South West Coast Path Walking Holidays
Itineraries based on the National Trail guide books

A 630 mile walking route which starts in Minehead in Somerset, goes through Devon and Cornwall and finishes in South Haven Point in Dorset. This forms part of the England Coast Path.

South West Coast Path walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

South West Coast Path walking holiday in UK with Lets Go Walking

South West Coast Path walking holiday in UK with Lets Go Walking

Enjoy a self-guided South West Coast Path walking holiday on the UK’s 630 mile long South West Coast Path, the longest of Britain’s 15 National Walking Trails.

The path starts in Minehead, Somerset, then goes along the north coast of Devon, around Cornwall and Land’s End, along the south coast of Devon, and then finally along the Dorset coast to Sandbanks and Poole Harbour.

We don’t expect you to do the whole South West Coast Path walking holiday in one go!
Take your time and enjoy the scenery and wildlife.

We are based in the South West of England  and all our team have detailed local knowledge of the whole of the South West Coast Path.

These suggested itineraries for South West Coast Path walking holiday are based on the National Trail Blazer Guide Books.

Please see details and prices below.

South West Coast Path Walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

Our self-guided walking holidays are designed with your comfort and enjoyment in mind and can be tailor-made to your own personal requirements.

The routes are clearly way-marked to provide reassurance on your hiking vacation.

We use a selection of guest houses, inns or small hotels with en-suite or private bathroom to ensure you are well rested each night after a busy day hiking and sightseeing. Rest assured that all our accommodation walking holiday providers are hand-picked and offer you that famous British hospitality.

Special diets can be catered for, including vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free.

We organize the luggage transfer so your bags are at your next accommodation when you arrive. We try to get your bags delivered by 4pm, but this may be delayed due to road conditions.

Let’s Go Walking has developed one of the largest selection of walking holidays.
Our offices are staffed 9am to 9pm during our walking season (March to September) to ensure your walking holiday runs without a hitch.

All our walking holidays are self-guided and you must be a confident map reader and able to navigate from a compass bearing.  The weather in the UK and Ireland can change quickly effecting visibility and underfoot conditions. It is important to carry a selection of clothing with you on your hike each day to cope with changing weather conditions. If you are not confident of completing any days walk, do not set out.

South West Coast Path Walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

The South West Coast Path is based on the paths trodden by generations of coastguards as they patrolled the cliffs and coves searching for smugglers.

South West Coast Path Walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

The South West coastline is stunning with many changes of scenery: magnificent cliffs with views of Lundy, one of the largest sand dune systems in Britain now designated an area of special scientific interest, long winding estuaries with large flocks of wading birds, and vast expanses of sandy beaches making this area one of the UK’s most popular with surfers.

South West Coast Path Walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

The South West Coast Path passes through quaint Devon villages with cobbled streets, picturesque Cornish fishing villages, and headlands to rival Land’s End.

South West Coast Path Walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

This is fast becoming the most popular walking holiday destination in the UK.

South West Coast Path Walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

South West Coast Path Walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

South West Coast Path Walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
16 day itinerary
Minehead to Padstow

14 days walking and 15 nights

Suggested Itinerary:               
Day 1: Arrive Minehead
Day 2: Minehead to Porlock                  8 miles moderate
Day 3: Porlock to Lynmouth                 14 miles moderate
Day 4: Lynmouth to Combe Martin     13 miles strenuous
Day 5: Combe Martin to Woolacombe 13 miles strenuous
Day 6: Woolacombe to Braunton         15 miles moderate then easy
Day 7: Braunton to Instow                    14 miles easy
Day 8: Instow to Westward Ho!             11 miles easy
Day 9: Westward Ho! to Clovelly           11 miles strenuous
Day 10: Clovelly to Hartland Quay        10 miles moderate to strenuous
Day 11: Hartland Quay to Bude              15 miles severe
Day 12: Bude to Crackington Haven     10 miles strenuous
Day 13: Crackington Haven to Tintagel  11 miles strenuous
Day 14: Tintagel to Port Isaac                  9 miles severe
Day 15: Port Issac to Padstow                12 miles strenuous
Day 16:
Depart after breakfast

