South West Coast Path Walking Holidays
Itineraries based on the Trail Blazer 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.

These suggested itineraries for a South West Coast Path walking holiday are based on the Trailblazer guide books.

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.
Please see details and prices below.

Walking holiday on South West Coast Path 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.

Minehead start of the South West Coast Path with Lets 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.

Exmoor meets the South West Coast Path with Lets 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.

Walking with Lets Go walking at Watermouth

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

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

Bedruthen Steps Soth west Coast Path Lets go Walking

Porthcurno on SWCP walking holiday with Let's Go Walking

South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
Minehead to Bude
in England UK
12 day itinerary

10 days walking and 11 nights

Suggested Itinerary
Day 1:arrive Minehead
Optional Day:optional extra day in Minehead
Day 2:Minhead to Porlock8 milesModerate
Day 3:Porlock to Lynmouth14 milesModerate
Day 4:Lynmouth to Combe Martin13 milesStrenuous
Day 5:Combe Martin to Woolacombe13 milesStrenuous
Day 6:Woolacombe to Braunton15 milesModerate
Day 7:Braunton to Instow14 milesEasy
Day 8:Instow to Westward Ho!11 milesEasy
Day 9:Westward Ho! to Clovelly11 milesStrenuous
Day 10:Clovelly to Hartland Quay10 milesStrenuous
Day 11:Hartland Quay to Bude15 milesSevere
Optional Day:Optional extra day in Bude
Day 12:depart Bude
Prices per person for South West Coast Path
12 day itinerary 11 nights
Double or Twin
Occupancy
Single Occupancy
travelling with others
Solo
Traveller
2025£1,496£2,365£2,585

All prices subject to change

Extra night in Ilfracombe and day trip to Lundy from £118.00 per person

Extra nights from £64.00 per person
depending on location

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

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

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

11 nights, 10 days walking
Total Distance:
124 miles
Min/max daily distance:
8/15 miles
Average Daily distance:
12 miles

Features:
Exmoor National Park
Lynton Fenicular Railway
Clovelly
This route connects with:
South West Coast Path Bude to Plymouth
Somerset Coast Path
Coleridge Way
Two Moors Way
Macmillan Way West
Great Gardens of North Devon

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

South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
Bude to Plymouth
in England UK
26 day itinerary

24 days walking and 25 nights

Suggested Itinerary
Day 1:arrive Bude
Optional Day:optional extra day in Bude
Day 2:Bude to Crackington Haven10 miilesStrenuous
Day 3:Crackington Haven to Tintagel11 milesSevere
Day 4:Tintagel to Port Isaac9 milesSevere
Day 5:Port Isaac to Padstow12 milesSevere
Optional Day:optional extra day in Padstow
Day 6:Padstow to Porthhcothan14 milesEasy
Day 7:Porthcothan to Newquay11 milesModerate
Day 8:Newquay to Perranporth11 milesModerate
Day 9:Perranporth to Portreath12 milesStrenuous
Day 10:Portreath to Hayle12 milesModerate
Day 11:Hayle to Zennor12 milesSevere
Day 12:Zennor to St Just11 milesSevere
Day 13:St Just to Porthcurno12 milesModerate
Day 14:Porthcurno to Penzance12 milesStrenuous
Optional Extra Day:optional day trip to Isles of Scilly
and/or extra day in Penzance
Day 15:Penzance to Porthleven14 milesStrenuous
Day 16:Porthleven to Lizard14 milesModerate
Day 17:Lizard to Coverack11 milesStrenuous
Day 18:Coverack to Mawnan Smith14 milesModerate
Day 19:Mawnan Smith to Falmouth14 milesModerate
Day 20:Falmouth to Portloe14 milesEasy, then strenuous
Day 21:Portloe to Mevagissey12 milesStrenuous
Optional Day:optional day in Mevagissey
to visit Lost Gardens of Heligan
Day 22:Mevagissey to Par11 milesStrenuous
Day 23:Par to Polperro13 milesModerate
Day 24:Polperro to Portwrinkle13 milesStrenuous
Day 25:Portwrinkle to Plymouth
via Cremyll Ferry
15 milesModerate
Optional Day:optional extra day in Plymouth
Day 26:depart Plymouth
Prices per person for South West Coast Path
26 day itinerary 25 nights
Double or Twin
Occupancy
Single Occupancy
travelling with others
Solo
Traveller
2025£3,350£5,325£5,825

All prices subject to change

Extra nights from £64.00 per person
depending on location

Optional Accommodation Upgrades for
South West Coast Path
Walking Holiday
Bude to Plymouth

Can be added when booking online

Subject to availability              Supplement per person per night

Bude
Falcon Hotel

double/twin
£46.00

single
please ask

Boscastle
Wellington Hotel

double/twin
£39.00

single
please ask

If you would like to stay at the Wellington Hotel in Boscastle, we can revise the itinerary so that this is an overnight stop.

