Where to run in Wales, region by region

Eryri

The biggest, roughest and most committing running in Wales. Rock underfoot, weather that turns inside an hour, and more genuinely mountainous terrain than anywhere else south of Scotland.

Bannau Brycheiniog

Long grassy ridges and steep escarpments made for covering ground. Some of the most runnable high terrain in Britain - and some of the most exposed, with almost no shelter once you are up.

Pembrokeshire

Sir Benfro

Britain's only coastal national park. The path is runnable almost end to end, but the cumulative climb over a full day is closer to mountain running than the sea-level profile suggests.

Gower

Gŵyr

Nineteen miles of peninsula that packs in cliff path, common land, dune systems and salt marsh - and sits at the end of a bus route from Swansea.

Clwydian Range

Bryniau Clwyd

A tidy north–south chain of heather-topped hills with Iron Age forts on them, Offa's Dyke Path along the spine, and far fewer people than the mountains an hour west.

Cambrian Mountains

Mynyddoedd Cambria

The great empty middle of the country. Few paths, fewer people, and terrain that demands genuine navigation - the closest thing Wales has to remote.