Offa's Dyke Path

The route links Sedbury Cliffs near Chepstow, on the banks of the Severn estuary, with the coastal town of Prestatyn in North Wales on the shores of the Irish Sea. It takes its name from the hand-dug bank and ditch built in the 8th century by command of King Offa of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. It crosses the border between England and Wales more than ten times and passes through the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park.

National Trail since

1971-07-10

Length (km)

285

Drawn from

Sedbury Cliffs

Drawn to

Prestatyn

OpenStreetMap relation

www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9649

Where the length and date are published

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offa%27s_Dyke_Path

Category: Hiking & Trails

Tags: england, wales, border, earthwork, footpath

Coordinates: 52.44578657298747, -3.0945124038974243

Part of The National Trails of England and Wales

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