Independent Trails: Fact File NDEV1

North Devon

Trail Facts

Total distance: 87 miles (139 km)

Duration: 7 nights, 6 days walking

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 9 ½ miles (15 km)/23 ½ miles (37.5 km)

Average daily distance: 14 ½ miles (23 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: Minehead

End of holiday: Westward Ho!

Tour code: NDEV1

 

Itinerary

 

Day 1: Travel to Minehead

 

Day 2: Minehead to Porlock Weir                   9 ½ miles (15 km)

 

Day 3: Porlock Weir to Lynmouth                  12 miles (19 km)

 

Day 4: Lynmouth to Combe Martin                13 ½ miles (21.5 km)

 

Day 5: Combe Martin to Woolacombe           13 miles (21 km)

 

Day 5: Combe Martin to Braunton                 15 ½ miles (25 km)

 

Day 6: Braunton to Westward Ho!                 23 ½ miles (37.5 km)

 

Day 7: Depart from Westward Ho!

 

 

Extra nights/Rest days

 

An extra night gives you a chance to explore some of the towns and villages along the trail or relax and give those weary legs a rest.   Porlock Weir is an excellent place to linger and relax.   The attractive village of Lynmouth is another place to consider - the walk from Lynmouth to Watersmeet, where the East and West Lyn Rivers meet is delightful.

 

 

What's included

 

• 7 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 with detailed instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, 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 Minehead: Train from London Paddington to Taunton (2 hours).   From Taunton there is a regular bus service to Minehead or during the summer months you can catch one of the steam trains to Minehead.

 

Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: Bus or taxi to Barnstaple. There is a frequent train service from Barnstaple to London Paddington (4 hours).

 

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