Pembrokeshire Coast Path: Abereiddy's Blue Lagoon and the Path to Porthgain
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Pembrokeshire Coast Path: Abereiddy's Blue Lagoon and the Path to Porthgain
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The Pembrokeshire Coast Path, a National Trail opened on 16 May 1970, runs 186 miles from Amroth to St Dogmaels, . At Abereiddy a flooded slate quarry, the Blue Lagoon, is about 25m deep; the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series jumped from 27m in 2012, 2013 and 2016; the shale on the beach holds Ordovician graptolite fossils. North along the path from Abereiddy is the old slate and brick harbour of Porthgain.
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of 3
Walk the Pembrokeshire Coast Path north from Abereiddy to Porthgain, on the 186-mile National Trail from Amroth to St Dogmaels, opened on 16 May 1970
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of 3
See the Blue Lagoon at Abereiddy, the flooded slate quarry about 25m deep where the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series jumped from 27m in 2012, 2013 and 2016
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of 3
Look for Ordovician graptolite fossils in the shale beds of Abereiddy beach
Walk the Pembrokeshire Coast Path north from Abereiddy to Porthgain, on the 186-mile National Trail from Amroth to St Dogmaels, opened on 16 May 1970
See the Blue Lagoon at Abereiddy, the flooded slate quarry about 25m deep where the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series jumped from 27m in 2012, 2013 and 2016
Look for Ordovician graptolite fossils in the shale beds of Abereiddy beach
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