North Wales churches take to the beach for pop-up mission and litter-picking
The weekly event, called Shore to Shore, will see people walk a section of the beach and coastal path between...
Read moreJoin us for Shore to Shore 2024. It’s open to everyone and offers a fun opportunity to walk, talk, pray and serve the north Wales coast by picking up litter.
In this film, the Archdeacon of St Asaph, Andy Grimwood tells you all about it.


From 30 July, Shore to Shore begins with a Beach Mission at 1pm and the meeting point for those are below, marked with an X.
Anyone wanting to walk and litter-pick – all welcome – can meet at 2pm at the meeting points below.
Shore to Shore is a promenade with a purpose taking place during the 2022 summer holidays. Journey with us along the north Wales coast as we walk, pray and clear the way! It’s exercise, it’s social, it’s a pilgrimage and it’s good for the environment!
We’re inviting anyone interested (walkers for health, environmental groups, dog walkers, tourists, intercessors) to share in one or more of these events. We shall chat as we walk, litter picking and stopping to pray at several pre-arranged locations. Anyone not wishing to pray should be able to gather a bit more rubbish until we are all ready to move on. Those not able to walk are invited to join us at any of the prayer points shown on the map for the day.
We hope that this might be accessible to most, but if you can’t come then do please still pray for the communities, the visitors, the local churches, the environment and the walkers.
You can download a copy of each route opposite. You can download a copy of the poster below here.
25 July: Walk 1, starting at St David’s Church, Glan-Y-Mor Road, LL30 3NT: Penrhyn loop
1 August: Walk 2, starting at Eirlas Point, Old Colwyn, LL29 8HH : Old Colwyn/Eirlas Point loop
8 August: Walk 3, starting at Pensarn Beach, LL22 7BU : Pensarn Beach loop
15 August: Walk 4, starting at Rhyl Harbour Cafe (LL18 5AX) and ending at Prestatyn Nova Centre (LL19 7EY) : Rhyl Harbour to Prestatyn
22 August: Walk 5, Starting at Prestatyn Nova Centre (LL19 7EY): Prestatyn loop
29 August: Walk 6: Litter picking at Prestatyn Classic Cars. Meet at Christ Church, Prestatyn (LL19 9AR)
All walks start at 2pm.
Except for walk 4 (Rhyl to Prestatyn) the routes start and finish in the same place.
Read reflections from those taking part in Shore to Shore in the summer edition of Teulu Asaph.
Shore to Shore is a promenade with a purpose taking place every Monday for six weeks starting on 19th July at 1pm. Journey with us from Talacre to Llandudno as we walk, pray and clear the way! It’s exercise, it’s social, it’s a pilgrimage and it’s good for the environment!
Four Mission Areas (Bryn a Môr, Aber-Morfa, Aled & Aberconwy) are working together on this as part of the developing St Asaph Coastal Strategy, inviting anyone interested (walkers for health, environmental groups, dog walkers, tourists, intercessors) to share in one or more of these events.
Travelling East to West we shall assemble and share out the litter grabbers and bin bags, but do please bring your own gloves. We shall then, chat as we walk, litter picking and stopping to pray at several pre-arranged locations. Anyone not wishing to pray should be able to gather a bit more rubbish until we are all ready to move on. Those not able to walk are invited to join us at any of the prayer points shown on the map for the day and especially at the end when a prayer van will be on hand to encourage us with water and other spiritual refreshment.
We hope that this might be accessible to most, but if you can’t come then do please still pray for the communities, the visitors, the local churches, the environment and the walkers.
Shore to shore (19th July – 23rd August) the Church in Wales Out and About!
19 July 2021: Walk 1 – Talare to Prestatyn (PDF)
26 July 2021: Walk 2 – Prestatyn to Rhyl Harbour (zip file)
2 August 2021: Walk 3 – Rhyl Habour to Pensarn Beach (zip)
9 August 2021: Walk 4 – Pensarn to Old Colwyn (zip)
16 August 2021: Walk 5 – Old Colwyn to Penrhyn (zip)
23 August 2021: Walk 6 – Penrhyn to Llandudno North Shore (zip)