Tintagel
Camelot Castle Hotel

double/twin
£55.00

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

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

Mousehole
Ship Inn

double/twin
£24.00

single
please ask

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

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

Mullion
Mullion Cove Hotel
Polurrian Bay Hotel

double/twin
£89.00
£68.00

single
please ask
please ask

If you would like to stay at Polurrian Bay Hotel in Mullion, we can revise the itinerary so that this is an overnight stop.

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

Portloe
Lugger Hotel

double/twin
£83.00

single
please ask

South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
Bude to Plymouth
Suggested Tour Duration:

25 nights, 24 days walking
Total Distance:
290 miles
Min/max daily distance:
9/15 miles
Average Daily distance:
12 miles

Features:
Tintagel Castle
ferry across River Camel
ferry across River Gannel
tin mine and beam engine
Minack Theatre at Porthcurno
St Michael’s Mount
ferry across Helford River
ferry across Carrick Roads
Lost Gardens of Heligan
Cremyll ferry to Plymouth
This route connects with:
South West Coast Path Minehead to Bude
South West Coast Path Plymouth to Poole
Saints’ Way

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

South West Coast Path Walking Holiday
Plymouth to South Haven Point
in England UK
22 day itinerary

20 days walking and 21 nights

Suggested Itinerary
Day 1:arrive Plymouth
Optional Day:optional extra day in Plymouth
Day 2:Plymouth to Newton Ferrers8 milesEasy
Day 3:Newton Ferrers to Kingston10 milesEasy, then strenuous
Day 4:Kingston to Salcombe14 milesstrenuous
Optional Day:optional extra day in Salcombe
Day 5:Salcombe to Torcross13 milesstrenuous
Day 6:Torcross to Dartmouth10 milesmoderate
Optional Day:optional extra day in Dartmouth
Day 7:Dartmouth to Brixham11 milesstrenuous
Day 8:Brixham to Torquay8 milesmoderate
Day 9:Torquay to Teignmouth11 milesstrenuous
Day 10:Teignmouth to Exmouth
via River Exe Ferry
8 milesEasy
Day 11:Exmouth to Sidmouth13 milesStrenuous
Day 12:Sidmouth to Seaton10 milesSevere
Day 13:Seaton to Lyme Regis7 milesModerate
Day 14:Lyme Regis to Burton Bradstock11.5 milesStrenuous
Day 15:Burton Bradstock to Abbotsbury8 milesModerate
Day 16:Abbotsbury to Weymouth13 milesModerate
Day 17:Isle of Portland13 milesModerate
Day 18:Weymouth to Lulworth Cove12 milesStrenuous
Day 19:Lulworth Cove to Kingston10 milesSevere
Day 20:Kingston to Swanage10 milesSevere
Day 21:Swanage to South Haven Point,
Sandbanks, Poole or Bournemouth
7.5 or 12.5 milesModerate
Optional Day:Optional extra day
Day 22:depart
Prices per person for South West Coast Path
22 day itinerary 21 nights
Double or Twin
Occupancy
Single Occupancy
travelling with others
Solo
Traveller
2025£3,318£4,977£5,397

All prices subject to change

Extra nights from £64.00 per person
depending on location

Optional Accommodation Upgrades for
South West Coast Path
Walking Holiday
Plymouth to South Haven Point

Can be added when booking online

Subject to availability              Supplement per person per night

Salcombe
Fortescue Inn

double/twin
£49.99

single
please ask

Dartmouth
Bayards Cove Inn

double/twin
£55.00

single
please ask

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
Plymouth to South Haven Point
Suggested Tour Duration:

21 nights, 20 days walking
Total Distance:
216 miles
Min/max daily distance:
7/14miles
Average Daily distance:
11 miles

Features:
Dartmouth
2 ferries
Jurassic Coast
Undercliff at Lyme
Durdle Door
This route connects with:
South West Coast Path Bude to Plymouth
Dart Valley Trail
Exe Valley Way
Two Moors Way
Purbeck Way

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.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Our telephone Lines are open 7 days a week.

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or +44 (0)207 193 1252

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October to February 9am to 5pm
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