The South West Coast Path
Somerset - Devon - Cornwall - Dorset
Minehead - Porlock - Lynmouth - Ilfracombe - Clovelly - Hartland Quay - Boscastle - Tintagel - Port Isaac - Padstow - Newquay - St Ives - Land's End - Penzance - St Michael's Mount - Porthleven - Lizard Point - Falmouth - Mevagissey - Charlestown - Fowey - Looe - Plymouth - Salcombe - Dartmouth - Torquay - Exmouth - Weymouth - Isle of Portland - Lulworth Cove - Swanage - South Haven Point
The South West Coast Path offers you 630 miles of stunning coastal walking, over woodlands, high cliffs, long sandy beaches, discreet coves, rocky headlands and picturesque villages. The Path runs from Minehead in Somerset to Poole in Dorset and has its origin as a route used by coastguards who needed to be able to investigate every cove and inlet in their patrol for smugglers. Necessary diversions due to coastal erosions have since been introduced at various points, which only add to the drama of the landscape. Today's route can be a bit of a roller-coaster ride, over some isolated and remote terrain, following not necessarily the most direct route between any two points.
| 1. Somerset & North Devon | 2. North Cornwall Atlantic Coast | 3. Land's End & Lizard Peninsula |
| 4. South Cornwall | 5. South Devon | 6. Dorset |
To walk the South West Coast Path from end to end, it has been estimated by the SWCP Association that you will have climbed the equivalent of 115000ft or 35030m, just a little bit short of walking Everest four times, from sea level! You would have passed through five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, seventeen Heritage Coasts, a National Park, two World Heritage Sites, a UNESCO Geopark and a UNESCO Biosphere reserve... You would also need to use 17 Ordnance Survey maps at 1:25,000 scale to navigate the full route!
You don't have to do it all at once, or you may select specific section(s) to walk. You also do not have to carry the maps and your baggage. Let us sort that out for you. To help you select your holiday, we have broken down the Path into the sections shown on the map above and prepared itineraries with brief descriptions of the terrain and some of the landmarks along the route.
Remember, you may start or end your walk at any point, or if you would like to walk sections that are not consecutive we can arrange transport as required.
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Holiday Prices for 2012
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Your accommodation will be in specially selected hotels, guest houses and country inns that are close to your chosen route. In the unlikely event that your accommodation is further than 2km from the route we will arrange transport to and from your accommodation to the route. We select accommodation that offers evening meals themselves or is near restaurants and pubs. Again, in the unlikely event that this is not possible, we will arrange transport to and from the nearest village that has pubs and restaurants offering evening meals. Please note: we will endeavour to secure en-suite/private facilities, however this cannot always be guaranteed due to the lack of accommodation in some areas. |
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