Stackpole Home>Visit>Wales>Stackpole Visitor information Things to see & do Eating & shopping Our work History Wildlife Learning Hire this venue Bosherston Lily Ponds: freshwater magic walk Bosherston Lily Ponds, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire Route details and mapDownload as a print friendly PDF 1234567 High tide, March 11 2008. Sea level higher than lake level! © Richard Ellis High tide, March 11 2008. Sea level higher than lake level! © Richard EllisReed Warbler - more often heard than seen. Listen for their loud chatter © Marilyn Smyth Reed Warbler - more often heard than seen. Listen for their loud chatter © Marilyn Smyth Route overview An easy walk around Bosherstons beautiful lily ponds, with options to explore the dunes and pools of the Mere Pool Valley behind Broadhaven beach. The walk is mostly along even gravel paths with two narrow causeways. This walk is rich in wildlife all year round. Route details See this step-by-step route marked on a map Start: Bosherston Lily Ponds car park, grid ref: SR966948 From the car park turn left and follow the path to the lake. Turn left. Show/HideBosherston Lily Ponds Cross the western arm of the lake by the Bosherston causeway. The waterlilies are at their best in June and July, but the lakes and lakeside woodlands are full of wildlife all year round. Show/HideWater lilies Follow the path up to the limestone bluff. Look down into the clear water to see the billowing green mats of rare stonewort, and if youre lucky a pike waiting in ambush. A path through the bushes to your left leads up to the Fishpond Camp, an old coastal fort built 3,000 years ago when the lakes were a tidal inlet. Continue down to the central causeway and cross it. From April to September look for dragonflies and damselflies, with swallows and house martins skimming overhead. Show/HideWater fowl Turn right at the next junction and descend to the Grassy Bridge. When the lakes were first created in the 1780s this was the barrier between lake and sea - the final dam wasnt built until 1860. Show/HideSea defences Continue towards the sea. In winter you may be lucky enough to see (and hear) a bittern. Listen out too for the pig-like squeals of water rails, secretive water birds that live in the reeds. Show/HideWarblers Cross over the lake outlet by a narrow stone bridge (take care in flip-flops) and continue right up the lakeside path towards Bosherton. You can also continue onto the beach, bearing right to explore the wildlife of the Mere Pool Valley. Show/HideMere Pool Valley Return to the car park by the western arm path, stopping often to enjoy the wildlife. You may even see an otter. Show/HideOtters at Stackpole End: Bosherston Lily Ponds car park - grid ref SR 966948 Trail: Walking Grade: Easy Distance: 1 mile (1.6km) Time: 30 minutes OS Map: Landranger 158 Terrain: Even lakeside path, mostly gravel. Two narrow causeways, one steeper section. Dogs on leads are welcome. How to get here: By bus: 387/388 Coastal Cruiser, see Traveline-Cymru for details By train: Pembroke station 6 miles (9.7km) By car: B4319 Pembroke - Bosherston, Post code SA71 5DN Contact us Telephone: 01646 661359 Email: [email protected] Website: nationaltrust.org.uk/stackpole/ Share Email
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