The Welsh Government is creating a 850-mile Coast Path, to incorporate long-established routes such as the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, more recent ones such as the Ceredigion Coast Path, and new sections. It's set to open in May 2012.

Work seems to be progressing well:
http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/environmentandcountryside/2010/100701coastalpath/?lang=en
http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/environmentandcountryside/2011/110919chepstow/?lang=en

and it's already receiving a fair amount of publicity:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15482233

...so it'd be great to have it fully mapped.

The Pembrokeshire path is already in OSM and the Ceredigion one is coming on nicely. A quick browse around the map suggests to me that there are plenty of coastal paths already mapped that just need a quick on-the-ground check for new Coast Path signage.

Creating individual route relations for each county-sized section (whether a formal path with its own identity or not), and grouping these into one super relation, seems to be a sensible way to go. I've listed the relations so far in the usual place:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_Kingdom_Long_Distance_Paths#Wales

cheers
Richard


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