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Walking Holiday on the UK's
South West Coast Path
from Exmouth to Ferry Bridge
along the Jurassic Coast
(or vice versa)
7 nights, 6 days walking
Total Distance:
60 miles
Min/max daily distance:
8/13 miles
Average Daily distance:
10 miles
Grading:
easy to severe
Features:
Jurassic Coast
Lyme Regis Undercliff
You make your own way to Exmouth in Devon. We can assist with transfers if necessary.
Car parking is available for the duration of the walk.
Day 2: Exmouth
to Sidmouth. 13 miles moderate/strenuous
This is the start of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. The path
leaves Exmouth and makes its way to Budleigh Salterton. You cut inland
briefly to cross the River Otter and then along the top of the characteristic
red sandstone cliffs of Devon to Sidmouth.
Heading out of Sidmouth you cross the River Sid and make your way up to Salcombe Hill. Following an interesting zigzagging path along the cliffs you eventually come to the quaint village of Branscombe. Leaving Branscombe you walk through the Hooken Undercliff, a chaotic, jumbled wooded slope formed by a landslip in 1790, with red marls, yellow greensand and towers of chalk. After rounding Beer Head you walk through Beer and on to Seaton.
Walking through the Undercliff between Seaton and Lyme Regis is like being in a jungle. The rocky shores of Lyme Regis and Charmouth are famous for yielding fossils from the Jurassic period. At Lyme Regis the South West Coast Path connects with the Liberty Trail.
The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre down at the beach is full of fossils and is worth a visit. The cliffs are unfortunately very unstable and so the coast path is a little way inland but still affords great views of the Isle of Portland.
The cliffs here give way to the long pebbly beach of Chesil Bank. The pebbles are bean-sized at this end of the beach, and gradually get larger until they are potato sized on the Isle of Portland.
On leaving Abbotsbury the path, surprisingly, does not go along Chesil Beach but works it way over rolling hills, through fields and past woodlands a little way in from the coast. Then it follows the shores of West Fleet Lagoon until reaching Ferry Bridge.
We can transfer you to your car or station.
What's included
in your UK walking holiday
on the South West Coast Path
- accommodation at high quality guest houses, inns or small hotels on a bed and breakfast basis
- room with en-suite or private bathroom, tea and coffee making facilities
- daily luggage transfer
- support should there be any problems on route
- detailed itineraries
Short walking breaks are also available, with 2 or 3 days walking. Just select the part of the coast path you want to walk.
The above distances are only a suggestion. If you would like to walk longer or shorter distances, we can arrange that too.
We pride ourselves in offering the widest choice of bespoke walking holidays on the South West Coast Path.
We have no minimum party size and do not cancel holidays due to minimum numbers.
Optional Extras
for your UK Walking Holiday
on the South West Coast Path
- upgrade to the region's most elegant, prestigious and famous hotels, where available
- transfers back to car or station
- parking facilities
- rest days
- inn to inn walks
Three nights £219
Seven nights £459
All prices subject to change
By Car to Exmouth where parking is available
By Train / Bus to Exeter where we can arrange transfer to Exmouth
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Contact us for schedule and availability. Lines are open 9am to 9pm 7 days a week.  +44
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