Walking Holidays and Kit Transfer
The following walking holiday providers are simply listed here for your information and convenience. The inclusion of any company does not imply a recommendation from the South West Coast Path Association. If you have any cause for dissatisfaction, the Association would be pleased to hear but would not be able to take action against a company on a member's behalf.
| Adventureline Walking Holidays | |
|---|---|
| North Trefula Farm | phone: 01209 820847 |
| Redruth | website: www.adventureline.co.uk |
| Cornwall | e-mail: adventureline@btinternet.com |
| TR1 6ET | |
| Adventureline Walking Holidays offer guided walks along the Cornish coast path and cover the area between Marsland Mount and Lantic Bay from April to October. The walks take place from one base, Liberty House, which offers full board accommodation. Packages are seven nights long which include five days of "Connect Explorations". | |
| Always Exmoor | |
| Heale Farm | phone: 01598 763589 |
| Parracombe | fax: 01598 763263 |
| Barnstaple | website: www.alwaysexmoor.co.uk |
| Devon | e-mail: info@alwaysexmoor.co.uk |
| EX31 4QE | |
| Avalon Trekking | |
| 40 Waverley Gardens | phone: 01889 575646 |
| Elching Hill | website: www.avalontrekking.co.uk |
| Rugeley | e-mail: customer.services@nhbs.co.uk |
| Staffordshire | |
| WS15 2YE | |
| Guided and self-guided holidays throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Madiera. Cater for individuals or groups. | |
| Bath & West Country Walks | |
| Osmington | phone: 01761 233807 |
| Brewery Lane | website: www.bathwestwalks.com |
| Holcombe | e-mail: info@bathwestwalks.com |
| Bath | |
| BA3 5EG | |
| Guided and self-guided walking holidays exploring Exmoor, Somerset and Wiltshire. | |
| BCT Scenic Walking Holidays | |
| 11 Osborne Road | e-mail: info@bctwalk.com |
| Clifton | |
| Bristol | |
| BS8 2HB | |
| BCT Scenic Walking Holidays offer guided walks and baggage transfer between accommodation points. The area of the South West Coast Path covered is from Carlyon Bay to Padstow and from Fowey to Boscastle. BCT offer holidays between April and October to their, primarily, American clientele. | |
| Bobs Walking holidays | |
| 40 Spring Hill | phone: 01179 672459 |
| Kingswood | mobile: 07719 630227 |
| Bristol | fax: 01179 671986 |
| BS15 1XT | website: www.bobswalkingholidays.co.uk |
| e-mail: bobswalkingholidays@tesco.net | |
| Coach assisted walking holidays with youth hostel accommodation. | |
| Byways | |
| The Old Post Office | phone: 01208 812620 |
| Whitecross | website: www.bywaysoldpostoffice.supanet.com |
| Wadebridge | e-mail: bywaysoldpostoffice@supanet.com |
| Cornwall | |
| PL27 7JD | |
| Holidays based at Wadebridge offering B & B or self-catering accommodation with walking, surfing, golfing, cycling and fishing. | |
| Celtic Trails | |
| P O Box 11 | phone: 01600 860846 |
| Chepstow | website: www.celtrail.com |
| Monmouthshire | e-mail: info@celtrail.com |
| NP16 6ZD | |
| Self-guided or guided walks with kit transfer on the South West Coast Path | |
| Chichester Interest Holidays | |
| Chichester Guest House | phone: 01637 874216 |
| 14 Bay View Terrace | website: www.freespace.virgin.net/sheila.harper |
| Newquay | e-mail: sheila.harper@virgin.net |
| Cornwall | |
| TR7 2LR | |
| Walking; archaeology; heritage; mineralogy breaks. Wildflower identification a speciality. | |
| Coast & Countryside Walking & Cycling Holidays | |
| Harefield House | phone: 01288 352350 |
| Upton | website: www.coast-countryside.co.uk |
| Bude | e-mail: sales@coast-countryside.co.uk |
| Cornwall | |
| EX23 0LY | |
| Tailor made walks based on the coast path, and hinterland area between Tintagel and Bucks Mill. Accommodation and kit transfer provided. | |
| Combe Walks | |
| Harwill House | phone: 01271 883487 |
| Victoria Street | website: www.combewalks.com |
| Combe Martin | e-mail: bryan@combewalks.com |
| Ilfracombe | |
| Devon | |
| EX34 0JS | |
| Combe Walks provide a selection of linear walks, guided and self guided around North Devon, Exmoor and the Tarka Country. A mini-bus transports walkers from the hotel to the beginning of the walk. Baggage carrying is also provided every other day to the next accommodation. Bryan Cath who runs Combe Walks is also involved with the setting up and running of "West Country Walks". | |
| Compass Holidays | |
| Cheltenham Spa Railway Station | phone: 01242 250642 |
| Queens Road | website: www.compass-holidays.com |
| Cheltenham Spa | e-mail: info@compass-holidays.com |
| Gloucestershire | |
| GL51 8NP | |
| Contours Walking Holidays | |
| Barton House | phone: 01629 821900 |
| 21 North End | website: www.contours.co.uk |
| Wirksworth | e-mail: info@contours.co.uk |
| Derbyshire | |
| DE4 4FG | |
| Guided and self-guided holidays thoughout England, Wales and Scotland; either single centre or walking long distance trails. | |
| Countrywide Holidays | |
| Lemsford Mill | phone: 01707 386800 |
| Lemsford Village | fax: 01707 333276 |
| Welwyn Garden City | website: www.countrywidewalking.com |
| AL8 7TR | e-mail: info@countrywidewalking.com |
| Countrywide Holidays provide guided walks, themed walking and special interest breaks. Areas covered vary from year to year. Guided walks run from February through to August. | |
| Discerning Traveller | |
| 24 Cardigan Street | phone: 01865 515618 |
| Oxford | website: www.discerningtraveller.co.uk |
| OX2 6BP | e-mail: info@discerningtraveller.co.uk |
| Self-guided hiking tours with accommodation; baggage transfers; maps and directions in Cornwall; South Devon and Dorset | |
| Encounter Cornwall | |
| Woodlands | phone: 01208 871066 |
| Lerryn | website: www.encountercornwall.com |
| Near Lostwithiel | e-mail: info@encountercornwall.com |
| Cornwall | |
| PL22 0PY | |
| