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South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
in Devon and Cornwall
Barnstaple to Bude
6 nights and 5 days walking
South West Coast Path Walking Holidays
Itinerary in Devon from Barnstaple to Bude 7 days
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.
We don’t expect you to do the whole walking trail in one holiday!
Take your time and enjoy the scenery and wildlife.
South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
in Devon and Cornwall in UK
Barnstaple to Bude
6 nights and 5 days walking
Enjoy and 56 mile self-guided South West Coast Path walking holiday on this section of the South West Coast Path from Barnstaple to Bude, via Clovelly, around Hartland Point.
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.
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.
South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
Barnstaple to Bude
Suggested Tour Duration:
6 nights, 5 days walking
Total Distance:
56 miles
Min/max daily distance:
8/15 miles
Average Daily distance:
11 miles
Features:
boat trip to Lundy (optional)
Clovelly
Hartland Point
This route connects with:
South West Coast Path Minehead to Barnstaple
South West Coast Path Bude to Newquay
Tarka Trail
Great Gardens of North Devon
South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
in Devon and Cornwall
Barnstaple to Bude
6 nights and 5 days walking
Day by Day Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive at Barnstaple
You make your own way to Barnstaple for the start of your walking holiday. We can assist with coach transfers if necessary. Car parking is available for the duration of the walk and we can return you to your car or station at the end of the holiday.
Optional Day in Barnstaple
Day 2: Barnstaple to Bideford 11 miles Easy
At Barnstaple the South West Coast Path intersects with the Macmillan Way West. The trail crosses the River Taw via the Long Bridge and heads along the estuary using an old railway trail towards Instow. Here the beach offers the possibility of a swim before walking along the River Torridge into Bideford.
Optional Day to visit Lundy, overnight Bideford
Lundy, an island 3 1/2 miles long and 1/2 mile wide, lies off the north Devon coast and is is a wildlife and walkers haven. Day return aboard MS Oldenburg. Sailings leave approximately 3 times per week. Your holiday can be arranged to coordinate with a sailing.
Day 3: Bideford to Westward Ho! 8 Miles Easy
The South West Coast Path follows the other side of the River Torridge to Appledore, a village with a long history of shipbuilding. Then walk along the beach of Northam Burrows Country Park to Westward Ho! This the only place name in England with an exclamation mark!
Day 4: Westward Ho! to Clovelly 11 miles Strenuous
From Westward Ho! the South West Coast Path slowly gains height until you are amid gorse and woodlands strewn with carpets of bluebells in May. After Buck’s Mills, a quaint Devon fishing hamlet, the path joins Hobby Drive, an old carriageway which takes you to the world famous Clovelly, a highlight of this walking holiday, with its cobbled streets and pretty cottages. On our Great Gardens of North Devon walking holiday you spend a whole day in Clovelly.
Day 5: Clovelly to Hartland Quay 10 miles Moderate to Strenuous
The South West Coast Path makes its way through woodland before emerging on the cliff top above Blackchurch Rock and descending to Mouth Mill. After Hartland Point the scenery changes as the rocks below become jagged and dramatic.
Day 6: Hartland Quay to Bude 15 miles Severe
The path from Hartland Quay is perhaps the most scenic. There are stunning ravines and waterfalls as your walking holiday moves from Devon into Cornwall. The famous Reverend Hawker was the vicar at Morwenstow and you pass Hawker’s Hut perched on the cliff top on the South West Coast Path on your way to Bude.
Day 7: Depart after breakfast
Depart after breakfast or extend your holiday and spend some time in the area.
We can transfer you to your car or you can depart by bus.
South West Coast Path Terrain Grading
Easy: flat or undulating terrain
Moderate: a few ups and downs, the section requiring more effort than an easy section. For example, a section of 9 miles can require the amount of effort needed for 12 miles.
Strenuous: many ups and downs, the section requiring more effort than a moderate section. For example, a section of 9 miles can require the amount of effort needed for 15 miles.
Severe: many steep climbs, the section requiring twice the amount of effort as an easy section. For example, a section of 9 miles can require the amount of effort needed for 18 miles.
Barnstaple to Bude
in England UK
7 day itinerary
5 days walking and 6 nights
Suggested Itinerary
| Day 1: | arrive Barnstaple | ||
| Optional Day: | optional extra day in Barnstaple | ||
| Day 2: | Barnstaple to Bideford | 11 miles | easy |
| Optional Day: | optional extra day for day trip to Lundy, overnight Bideford | ||
| Day 3: | Bideford to Westward Ho! | 8 miles | easy |
| Day 4: | Westward Ho! to Clovelly | 11 miles | strenuous |
| Optional Day: | optional extra day in Clovelly | ||
| Day 5: | Clovelly to Hartland Quay | 10 miles | moderate to strenuous |
| Day 6: | Hartland Quay to Bude | 15 miles | severe |
| Optional Day: | optional extra day in Bude | ||
| Day 8: | depart Bude |
7 day itinerary 6 nights
| Double or Twin Occupancy | Single Occupancy travelling with others | Solo Traveller |
|
| 2025 | £816 | £1,290 | £1,410 |
All prices subject to change
Extra nights from £64.00 per person
depending on location
Extra night in Bideford and day trip to Lundy from £118.00 per person
Optional Accommodation Upgrades for
South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
Barnstaple to Bude
Can be added when booking online
Subject to availability Supplement per person per night
Barnstaple
Imperial Hotel
double/twin
£86.00
single
please ask
Park Hotel
£86.00
please ask
Royal & Fortesque Hotel
£75.00
please ask
Yeo Dale Hotel
£43.00
please ask
Bideford
Royal Hotel
double/twin
£75.00
single
please ask
Durrant House Hotel
£65.00
please ask
Clovelly
New Inn
double/twin
£27.00
single
please ask
Bude
Falcon Hotel
double/twin
£46.00
single
please ask
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.
South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
Branstaple to Bude:
How to get there
- By Plane to Bristol where we can arrange transfer to Barnstaple
- By Car to Barnstaple where parking is available
- By Train to Barnstaple
- By Bus to Barnstaple
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.
This is one of our Coastal Walking Holidays in UK and Ireland, one of our Cornwall and Bodmin Moor Walking Holidays, one of our Devon and Dartmoor Walking Holidays, one of our Dorset and Jurassic Coast Walking Holidays, one of our Somerset and Exmoor Walking Holidays, and also one of our National Trail Walking Holidays.
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.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
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We have Coastal Walking Holidays in the UK in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands.
This is one of our categories of walking holidays.
- Arran Coastal Way in Scotland
- Causeway Coast Way in Northern Ireland
- Causeway Coast Way and Glens of Antrim in Northern Ireland
- Channel Islands
- Cleveland Way part of the England Coast Path
- Cumbria Coastal Way part of the England Coast Path
- Dingle Way in Ireland
- England Coast Path
- Fife Coastal Path in Scotland
- Great Gardens of Cornwall
- Great Gardens of Devon
- Guernsey, Herm and Sark in the Channel Islands
- Hebridean Way in Scotland
- Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path part of the Wales Coast Path
- Isle of Man
- Isle of Mull
- Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall
- Jersey Coastal Footpath in the Channel Islands
- Kerry Way in Ireland
- Lecale Way in Northern Ireland
- Lleyn Peninsula, part of the Wales Coast Path
- Norfolk Coast Path part of the England Coast Path
- Northumberland Coast Path part of the England Coast Path
- Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path part of the England Coast Path
- Pembroke Coast Path part of the Wales Coast Path
- Rye to Ramsgate on England Coast Path
- Solent Way part of the England Coast Path
- Somerset Coast Path part of the England Coast Path
- South West Coast Path part of the England Coast Path
- Suffolk Coast Path
- Tarka Trail in Devon
- Wales Coast Path
- Yorkshire Coast Path part of the England Coast Path
We offer National Trail walking holidays in England and Wales in the UK.
This is one of our categories of walking holidays.
- Cleveland Way
- Cotswold Way
- Cumbria Coastal Way part of the England Coast Path
- England Coast Path
- Glyndwrs Way in Wales
- Hadrians Wall Path
- Norfolk Coast Path part of the England Coast Path
- North Downs Way
- Offas Dyke Path in Wales
- Peddars Way
- Pembroke Coast Path part of the Wales Coast Path
- The Ridgeway
- South Downs Way
- South West Coast Path part of the England Coast Path
- Thames Path
- Yorkshire Wolds Way
