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Walking Holidays Cornwall |
The South West Coast Path is a spectacular 630-mile (1,008km) trail around the south-western tip of England. Beginning at Minehead in Somerset it follows the coastline through Devon and Cornwall to Poole in Dorset. We have divided the trail into nine sections to provide a selection of walking holidays ranging in length from four nights to four weeks or more.
The coastline between Westward Ho! and the little seaport of Padstow with its lively harbour is a spectacular one of high cliffs, rugged headlands and secluded little coves. The path crosses many notable viewpoints, including Gallantry Bower, Hartland Point and The Rumps; passes the tiny inlets of Crackington Haven and Port Quin; the sleepy little village of Morwenstow; visits a number of picturesque fishing villages including Clovelly, Boscastle, Portgaverne and Port Isaac; and explores Tintagel's dramatic ruined castle, the birthplace of King Arthur. Between Padstow and St Ives the coast path passes beautiful little sandy bays, rocky promontories, long beaches, dunes, cliffs and dramatic rock stacks like the Giants Stepping Stones of Bedruthan Steps. Little fishing harbours like Perranporth and Portreath, the sleepy village of Gwithian with its pretty thatched cottages, old tin-mining villages like St Agnes, with its neat terraces of miners' cottages, the forlorn ruins of old engine houses perched on the cliffs, Iron Age cliff castles, Bronze Age barrows and ruined chapels add to the charm of this lovely walk.
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South West Coast Path between Minehead and Westward Ho! is astonishingly
diverse. It begins with the high ‘hog's back' cliffs,
purple tinted moors and beautiful coastal oak woodlands of Exmoor. Around
Combe Martin the coast softens to one of low cliffs, tiny coves and headlands.
These are replaced in turn by sweeping sandy beaches and dunes and then
by the shores of the beautiful Taw and Torridge Estuaries. The Valley
of Rocks with its jagged sandstone pinnacles, the dramatic gorge of Heddon
Mouth, Culbone Church, the smallest complete parish church in England
and the delightful villages of Bossington, Porlock and Lynmouth add to
the interest of this splendid walk.