Prices per person for South West Coast Path
16 day itinerary 15 nights
Double or Twin
Occupancy
Single Occupancy
travelling with others
Solo
Traveller
2025£2,040£3,225£3,525

All prices subject to change

Optional Accommodation Upgrades for
South West Coast Path
Walking Holiday
Minehead to Padstow

Can be added when booking online

Subject to availability              Supplement per person per night

Minehead
Northfield Hotel

double/twin
£49.00

single
please ask

Lynmouth
Rising Sun Hotel

double/twin
£53.00

single
please ask

Rock House Hotel

£44.00

please ask

Heddons Mouth
Hunters Inn

double/twin
£25.00

single
please ask

Hunters Inn superior room

£38.00

please ask

If you would like to stay at Hunters Inn in Heddons Mouth, we can revise the itinerary so that this is an overnight stop.

Clovelly
New Inn

double/twin
£27.00

single
please ask

Bude
Falcon Hotel

double/twin
£46.00

single
please ask

Port Isaac
Old School Hotel

double/twin
£65.00

single
please ask

Port Gaverne Inn

£98.00

please ask

Slipway Hotel sea view room

£53.00

n/a

Slipway Hotel non sea view room

£43.00

please ask

Padstow
Padstow Harbour Hotel sea view room

double/twin
£136.00

single
n/a

Padstow Harbour Hotel non sea view room

£115.00

please ask

Old Ship Hotel

£49.00

please ask

Old Custom House

£79.00

please ask

Golden Lion

£49.00

please ask

South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
Minehead to Padstow
Suggested Tour Duration:

15 nights, 14 days walking
Total Distance:
167 miles
Min/max daily distance:
8/15 miles
Average Daily distance:
12 miles

Features:
Exmoor National Park
Lynton Fenicular Railway
Clovelly, Port Isaac
Tintagel, Padstow
This route connects with:
South West Coast Path Padstow to Falmouth
Somerset Coast Path
Coleridge Way
Two Moors Way
Macmillan Way West
Tarka Trail
Saints Way

South West Coast Path Walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
16 day itinerary
Padstow to Falmouth

14 days walking and 15 nights

Suggested Itinerary:               
Day 1: Arrive Padstow
Day 2: Padstow to Porthcothan                14 miles easy
Day 3: Porthcothan to Newquay               11 miles moderate
Day 4: Newquay to Perranporth               11 miles   Moderate
Day 5: Perranporth to Portreath              12 miles   Strenuous
Day 6: Portreath to Hayle                         12 miles    Moderate 
Day 7: Hayle to Zennor                             12 miles    Severe
Day 8: Zennor to St Just                             11 miles   Severe
Day 9: St Just to Porthcurno                     12 miles    Moderate
Day 10: Porthcurno to Penzance              12 miles    Strenuous
Optional day: optional day trip to Isles of Scilly and/or rest day in Penzance
Day 11: Penzance to Porthleven                 14 miles     Strenuous
Day 12: Porthleven to Lizard                      14 miles    moderate
Day 13: Lizard to Coverack                         11 miles    Strenuous 
Day 14: Coverack to Mawnan Smith          14 miles      Moderate
Day 15: Mawnan Smith to Falmouth          10 miles      Moderate
Day 16: Depart after breakfast

Prices per person for South West Coast Path
16 day itinerary 15 nights
Double or Twin
Occupancy
Single Occupancy
travelling with others
Solo
Traveller
2025£2,040£3,225£3,525

All prices subject to change

Extra night in Penzance from £50.00 per person
Extra night in Penzance and day trip to Isles of Scilly from £105 per person

Optional Accommodation Upgrades for
South West Coast Path
Walking Holiday
Padstow to Falmouth

