Independent Trails: Fact File EDEV2

Exmouth to Lyme Regis

Trail Facts

 

Total distance: 30 miles (48 km)

Duration: 5 nights, 4 days walking (hiking)

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 6 miles (9.5 km)/8 ½ miles (13.5 km)

Average daily distance: 7 ½ miles (12 km)

Waymarking: The route is very clearly waymarked with South West Coast Path National Trail acorn waymarks and is very easy to follow

Season: All year

Starting point of holiday: Exmouth

End of holiday: Lyme Regis

Code: EDEV2

 

Itinerary

 

Day 1: Travel to Exmouth

 

Day 2: Exmouth to Budleigh Salterton                        6 miles (9.5 km)

 

Day 3: Budleigh Salterton to Sidmouth                       7 miles (11 km)

 

Day 4: Sidmouth to Beer                                            8 ½ miles (13.5 km)

 

Day 5: Beer to Lyme Regis                                        8 ½ miles (13.5 km)

 

Day 6: Depart from Lyme Regis

 

Extra nights/Rest days

 

The charming seaside resort of Sidmouth is worth considering for a rest day.   There are some lovely walks inland from the delightful village of Beer.   Lyme Regis, with its beautiful harbour, interesting museum, fine old buildings, literary connections and its fossil-rich cliffs is an excellent choice for an extra night.

 

What's included

 

• 5 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses
• Full English breakfast.
• Door to door luggage transfer along the trail
• Maps with the route marked on and a guidebook describing the trail
• An information pack containing an itinerary, detailed instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list
• Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
• Emergency assistance

 

Travel Information

 

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.

 

Most convenient International airport: London

 

Outward journey from London to Exmouth: There is a fast and regular train service from London Paddington to Exmouth (3 1/2 hours). From the station it is a short walk to your first nights accommodation.

 

Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: It is a short bus or taxi journey from Lyme Regis to the train station at Axminster. There is a fast and regular train service to London Paddington/Waterloo from Axminster (2 1⁄2 hours).

 

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