Overview
Discover challenging and dramatic walking trails shaped by the footsteps of traders, smugglers, saints and pirates. Cornish walking trails will reveal ancient tin mines, clifftop castles, timeless fishing villages and wild moors as you travel through a landscape of huge cliffs and hidden coves that goes back to the depths of time itself. In between the coastal drama, iconic harbours such as St Ives and Padstow give walkers access to some of the UK‘s best restaurants and coastal hotels. A county encircled by the wild Atlantic ocean, there is over 330 miles of spectacular world class coast path here taking you around the farthest corners of England - put simply it feels like walking on the edge of the world.
Stretching from coast to coast across the southwest of England, Devon is a richly diverse county with rugged shores and cliffs in the north, and classic Victorian seaside resorts in the south. In between you'll find tranquil green pastures, wooded gorges and the two dramatic wild moors in the National Parks of Dartmoor and Exmoor. Choose Devon for its walking variety, and you'll find that the popular image of cream teas and thatched cottages is true - but that Devon is so much more once you explore it on two feet. Coast to coast routes like the Two Moors Way will offer a journey through it all from the wild northern shores that inspired the Romantic poets to the maritime ports of the south coast.
Free your soul and clear your mind! Walking on the wild moors of these National Parks is a wonderful antidote to modern living. England's last true wilderness, Dartmoor offers 365 square miles of virtually uninhabited freedom with high moors and twisted dramatic granite tors a land of myths, ghosts and legends. Exmoor, its smaller and more gentle neighour, is 250 Square miles of near perfect and unique beauty, with high uplands swathed in heather and steep, wooded gorges and rushing streams. See Dartmoor ponies and Exmoor stags in these wildlife rich areas, home to 30 species of mammals and over 240 types of bird. The moors offer a unique opportunity for more challenging walking where the only human sound you will hear is the rhythm of your own breath.
Avoid the crowds and discover “Secret Somerset” missed by so many rushing headlong for the far South West. The 'land of the summer people' was named in a time when this area could only be visited in the summer months as the sea receded. Today its a rich, fertile and 'for real' landscape crowned by the fine walking ridges of the Mendip and Quantock Hills both protected areas of outstanding natural beauty. Rising up over King Arthur‘s Vale of Avalon along with the magical Tor at Glastonbury, walkers will find hidden gorges, wooded combes and the best inland panoramas of the South West. Also boasting its own Jurassic Coast Path, providing a gateway into the wilds of Exmoor National Park, Somerset offers walking routes without the crowds for those who want to find..... what the rest miss.
Dorset has a comfortable old world “English” feel to it and its walking routes traverse a rather more green and agricultural land of thatched cottages, cream teas.... and fossils ! Walkers here will find the more gentle rolling farmland, pretty villages and chalk ridges beloved by Thomas Hardy that sweep down to end abruptly at the World Heritage Jurassic Coast. Here, alongside the sea, those after more challenging routes can take a walking holiday through time itself amongst the dramatic chalk stacks, cliffs and arches of the Dorsetshire fossil coast. An area that can be very busy in high season but often suits walkers looking for more gentle and less exposed walking than the far west of the region.
Wales offers some of the best walking and outdoor activities to be had anywhere in the world. The 870-mile Welsh Coast Path was only fully opened in 2012 and is the world's first walk along the entire coast of a nation. The terrain is on an equally grand scale with towering cliffs, vast stretches of unspoilt golden sands, imposing castles, offshore islands and to the north there is the backdrop of Snowdonia National Park with its stunning mountains. Wales in general offers walkers great value for money compared to more popular areas like Cornwall with walking options to suit everyone, from those who want the cosmopolitan restaurants and facilities of towns like Tenby and St Davids, through to isolated and remote forests and coastal hills that sit on the very cusp of the Snowdonian Peaks. Bursting with confidence and pride in its “Welshness”, its Celtic history, language and culture there has never been a better time for walkers to enter Wales.