Can be added when booking online

Subject to availability              Supplement per person per night

Padstow
Padstow Harbour Hotel sea view room

double/twin
£136.00

single
n/a

Padstow Harbour Hotel non sea view room

£115.00

please ask

Old Ship Hotel

£49.00

please ask

Old Custom House

£79.00

please ask

Golden Lion

£49.00

please ask

Newquay
Victoria Hotel sea view room

double/twin
£53.00

single
n/a

Victoria Hotel non sea view room

£32.00

please ask

Harbour Hotel

£79.00

please ask

Oceanside Hotel

£49.00

please ask

St Just
Cape Cornwall Golf Club

double/twin
£35.00

single
please ask

Penzance
Yacht Inn

double/twin
£34.00

single
please ask

Queens Hotel

£79.00

please ask

Hotel Penzance

£79.00

please ask

You may be staying in Penzance more than one night on your itinerary, therefore the price of upgrade is the per night price.

Porthleven
Harbour Inn

double/twin
£89.00

single
please ask

Lizard
Top House Inn

double/twin
£25.00

single
please ask

Coverack
Bay Hotel

double/twin
£72.00

single
please ask

Helford
Budock Vean Hotel

double/twin
£96.00

single
please ask

Falmouth
Falmouth Hotel

double/twin
£55.00

Single
please ask

Greenbank Hotel

£75.00

please ask

St Michaels Resort

£75.00

please ask

South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
Padstow to Falmouth
Suggested Tour Duration:

15 nights, 14 days walking
Total Distance:
168 miles
Min/max daily distance:
10/14 miles
Average Daily distance:
12 miles

Features:
Padstow
tin mines
Land’s End
Porthcurno
Minack Open Air Theatre
Isles of Scilly
Lizard Peninsula
This route connects with:
South West Coast Path Minehead to Padstow
South West Coast Path Falmouth to Exmouth
Saints Way

South West Coast Path Walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
17 day itinerary
Falmouth to Exmouth

15 days walking and 16 nights

Suggested Itinerary:               
Day 1: Arrive Falmouth
Day 2: Falmouth to Portloe                 14 miles   Easy, then Strenuous
Day 3: Portloe to Mevagissey             12 miles     Strenuous
Optional Day in Mevagissey to visit Lost Gardens of Heligan
Day 4: Mevagissey to Par                     11 miles    Strenuous 
Day 5: Par to Polperro                         13 miles    Strenuous  
Day 6: Polperro to Portwrinkle           13 miles    Strenuous  
Day 7: Portwrinkle to Plymouth          15 miles   Moderate
Day 8: Plymouth to Newton Ferrers    7 miles    Easy
Day 9: Newton Ferrers to Bigbury-on-Sea  13 miles   Easy, then Strenuous
Day 10: Bigbury-on-Sea to Salcombe   14 miles      Strenuous
Optional Day in Salcombe
Day 11: Salcombe to Torcross                13 miles     Strenuous
Day 12: Torcross to Dartmouth             10 miles   Moderate
Optional Day in Dartmouth
Day 13: Dartmouth to Brixham               11 miles     Strenuous
Day 14: Brixham to Torquay                    8 miles    Moderate
Day 15: Torquay to Teignmouth              11 miles   Strenuous
Day 16: Teignmouth to Exmouth             8 miles   Easy
Day 17: Depart after breakfast

Prices per person for South West Coast Path
17 day itinerary 16 nights
Double or Twin
Occupancy
Single Occupancy
travelling with others
Solo
Traveller
2025£2,176£3,4403,760

All prices subject to change

Optional Accommodation Upgrades for
South West Coast Path
Walking Holiday
Falmouth to Exmouth

Can be added when booking online

Subject to availability              Supplement per person per night

Falmouth
Falmouth Hotel

double/twin
£55.00

Single
please ask

Greenbank Hotel

£75.00

please ask

St Michaels Resort

£75.00

please ask

Portloe
Lugger Hotel

double/twin
£83.00

single
please ask

Salcombe
Fortescue Inn

double/twin
£49.99

single
please ask

Dartmouth
Bayards Cove Inn

double/twin
£55.00

single
please ask

South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
Falmouth to Exmouth
Suggested Tour Duration:

16 nights, 15 days walking
Total Distance:
174 miles
Min/max daily distance:
7/15 miles
Average Daily distance:
12 miles

