Independent Trails: Fact File NDEV3

North Devon

Trail Facts

Total distance: 87 miles (139 km)

Duration: 12 nights, 11 days walking (hiking)

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 5 miles (8 km)/12 miles (19 km)

Average daily distance: 8 miles (13 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: NDEV3

 

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 Heddon’s Mouth              6 miles (10 km)

 

Day 5: Heddon’s Mouth to Combe Martin       7 miles (11 km)

 

Day 6: Combe Martin to Ilfracombe                5 ½ miles (9 km)

 

Day 7: Ilfracombe to Woolacombe                 7 miles (11 km)

 

Day 8: Woolacombe to Croyde                      6 ½ miles (10.5 km)

 

Day 9: Croyde to Braunton                             9 ½ miles (15 km)

 

Day 10: Braunton to Barnstaple                     5 miles (8 km)

 

Day 11: Barnstaple to Bideford                      10 miles (16 km)

 

Day 12: Bideford to Westward Ho!                 9 miles (14.5 km)

 

Day 13: 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.   Lynmouth is another place to consider, the walk to Watersmeet, where the East and West Lyn Rivers meet is delightful. If you would like to visit Lundy Island, consider having an extra night in Ilfracombe or Bideford.  There are frequent ferries to the island from Ilfracombe (April to September) and Bideford (throughout the year).   Barnstaple is another good choice for a rest day.   It is a lovely old market town with some fine buildings, a few interesting shops and an entertaining museum.

 

 

What's included

 

• 12 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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