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General information

 visitengland.com provides a wide range of information about England, including a section outdoor England.
Listing of Milford On-line Listings Hotels, B&B and other logdings in England, with clickable maps. Many establishments with on-line brochures
South West Tourism provides a comprehensive introduction to the region which also includes Accommodation.
Tourist Net UK has listings of hotels, guest houses, farms and self catering establishments.
UK Backpackers provides a guide to backpackers and hostels for the UK and Ireland.
YHA home page.
seasidehols.com concentrates upon accommodation along the coast of Devon and Cornwall.
DevonHotels.net provides help to find hotel accommodation in Devon.
Dorset & Hants Cottage holidays provide quality self-catering accommodation.
Hidays Holiday Cottages specialise in the UK, Ireland and France.
St Aubyn Estates provide a number of self-catering cottages in Marazion, Porthgwarra and Nanjizal, West Penwith, Cornwall.
Luggage Transfers South West offer to take your luggage between stop-off points.

If you provide accommodation within 1 mile of the Coast Path, or if you are prepared to do Path pick-ups, e-mail us with the details of your establishment and we'll add you to our accommodation list.

Walking Holidays

See also our separate list of Walking Holiday companies some of which also arrange kit transfer.

Instep Holidays specialise in arranging your travel and accommodation for you.
West Country Walks arrange walking holidays along the North Devon coast and Exmoor.
Contours Walking Holidays offer a wide range of guided and self-led hiking tours which includes the South West Coast Path.
Combe Walks offer self-guided walks in North Devon, Tarka Country and Exmoor, many including sections of the Coast Path.
Westcountry Walking Holidays is a family business, based in the Westcountry and specialising in providing walking holidays in the Westcountry.
LightFoot Walking Holidays specialise in arranging your accommodation for walking the Cornish coast, with holiday durations between 3 days and 4 weeks.
Hidden Cornwall arrange all kinds of walking holidays in Cornwall--including the Coast Path.
Footpath Holidays has been in operation for 22 years and includes stretches of the South West Coast Path both as centre-based guided walking groups accommodated in hotels or for self-guided walkers.
Let's Go Walking! organise guided or self-guided walking holidays along the Devon and Cornwall coast path.
Encounter Cornwall arranges holidays involving walking. Areas covered include the Coast Path and the Saints Way (Fowey to Padstow).
Way2go4 Walking Holidays is based in North Devon and provides both self-guided and guided walking holidays in Devon and Cornwall.
Celtic Trails offer self-guided, or guided, walks, with kit transfer on the South West Coast Path.

Travel

National Rail Timetable
Want to get to the West Country by train? Try the National Rail on-line timetable.
National Express Coach Network
The National Express web page gives details of coach services.
South West England Bus Timetables
www.showbus.co.uk publish a comprehensive listing of services covering the area of the coast path.
First Buses
First buses operate throughout the South West. Choose from the following regions; Devon & Cornwall
Dorset
Somerset.
West Somerset Railway
Start or end your walk in style aboard the West Somerset Railway which runs between Minehead and Bishop's Lydeard near Taunton. Most services are steam-hauled.
Maps of the UK
Multimap is a neat web site which you can use to find places in the UK based on addresses.
UK Travel Guide
The UK Travel Guide provides comprehensive information about travelling to the UK. Includes clickable maps for the whole of the UK and also London.
QuickTide Tide Tables
QuickTide is a compact A5-sized card that predicts the tides for two years for all the SWCP. It is useful for river crossings and those stretches of beach where you may wish to walkalong the beach and not be caught by a high tide! The "south-west" QuickTide also predicts the tides for south Wales and Cherbourg to Gibraltar. Available from www.quicktide.co.uk or 0117-973 6688. Other QuickTides cover the rest of the UK (see the website).

Regions of the Coast Path

The South West

 South West Tourism is the official guide to the South West of England. Find places to stay, events, attractions and where to eat.
The South West England Gateway has a collection of information and links providing a guide to business and leisure in South West England.
For more info on walking in the South West and around England, along with other countryside activities and places to visit see outdoorengland.com - a website of England's official tourist board.
More information about the Jurassic Coast can be had from http://www.worldheritagecoast.net. This site includes sight-seeing and accommodation information.

Cornwall

 Cornwall On-line
Cornwall Connect provides a comprehensive range of Cornwall-related pages.
Cornish Holidays specialise in providing holiday cottages in Cornwall.
Willow Books located in St Agnes, specialise in Cornish and Celtic books.
Cornish Light Photography and Beautiful Devon has many examples of what draws amateur photographers to this region. And you may purchase their work.
The Mevagissey to Fowey Ferry operates between May and September.
Accommodation Cornwall - VisitDevonandCornwall.comholiday accommodation throughout Devon and Cornwall.
cornwall-holiday.net is a very useful website for visitors to Cornwall including accommodation, attractions, sport and activities along with information about villages, history and culture.
The North Cornwall Directory provides details about Holidays and Accommodation in North Cornwall