The South West Coast Path is the UK's longest National Trail and one of the top ten walking routes in the world. It snakes, dips and rises continuously on its way through a staggering 1014km (630 miles) of pristine coastline, 450 miles of which is through nationally protected areas. It's a challenge too; walking the entire South West Coast Path is the equivalent to scaling Mount Everest four times! From towering cliffs to hidden coves, ghostly tin mines to lush subtropical wooded creeks. One minute a dramatic rock theatre hewn out of the cliffs, the next a prehistoric fossilized forest or a 20thC Art Deco Island Hotel. What sets The South West Coast Path apart from other trails is that around almost every corner is yet another surprise as you retrace the footsteps and histories of the tin miners, fisherman, smugglers, wreckers and the customs men who chased them.
1st March 2023 - We are now fully booked on our coast path routes until the end of May but please send quote requests in for June onwards as there is availability for the rest of the year. If you do plan to walk between now and June then our inland routes, Coleridge Way, Mendip Way, Saints Way Dartmoor Way and Two Moors Way still have availability for most dates so please get in touch.
41 miles - 2 miles Easy grade, 16 Moderate and 23 Strenuous - what this means - 4 or 5 days walking
St Ives to Penzance walking on the South West Coast Path - The first and last walking route in the Country Includes St Ives, The Minack Theatre, Penzance, Sennen Cove, abandoned tin mines, stone circles and even a dinosaur egg beach. This walk takes you to the end of the country at Lands End and back again through a grantite coastline of stark cliffs and idyllic beaches that never ceases to surprise and delight the walker. More Information on this walk
51 miles - 23 miles Easy grade, 23 miles Moderate and 5 miles Strenuous - what this means - between 3 and 8 days walking
Discover REAL Somerset on two feet walking along the little visited Mendip Ridge on a stunning inland route from the coast at Weston Super Mare to the ancient market town of Frome. Superb views and walking variety all the way as you pass through caving county at Cheddar Gorge and Wookey Hole, the historic City of Wells with its unique Cathedral and Bishops Palace and opt to walk on a personal “Pilgrimage” to visit Glastonbury with its iconic Tor and Abbey.
Excellent walk for rest day options, activities and exploring when not walking and generally easy/moderate grade so suitable for all walkers.
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51 miles - 5 miles Easy Grade, 38 Moderate and 8 miles Stenuous - what this means - A stunning walk off the usual tourist track taking you through the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Exmoor National Park and the hidden inland Brendon Valley of Lorna Doone fame. Lush woodlands, coastal views, rolling countryside and some high moorland walking give walkers a great mix of scenery over 4 or 6 days finishing with a dramatic descent down the gorges to the coast at Lynmouth ("Little Switzerland"). Overnights in traditional English villages in welcoming inns and small hotels all in the footsteps of one of our finest poets Samuel Coleridge. More Information on this walk
90 miles - Mainly Moderate Grade Walking with some strenuous sections on high moor - what this means-
6 to 8 days walking The ultimate walk through infamous Dartmoor National Park. A circular route around the mighty Moor that takes in every aspect of its scenery. Discover its Rocky Tors and high Moorland, deep forested gorges and ancient trackways. On the way everything from Medieval Castles, historic Abbeys, Stone Circles and Sherlock Holmes! Stay in bustling market towns, lonley 15th Century Moorland Inns and idyllic thatched villages. Using easy crossing routes for its high moorland sections this is a route suitable for all walkers - our most varied inland walk and perfect for those that like plenty to explore on route
61 miles - 3 miles Easy Grade, 51 Moderate and 7 Strenuous - what this means - 5 or 6 days walking
Walk through the unique flora and geology around the Lizard Peninsula to the UK's southernmost point and back on remote and less visited trails linked by unspoilt villages. Highlights include Frenchmans Creek (Daphne du Maurier), the Tropical Gardens at Trebah and Glendurgan, Kynance Cove Cornwall’s most atmospheric and best loved Cove, St Michaels Mount and the Helford Passage Creeks. A week of unspoilt villages such as Cadgwith, Coverack and Mullion.
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