The South West Coast Path passes along the cliffs (seen in the distance) at Ilfracombe, North Devon. The highest point in this view is Hillsborough (447 feet, 136 metres). Part of Ilfracombe is seen on the right.

The Rumps, on Pentire Point, North Cornwall, site of Iron Age cliff fortifications.

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 South West Coast Path passes along the cliffs in the distance, at Ilfracombe, North Devon. ... The South West Coast Path passes along the cliffs in the distance, at Ilfracombe, North Devon. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Categories: Stub | Devon ... Image File history File links The Rumps, site of Iron Age cliff fortifications, at Pentire Point, Cornwall. ... Image File history File links The Rumps, site of Iron Age cliff fortifications, at Pentire Point, Cornwall. ... The view from Pentire Point, looking towards Polzeath and Trebetherick Point. ... North Cornwall is local government district in Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... The following long-distance footpaths can be found in the United Kingdom: UK National Trails Cleveland Way round the edge of the North York Moors National Park in England Cotswold Way in England Glyndwrs Way in Wales Great Glen Way in Scotland Hadrians Wall Path in England North... Map sources for Minehead at grid reference SS9646 Minehead is a coastal town in West Somerset, England with a population of around 10,000. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination in the traditional county of Dorset in southern England. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ...

The path has been a complete National Trail since 1978. 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

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. Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Lulworth Cove The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site in south England. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... A Heritage Coast is a strip of coastline designated by the Countryside Agency in England and Wales. ... Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Dunster Yarn Market (a covered market for the sale of local cloth, built in 1609) and Dunster Castle, Exmoor Exmoor National Park is a national park situated on the Bristol Channel coast of Devon and Somerset in South West England. ... Dunster Yarn Market (a covered market for the sale of local cloth, built in 1609) and Dunster Castle, Exmoor Exmoor National Park is a national park situated on the Bristol Channel coast of Devon and Somerset in South West England. ...

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 (North)
  • Exmoor National Park
  • Hartland Point
  • Ilfracombe

• Devon (South)
  • Beer Caves
  • Bolt Tail
  • Dartmouth
  • Dawlish Warren (Spit and Estuary)
  • Kingsbridge Estuary
  • Ladram Bay
  • Otter Estuary
  • Plymouth Hob
  • Plymouth Sound
  • Jacob's Ladder

• 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 Albans Head
  • Studland Bay, Beach and Psammosere
  • Tyneham ghost village
  • Wey Estuary

• Somerset
  • Exmoor National Park

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Plymouth Sound, or just The Sound, is a bay at Plymouth in England. ... Location within the British Isles Sidmouth during the folk festival Arms of Sidmouth Town Council Sidmouth is a small town of 14,400 on the east Devon coast in south west England about 15 miles south east of Exeter. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Old Harry Rocks Old Harry Rocks peak A stack at Old Harry rocks Old Harry Rocks at Handfast Point are a small but characteristic set of coastal landforms off Ballard Down at the eastern end of the Jurassic Coast world heritage site near Swanage in Dorset, England. ... Chesil Beach from Fortuneswell Chesil Beach (sometimes called Chesil Bank) is a 18 mile (29km) long, 200 metre wide and 18 metre high shingle tombolo in Dorset, southern England. ... 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Kimmeridge is a small villiage in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated on the English Channel coast. ... Categories: Stub | Landforms ... Lulworth Cove Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in Dorset, south England. ... Categories: Stub | Towns in Dorset | English seaside resorts ... Nothe Fort is a fort in Weymouth, Dorset, England. ... Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination in the traditional county of Dorset in southern England. ... Chesil Beach from the hill above Fortuneswell, Portland Harbour is on the right. ... Chesil Beach from the hill above Fortuneswell, Portland Harbour is on the right. ... For other places named St Albans see St Albans (disambiguation) St Albans Head to Durlston Head, with Isle of Portland to Studland Cliffs, form a single unit of cliffed coastline some 40 km in length. ... Studland is a small village in Dorset, England famous for its beaches and Nature Reserve. ... 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Towns and Villages

• Cornwall
  • Bude
  • Falmouth
  • Fowey
  • Hayle
  • Looe
  • Mevagissey
  • Newlyn
  • Newquay
  • Padstow
  • Penzance
  • Perranporth
  • Polzeath
  • Porthlevan
  • Sennen
  • St Agnes
  • St Austell
  • St Ives
  • St Just
  • St Mawes
  • Torpoint

• Devon (North)
  • Barnstaple
  • Bideford
  • Ilfracombe
  • Lynmouth
  • Westward Ho!

