For Chepstow Walkers are Welcome’s Walking Festival Living Levels are partnering with Martin Bell, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at Reading University, for a walk along the Wales Coast Path from Goldcliff Seawall to Newport Wetlands Nature Reserve.
Distance: 5 miles | Time: 3-4 hours | Moderate Walk
Join the Living Levels Team and Martin Bell, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at Reading University, for a walk along the Wales Coast Path from Goldcliff Seawall to Newport Wetlands Nature Reserve. The walk will include off road walking through nature reserves and farmland as well as a few stretches along country lanes. Walking through this peaceful scenery, rich in wildlife, Martin Bell will situate the land into its historical context in relation to his archaeological research.
Professor Martin Bell has been excavating in the Severn Estuary since 1983. His excavations have included Bronze Age Settlements at Brean Down in Somerset, and Redwick in Gwent, and an extensive complex of Mesolithic to Iron Age sites at Goldcliff. The excavations are mainly in the intertidal zone on sites subject to coastal erosion. Some of the most striking finds are prehistoric human and animal footprints.
This walk is moderate, the landscape is flat, but the terrain may be bumpy underfoot. It is roughly five miles in length and will take approximately three and a half hours. Due to the walk weaving through working farmland and nature reserves no dogs will be permitted on this journey.
We will start at the RSPB Newport Wetlands carpark (subject to £4.00 parking fee for non-RSPB members). From here a coach will pick us up, and drop us at the Seawall in Goldcliff, giving us the morning to meander back. At the end of the walk there will be an opportunity to explore some of Martin Bells’ archaeological finds at the Newport Wetlands Visitor Centre.
Bring: If you have binoculars bring them along, but don’t worry if you haven’t got any, we will have some that you can borrow. Also, if you arrive by car, bring your RSPB membership or £4 for the carparking charge.
Starting Point: RSPB Newport Wetlands carpark.
To Book
As part of the Chepstow Walkers are Welcome’s Walking Festival booking can be made through their website below.
Chepstow Walkers are Welcome’s Walking festival runs between April 11th-16th. Check out the other walks that are happening here, that you can join in with too!
