South West Coast Path
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At 630 miles (1014 km) long, the South West Coast Path is Britain's longest national trail, running from Minehead in Somerset to Poole in Dorset. Since it rises and falls with every river mouth, it is also one of the more challenging.
The path has been a complete National Trail since 1978.
The path includes the 95 mile (155km) long Dorset and East Devon Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, the Dorset Heritage Coast, the East Devon Heritage Coast, the South Devon Heritage Coast, the Rame Head Heritage Coast, the Gribbin Head - Polperro Heritage Coast, the Roseland Heritage Coast, the Lizard Heritage Coast, the Penwith Heritage Coast, the Godreavy - Portreath Heritage Coast, the Trevose Head Heritage Coast, the Pentire Point - Widemouth Heritage Coast, the Hartland Heritage Coast, the North Devon Heritage Coast, the Exmoor Heritage Coast and Exmoor National Park.
Places of Interest
- Cornwall
- Black Head
- Cape Cornwall
- Carbis Bay
- Crackington Haven
- Dodman Point
- Falmouth Bay
- Godrevy island
- Gribbin Head
- Gweek Seal Sanctuary
- Hayle Sands
- Helford River
- Land's End
- Lizard Point
- Looe
- Mevagissey
- Minack Theatre
- Mullion Cove
- Pentire Point
- Polperro
- Rame Head
- St Agnes Head
- St Ives Island
- St Mawes Castle
- St Michael's Mount
- Tintagel
- Trevose Head
- Whitsound Bay
- Widemouth Bay
- Devon (South)
- Dorset
- Ballad Down and Old Harry Rocks
- Chesil Beach and The Fleet (Tombolo and Lagoon)
- Durdle Door (Natural Arch)
- Durlston Country Park
- Golden Cap
- Isle of Portland
- Kimmeridge (Wave Cut Platform and Rocky Shore)
- Lulworth Cove
- The Cob and The Fossils at Lyme Regis
- Nothe Fort
- Poole Harbour
- Portland Bill
- Portland Harbour
- St Alban's Head
- Studland Bay, Beach and Psammosere
- Tyneham ghost village
- Wey Estuary
Towns and Villages
- Devon (South)
External Links:
- Official site (http://www.southwestcoastpath.com/)
- South West Coast Path Association, with Photo Tour (http://www.swcp.org.uk/)
- Photos and Information (http://www.traildatabase.org/sww/index.html)