footpath close to most of its coastline. The Path runs through eleven National Nature Reserves and other nature reserves, including those managed by The Wildlife Trusts or Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).〔(www.firstnature.com - wales Coast Path ) 〕 Lonely Planet rated the coast of Wales first in its Best in Travel: top 10 regions for 2012.〔(Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel: top 10 regions for 2012 ) 〕 ==Description== The Wales Coast Path was launched on 5 May 2012, and was heralded as the world's first coastal path to cover an entire country.〔( The Guardian, ''Wales coastal path offers a walk on the wild – and industrial – side'', 4 May 2012 ). 〕 It follows the entire Welsh coastline from Chepstow in the south east to near Queensferry in the north. Many parts already had established paths, such as the North Wales Path, the Anglesey Coastal Path and the Llŷn Coastal Path. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path had been a designated National Trail,〔(Pembrokeshire Coast Path National Trail ) 〕 and in 2011 was voted by National Geographic magazine as the second-best coastal destination in the world.〔(www.NationalTrails.co.uk - news article ) 〕 The path travels through of coastal landscape, from the mouth of the River Dee, along the north Wales coast with its seaside towns such as Conwy, over the Menai Strait onto the Isle of Anglesey, past Caernarfon, and then around the Llŷn Peninsula and down the sweep of Cardigan Bay past Harlech, Aberystwyth, and Cardigan, through the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park to Tenby, around the Gower Peninsula to Swansea, along the waterfront of Cardiff Bay and Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, to the market town of Chepstow.〔(BBC News Wales - Wales Coast Path nears completion ) 〕 The whole path is accessible to walkers and, where practical, some sections are suitable for cyclists, families with pushchairs, people with restricted mobility, and horse riders.〔 Overall responsibility for establishing the path lay with the Countryside Council for Wales (now Natural Resources Wales), but management on the ground rests with the 15 local government areas it passes through.〔(Countryside Council for Wales: Wales Coast Path ) Accessed 3 October 2013〕 Five waymarked long-distance coast paths were already established, in Pembrokeshire, Anglesey, Gwynedd, Ceredigion and the North Wales coast. These formed the basis for five of the eight geographical sections〔(Wales Coast Path Media Pack ) 2012, p.10, Accessed 19 October 2013〕 that now make up the path. The remaining three areas are made up of single and combined counties and county boroughs with coastlines.〔(walescoastpath.gov.uk History ) Accessed 3 October 2013〕 The Wales Coast Path is not a National Trail; the England Coast Path, when completed in 2020, will be.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=England Coast Path )〕 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「Wales Coast Path」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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