Devon

 Northern Devon Coast & Countryside Service is responsible for the Somerset and North Devon sections of the coast path.
Devon For All Seasons is run by Devon County Council and provides lots of tourism and visitor information.
Devon Connect provides a comprehensive range of Devon-related pages.
Brixham area
Tor-bay.com presents a photographic virtual tour of the English Riviera--Torquay, Paignton, Brixham and Cockington within Torbay, Devon.
ExeterViews has lots of information about Exeter.
Brixham Sea Watch has information about the wildlife in the seas around this popular seaside town.
Tim Stanger's web site has many more pictures of the Coast Path in the south Devon area.
Devon Explore provides a general range of information about Devon.
The English Riviera provides detailed information on the 22 miles of coast encompasing Torquay, Paignton and Brixham.
Walking North Devon provides information on the annual North Devon Walking Festival.
Devon Rambler's Association
Accommodation Devon - VisitDevonandCornwall.comholiday accommodation throughout Devon and Cornwall.
The Hartland Peninsula Association's web-site provides detailed information about the spectacular Atlantic coastline between Brownsham National Trust in the north to Bursdon Moor in the south.
Croydecycle produces a series of large-scale maps suitable for walkers and cyclists covering the North Devon area.

Dorset

 Purbeck Tourism has information and links to resources about the region.
Jurassic Coast extends from Old Harry to east Devon and this site has information about the whole section.
Swanage and the Isle of Purbeck
The Dorset Page has a great deal of interesting information about the County and is an excellent site.
Poole Tourism for all you need to know about Poole Dorset. [Poole is situated just over the water from South Haven Point.]
Jon Mills' Dorset Coast Path site has six pages covering the Dorset section, plus information on geology and flora+fauna.
The Dorset Ramblers has information about the Ramblers Association in Dorset.
West Bay, Dorset Carries very useful information for visitors to this part of the west coast of Dorset and also general information for Lyme Bay's coastal towns and villages.
iDorset covers a wide range of services available in the County, including tourism and leisure.
The BBC has some interesting 360-degree panoramic photos of the Dorset coast path (Java Required) including one taken at Durdle Door.
The Bournemouth Coast Path starts at Swanage and runs beyond the end of the South West Coast Path to Lymington, where the Solent Way starts. This site has a quick description of the path split into seven sections.

Somerset

 Aladdin Leisure is a commercial site with links to several websites for the South West.
Whatsonexmoor is a comprehensive visitor guide to the whole greater Exmoor area and is constantly updated.

Long Distance Trails and other Walking Sites

www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southwestcoastpath is is official web-site for the SWCP and is run by the South West Coast Path team.

The Rambler's Association work throughout the UK to support walking. Their site includes comprehensive information about all long distance paths in the UK.

Martin Hesp's West Country Walks site features many different walks throughout the whole of the South West, many centred on the coast. Martin is well-known in the area as a reporter on the Western Morning News and also has been seen on TV.

Pennine Way 251 mile root along Pennine backbone of England.
Southern Upland Way 212 mile Southern Scotland Coast to Coast Trail.
Coast to Coast Wainwrights 190 mile walk across England.
Offa's Dyke 168 mile National Trail near English/Welsh border.
Peddars Way & Norfolk Coast Coast Path 93 mile National Trail in Norfolk.
Dales Way 80 mile path from Ilkley in Yorkshire to Windermere in Cumbria.
Information and personal experience of many UK Long Distance Paths.
Long Distance Walkers Association.
Walk Scene is a new site which aims to provide a wide-range of services for walkers.
The Saints' Way is a 30-mile route between Fowey and Padstow.
Jon Combe's Explore the SWCP aims eventually to contain a comprehensive coverage of the SWCP.
Walking-Routes.co.uk has links to dozens of walks on dozens of website, mostly free.

Miscellaneous

The National Trust has an Official Web site which includes a area dedicated to some of their coastal properties.

Cromwell's Plaques can create custom made momentos to celebrate your special achievement, like completing the longest National Trail in Britain!

Exmoor Search and Rescue gives information about a voluntary group who assist the Police in looking for lost people in the Exmoor region. One of those groups we hope we'll never need, but it's nice to know they're there!

The Good Beach Guide offers information about dozens of excellent beaches in the South West, as well as wider in the British Isles.

James Skinner has created a quality calligraphic map of The South West Coast Path which would make a superb gift or an ideal memento for anyone having walked part or all of the path.

Steve McInstosh of D J Cabs, St Ives, will happily carry your luggage onwards for quite a considerable distance along the South West Coast Path from Portreath around Land's End as far as Porthleven. Telephone: 01736 796633, info@djcars.com http://www.djcars.com

http://www.aphotoflora.com/ provides a comprehensive listing of plants you may see during your walks in Cornwall and Devon.

http://www.virtualbookcompany.co.uk Supply an interactive DVD featuring the South West Coast Path priced £19.95 plus £1.95 post and packing. The DVD offers:

And much more. To order a copy please visit the web-site (above) and buy online. You can also purchase by sending a cheque payable to the Virtual Book Company to: 
The Virtual Book Company
Old Mill Business Centre
Bridgend
West Looe
Cornwall    PL13 2AE
Please quote promotional code SWCPA4 and please allow 7 days for delivery. For every copy sold they will donate £4 to the association.

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Last updated 3rd March 2009

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