The South West Coast Path is England’s longest waymarked long-distance footpath and a National Trail. It stretches for 630 miles, running from Minehead in Somerset, along the coasts of Somerset, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset to Poole Harbour in Dorset
Now if you thinking of walking it like myself I have broken down the route to manageable stages which would be suitable for myself and the average walker.
51 Day Walking – South West Coastal Path
Stage | Start Point | End Point | Distance (Miles) | Ascend (Feet) | Route |
1 | Minehead, Somerset | Porlock Wier, Somerset | 10.2 | 1519 | Link |
2 | Porlock Wier | Lynmouth, Somerset | 11.4 | 2008 | Link |
3 | Lynmouth | Combe Martin, | 13.3 | 2008 | Link |
4 | Combe Martin | Woolacombe, Devon | 14.1 | 2703 | Link |
5 | Woolacombe, Devon | Braunton, Devon | 15 | 1008 | Link |
6 | Braunton, Devon | Instow, Devon | 14.3 | 430 | Link |
7 | Instow, Devon | Westward Ho, Devon | 8.1 | 408 | Link |
8 | Westward Ho, Devon | Clovelly, Devon | 11.3 | 2365 | Link |
9 | Clovelly, Devon | Hartman Quay, Devon | 10 | 2037 | Link |
10 | Hartman Quay, Devon | Bude, Cornwall | 14.3 | 3254 | Link |
10 | Bude, Cornwall | Crackington Haven, Cornwall | 11 | 1958 | Link |
11 | Crackington Haven, Cornwall | Tintagel, Cornwall | 11.2 | 2611 | Link |
12 | Tintagel, Cornwall | Port Iaasc, Cornwall | 8.8 | 2181 | Link |
13 | Port Iaasc, Cornwall | Padstow, Cornwall | 12.7 | 1774 | Link |
14 | Padstow, Cornwall | Porthcothan, Cornwall | 13.3 | 1325 | Link |
15 | Porthcothan, Cornwall | Newquay, Cornwall | 10.5 | 1456 | Link |
16 | Newquay, Cornwall | Perranporth, Cornwall | 14.4 | 1341 | Link |
17 | Perranporth, Cornwall | Portreah, Cornwall | 12.1 | 2089 | Link |
18 | Portreah, Cornwall | Hayle, Cornwall | 11.9 | 1381 | Link |
19 | Hayle, Cornwall | St Ives, Cornwall | 5.1 | 541 | Link |
20 | St Ives, Cornwall | Pendeen, Cornwall | 15.3 | 2008 | Link |
21 | Pendeen, Cornwall | Lands End, Cornwall | 9.2 | 2008 | Link |
22 | Lands End, Cornwall | Mousehole, Cornwall | 12.5 | 2034 | Link |
23 | Mousehole, Cornwall | Marazion, Cornwall | 6.6 | 226 | Link |
24 | Marazion, Cornwall | Porthleven, Cornwall | 10.7 | 1568 | Link |
25 | Porthleven, Cornwall | Lizard, Cornwall | 14 | 1742 | Link |
26 | Lizard, Cornwall | Coverack, Cornwall | 10.2 | 1742 | Link |
27 | Coverack, Cornwall | Helford, Cornwall | 13.4 | 1545 | Link |
28 | Helford, Cornwall | Falmouth, Cornwall | 10 | 1003 | Link |
29 | Falmouth, Cornwall | Portloe, Cornwall | 13.5 | 1824 | Link |
30 | Portloe, Cornwall | Mevagissey, Cornwall | 12.3 | 2047 | Link |
31 | Mavagissey, Cornwall | Par, Cornwall | 10.7 | 1666 | Link |
32 | Par, Cornwall | Polperro, Cornwall | 14 | 2316 | Link |
33 | Polperro, Cornwall | Portwrinkle, Cornwall | 13.2 | 2372 | Link |
34 | Portwrinkle, Cornwall | Plymouth, Devon | 13.3 | 1578 | Link |
35 | Plymouth, Devon | River Yeam Crossing, Devon | 16.2 | 1614 | Link |
36 | River Yeam Crossing, Devon | Bigbury, Devon | 13.5 | 2132 | Link |
37 | Bigbury, Devon | Salcombe, Devon | 12.7 | 1942 | Link |
38 | Salcombe, Devon | Torcross, Devon | 9.7 | 1489 | Link |
39 | Torcross, Devon | Dartmouth, Devon | 11 | 2493 | Link |
40 | Dartmouth, Devon | Brixham, Devon | 12.7 | 1617 | Link |
41 | Brixham, Devon | Babbacombe, Devon | 16.4 | 2218 | Link |
42 | Babbacombe, Devon | Exmouth, Devon | 12.5 | 1620 | Link |
43 | Exmouth, Devon | Sidmouth, Devon | 10.4 | 2230 | Link |
44 | Sidmouth, Devon | Seaton, Devonh | 15.1 | 2759 | Link |
45 | Seaton, Devon | Seatown, Dorset | 15.1 | 2759 | Link |
46 | Seatown, Dorset | Abbotsbury, Dorset | 11.9 | 1072 | Link |
47 | Abbotsbury, Dorset | Ferrybridge, Dorset | 11.1 | 679 | Link |
48 | Ferrybridge, Dorset | Ferrybridge, Dorset | 13.2 | 1335 | Link |
49 | Ferrybridge, Dorset | Lulworth, Dorset | 15 | 1917 | Link |
50 | Luworth, Dorset | Worth Mavers, Dorset | 15.3 | 2008 | Link |
51 | Worth Mavers, Dorset | Haven Point, Dorset | 16.4 | 2008 | Link |