WALK 2: CILIBION TO PARKMILL VIA PARK WOODS
 | This attractive and varied walk takes you down the deeply wooded limestone Green Cwm and ends near the Gower Heritage Centre. Photo: Cilibion, J. Davies |
Map: OS Explorer 164 or Landranger 159
Distance: Approximately 2.5 miles; 4 kilometres.
Terrain: Easy, mostly level footpath and tarmac surfaced minor roads
Start: Cilibion bus stop; map reference 516914
Bus there: Gower Explorer Service 118 from Swansea City Centre, frequency three times per day, Mondays to Saturdays;
Walk: Leave the bus stop and walk a few metres back to the cattle grid at the road junction. Turn right and follow a farm track for a short distance until it becomes a footpath. This takes you through Decoy Wood and into the extensive Park Woods where it is joined by other footpaths. Follow this path in a south easterly direction through Green Cwm stopping to observe the old limestone smelting kilns on your left. The footpath becomes a tarmac road; follow this down a narrowing valley until you get to a ford on the left. This is adjacent to Gower Heritage Centre; from here it is a short walk to Parkmill Shepherd’s bus stop.
Finish: Parkmill Shepherd’s bus stop; map reference 544893
Facilities: Refreshments can be obtained at Shepherd’s store near the bus stop. There are toilets at Gower Heritage Centre
Bus back: Gower Explorer Service 117 or 118 to Swansea City Centre, approximately every hour daytime, Mondays to Saturdays.
Tickets:
Tickets: From Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot and the Valleys: First Day Swansea Bay; prices as of spring 2011, £4.40 adult, £2.80 child.