South West Coast Path Walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
13 day itinerary
Exmouth to South Haven Point/Poole/Bournemouth

11 days walking and 12 nights

Suggested Itinerary:               
Day 1: Arrive Exmouth
Day 2: Exmouth to Sidmouth                       13 miles     Moderate/Strenuous
Day 3: Sidmouth to Seaton                          10 miles   Severe
Day 4: Seaton to Lyme Regis                         7 miles     Moderate
Day 5: Lyme Regis to Burton Bradstock    11.5 miles    Strenuous
Day 6: Burton Bradstock to Abbotsbury      8 miles   Moderate
Day 7: Abbotsbury to Weymouth                 13 miles      Moderate/Easy
Day 8: Isle of Portland                                   13 miles     Moderate
Day 9: Weymouth to Lulworth Cove            12 miles   Strenuous
Day 10: Lulworth Cove to Kingston             10 miles    Severe
Day 11: Kingston to Swanage                        10 miles   Severe
Day 12: Swanage to South Haven Point/Sandbanks or Poole or Bournemouth   7.5 or 12.5 miles      Moderate
Day 13: Depart after breakfast

Prices per person for South West Coast Path
13 day itinerary 12 nights
Double or Twin
Occupancy
Single Occupancy
travelling with others
Solo
Traveller
2025£1,632£2,580£2,820

All prices subject to change

Optional Accommodation Upgrades for
South West Coast Path
Walking Holiday
Exmouth to South Haven Point/Poole/Bournemouth

Can be added when booking online

Subject to availability              Supplement per person per night

Weymouth
Hotel Rembrandt

double/twin
£59.00

single
please ask

Lulworth Cove
Lulworth Cove Inn

double/twin
£55.00

single
please ask

Swanage
Grand Hotel

double/twin
£62.50

single
please ask

Pines Hotel

£59.50

please ask

Purbeck House Hotel

£60.50

please ask

South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
Exmouth to South Haven Point
Suggested Tour Duration:

12 nights, 11 days walking
Total Distance:
121 miles
Min/max daily distance:
7/13 miles
Average Daily distance:
11 miles

Features:
Lyme Regis Undercliff
Abbotsbury Swanery and Botanical Gardens
Portland Bill
Lulworth Cove
Durdle Door
This route connects with:
South West Coast Path Falmouth to Exmouth
Purbeck Way
England Coast Path

South West Coast Path Walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

This walking holiday in the UK operates March to September and in either direction.

The daily distances are only a suggestion. If you would like to walk longer or shorter distances, we can arrange that too.
Our stated distances include mileage to the accommodation or pickup point and so may not agree with the guide book mileages.
Rest days can be taken in any location.

Why not combine this walk with a hiking tour in another part of the UK or Ireland. Our staff will be happy to advise on necessary transfers.

Online booking available.
A deposit of £85 per person is required to secure the booking, with the balance due 6 weeks before departure.
Optional extra days and accommodation upgrades can be added during the booking process online.
Please wait for the confirmation of your holiday before making final travel plans just in case your holiday is not available for your requested date.

What’s included
in your South West Coast Path Walking Holiday in UK

  • 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
  • guide book
  • Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps

Optional Extras
for your  South West Coast Path Walking Holiday in UK

  • 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
  • day trip to Lundy
 

What’s not included
in your  South West Coast Path Walking Holiday in UK

  • lunches and dinners
  • travel insurance

Lunches and Dinners
These are not included.
Evening meals
These are available at overnight locations, either at your accommodation or in the town/village.
Packed lunches
These can be provided by your accommodation or can be obtained from a local store, or cafe or inn along the route.

Holiday Travel Insurance
We require that you take out holiday insurance as Let’s Go Biking Ltd accepts no liability for the following:
cancellation, personal accident, illness, loss/theft of personal possessions and/or money, and any unforeseen circumstances, especially travel delays.

This is in addition to our existing
booking conditions.

A 630 mile walking route which starts in Minehead in Somerset, goes through Devon and Cornwall and finishes in South Haven Point in Dorset. This forms part of the England Coast Path.

South West Coast Path walking holiday in UK with Let's Go Walking

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