• Devon (South)
  • Brixham
  • Budleigh Salterton
  • Dartmouth
  • Dawlish
  • Exmouth
  • Paignton
  • Plymouth
  • Salcombe
  • Seaton
  • Sidmouth
  • Teignmouth
  • Torquay
  • Wembury

• Dorset
  • Abbotsbury
  • Bridport
  • Fortuneswell
  • Lyme Regis
  • Swanage
  • Poole
  • Weymouth
  • Worth Matravers

• Somerset
  • Minehead
  • Porlock

Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow or occasionally Curnow) is a county of England, the part of Great Britains south-west peninsula that is west of the River Tamar, often known as the Cornish peninsula or plateau. ... Location within the British Isles Bude (Cornish: Bud) is a small resort town and watering-place in Cornwall on the north coast at the mouth of the river Neet. ... Falmouth is a sea-port on the south coast of Cornwall in the United Kingdom. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Map sources for Hayle at grid reference SW561373 Hayle (Cornish: Heyl) is a small town in Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... Looe: showing the bridge linking the East and West parts of the town. ... Mevagissey is a large fishing village situated on the English Channel coast six miles south of St Austell in Cornwall, England. ... External link Newlyn (DMOZ.org) Newlyn Photographs Categories: Stub | Towns in Cornwall ... Location within the British Isles. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Perranporth is a village on the north coast of Cornwall, England, near to Newquay. ... View of the beach from New Polzeath. ... Looking due North over Sennen Bay Sennen is the most westerly village in mainland England (though not Britain), being less than a mile from Lands End, in Cornwall. ... Location within the British Isles St Austell (Cornish: Sen Ostell) is a town in Cornwall, UK. The town initially grew as the first place where china clay was quarried in Europe. ... Location within the British Isles. ... St Just is the name of more than one place: St Just in Penwith, Cornwall St Just in Roseland, Cornwall This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... St. ... Torpoint is a town in the far South East of Cornwall, England, separated from the City of Plymouth by a stretch of water referred to as the Hamoaze, which itself is the mouth of the River Tamar. ... Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Arms of Bideford Town Council Bideford is a small port town on the northern coast of the county of Devon in south-west England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England. ... Westward Ho! is a seaside town in Torridge, Devon, England, near Bideford. ... Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Brixham is a small town in the county of Devon in the southwest of England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... The town seen from the River Dart Dartmouth is a town in Devon in the south-west of England. ... The Great Western Main Line runs along the Dawlish seafront Dawlish is a town on the south coast of Devon, England, 10 miles from the County town of Exeter, with a population of around 13,000 people. ... Map sources for Exmouth at grid reference SY004809 Exmouth is a town in Devon, England, at the east side of the mouth of the River Exe. ... Larger version Paignton is an English coastal town on the English Riviera near Torquay, in the county of Devon. ... Smeatons tower on Plymouth Hoe Plymouth is a city in the South West of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ... The view from Salcombe waterfront Salcombe is a town in the South Hams district of Devon, England on the Kingsbridge Estuary. ... Seaton can refer to: Seaton, County Durham, England Seaton, Cumbria, England Seaton, Devon, England This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Location within the British Isles Sidmouth during the folk festival Arms of Sidmouth Town Council Sidmouth is a small town of 14,400 on the east Devon coast in south west England about 15 miles south east of Exeter. ... Teignmouth is a town on the east bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign in south Devon, United Kingdom. ... Location within the British Isles Part of the Torquay seafront at high tide Torquay is a town on the south coast of England in the county of Devon which has extended along the coast of Torbay to the extent that it is now inextricably intermingled with the neighbouring town of... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... The Abbey barn Abbotsbury is a small village in south west Dorset, England, situated on The Fleet under a steep limestone hill, seven miles north west of Wetmouth and seven miles south west of Dorchester. ... See also Bridport, Tasmania. ... Categories: Stub | Towns in Dorset ... Categories: Stub | Towns in Dorset | English seaside resorts ... Location within the British Isles. ... Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination in the traditional county of Dorset in southern England. ... Weymouth Promenade in 1993 Weymouth is a coastal town in Dorset, England. ... Worth Matravers is a small village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated on the cliffs west of Swanage, with a population of 644. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... Map sources for Minehead at grid reference SS9646 Minehead is a coastal town in West Somerset, England with a population of around 10,000. ... Porlock beach Porlock is a quiet coastal village in Somerset, England, situated in a deep hollow below Exmoor, five miles west of Minehead. ...

External Links:

• Official site
• South West Coast Path Association, with Photo Tour
• Photos and Information