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5 nights between Liverpool and Southampton in Sept

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Moving our son to Liverpool in September, after a few nights there we would like to do a driving tour. We have been to the Cotswolds and loved it.

Intrigued by the coastal area in Wales (the Coastal Way).

We enjoy spending time wandering small towns, visiting beautiful old churches, taking short hikes(1-3 miles), visiting tea rooms/pubs, and antiquing. Dont want to spend lots of time doing castles & ruins, more interested in nature.

One of us will fly home (from LHR) and another will start a cruise in Southampton.

Driving Coastal Way in Wales or Cambrian Way or some of both?
And where would you stop for how many nights? We have about 5 nights to work with

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Given you're starting in Liverpool it would make sense to head west to Eryri | Snowdonia National Park and spend a few nights there - you will be there in less than two hours and could spend your full day(s) exploring towns and villages like Betws-y-Coed, Trefriw, Conwy, Beddgelert which all have churches, hikes, pubs and tea rooms (so will tick your boxes!). Stay central somewhere like the Conwy Valley which is the first section of the Cambrian Way.

Then you could head south on the A470 - maybe towards Brecon and spend a few nights there for that section. You could easily divert west to do some of the Coastal Way but time might restrict this - there is enough to see and do in 4-5 days between North and South Wales down the middle (Cambrian Way).

2 / 3 nights or 3 / 2 nights divided between North and South Wales would really give you time to appreciate both areas.

You could drive straight from South Wales to Southampton (2-3 hours) and drop the LHR person off at a convenient station such as Newbury which is literally on the way before heading south to Southampton.

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