[Talk-GB] Wales Coast Path

[Richard Fairhurst]

The Welsh Government is creating a 850-mile Coast Path, to incorporate 
long-established routes such as the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, more 
recent ones such as the Ceredigion Coast Path, and new sections. It's 
set to open in May 2012.

Work seems to be progressing well:
http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/environmentandcountryside/2010/100701coastalpath/?lang=en
http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/environmentandcountryside/2011/110919chepstow/?lang=en

and it's already receiving a fair amount of publicity:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15482233

...so it'd be great to have it fully mapped.

The Pembrokeshire path is already in OSM and the Ceredigion one is 
coming on nicely. A quick browse around the map suggests to me that 
there are plenty of coastal paths already mapped that just need a quick 
on-the-ground check for new Coast Path signage.

Creating individual route relations for each county-sized section 
(whether a formal path with its own identity or not), and grouping these 
into one super relation, seems to be a sensible way to go. I've listed 
the relations so far in the usual place:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_Kingdom_Long_Distance_Paths#Wales

cheers
Richard