A lovely little fairy trail with about 60 fairy doors spaced out over about half a mile.
Why Visit Resolven Canal?
This is a lovely paved walk with the canal on your left and the river on your right. You can walk all the way from Resolven to Glynneath along this path.
The area is well kept and clean and this makes for a very picturesque walk.
There is a lovely cafe at the beginning of the walk that serves hot and cold drink and lovely food too.
Parking is free just off the Resolven roundabout and there are public toilets here too.
Bits of the path are more gravelled than paved so good pushchair rather than a stroller would be handy! Maybe some welly boots on a wet day. Coops had white converse trainers on (epic fail) but it had been dry so the results weren't catastrophic! I wouldn't advise that small children took their bikes here as I'd be on pins that they would fall in, but it's a lovely cycle route for older children or adults (I used to ride along this canal a LOT when I was younger.)
I was surprised how much was going on along the canal! There's a water sports centre towards the beginning of the walk where you could have kayak and paddle board lessons! There were lots of people doing it and seemed to be having a lot of fun - I wouldn't mind giving paddle boarding a go actually! There's a small cafe and picnic benches here as well.
Although the majority of the walk is a relatively narrow path, like the photo seen above, there are also one or two spots along the way that are much wider and covered with grass - these would be ideal locations to stop for a picnic without being too close to the water and having to worry that your child is going to fall in!!
So, if you're looking for a nice, woodland type walk with plenty of places to set up for a picnic, a river to throw stones and some fairy doors to entice little legs to walk for a long period of time, you would definitely love Resolven Canal.
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