Detailed route cards for all 70 paths

To find out more about the South West Coast Path please visit National Trail or South West Coast Path Association.

To find out detailed information about each path, select the type of route you require and then click on an individual route card:

Easy | Moderate | Strenuous | Severe | Mixed

Croyde Bay to Barnstaple (doc 50k) Exmoor/North Devon
Barnstaple to Bideford (doc 50k) Exmoor/North Devon
Bideford to Westward Ho! (doc 50k) Exmoor/North Devon

Cremyll to Mountbatten Point (doc 50k) South Devon
Mountbatten Point to Wembury (doc 50k) South Devon
Shaldon to Starcross (Ferry) (doc 50k) South Devon

These routes may include some gradients but walkers of average fitness should have no difficulty in completing them. Light walking shoes or boots, wet weather gear and adequate food and water should suffice, remembering to follow the basic safety guidelines.

Minehead to Porlock Weir (doc 50k) Exmoor/North Devon
Porlock Weir to Lynmouth (doc 50k) Exmoor/North Devon

Bantham to Hope Cove (doc 50k) South Devon
Torcross to Dartmouth (doc 50k) South Devon
Brixham to Torquay Harbour (doc 50k) South Devon
Exmouth to Budleigh Salterton (doc 50k) South Devon
Beer to Lyme Regis (doc 50k) South Devon

Botallack in North Cornwall

Suitable for the more experienced walker, these paths will usually involve some steep climbs and descents. Care should be taken whilst walking along cliff edges, particularly in wet weather, and robust walking footwear should be worn. These routes represent more of a physical challenge and walkers are advised to ensure that they have sufficient food and water and are equipped to deal with poor weather. We recommend that walkers along these sections have appropriate OS Maps, and take the usual precautions normally associated with walking in remote areas.

Lynmouth to Combe Martin (doc 50k) Exmoor/North Devon
Westward Ho! to Clovelly (doc 50k) Exmoor/North Devon

River Erme (East) to Cockleridge (doc 50k) South Devon
Hope Cove to Salcombe (doc 50k) South Devon
Salcombe to Torcross (doc 50k) South Devon
Kingswear to Brixham Harbour (doc 50k) South Devon
Torquay to Shaldon (doc 50k) South Devon

Lyme Regis to West Bay (doc 50k) Dorset

Severe

Durdle Door in Dorset

Walkers on these routes should be physically fit enough to deal with some significant gradients. These routes can be as challenging as walking in the mountains of England and Wales, sometimes even more so, with severe switchbacks and lack of access to facilities along the route. You should be equipped to deal with potentially demanding conditions, have the appropriate OS maps, and take the usual precautions associated with walking in remote areas. Severe routes represent a physical challenge, although it should be stressed that routes are usually well waymarked and do not require mountaineering skills!

Hartland Quay to Marsland Mouth (doc 50k) Exmoor/North Devon

Some routes include different sections and therefore require different levels of ability. We recommend you consult the above guide and, if a path includes a section which you are not comfortable with, consider an alternative.

Combe Martin to Lee Bay (doc 50k) Exmoor/North Devon, Moderate to Strenuous
Lee Bay to Croyde Bay (doc 50k) Exmoor/North Devon, Strenuous to Moderate
Clovelly to Hartland Quay (doc 50k) Exmoor/North Devon, Moderate to Strenuous

Noss Mayo to River Erme (doc 50k) South Devon, Easy then Strenuous
Budleigh Salterton to Sidmouth (doc 50k) South Devon, Moderate then Strenuous
Sidmouth to Beer (doc 50k) South Devon, Severe then Strenuous

Abbotsbury to Weymouth (doc 50k) Dorset, Easy but Chesil Beach is Strenuous
Ferrybridge to Lulworth Cove (doc 50k) Dorset, Easy to Moderate to Strenuous
Kimmeridge to Swanage (doc 50k) Dorset, Strenuous, Moderate towards end

To view all paths by region, please click here.

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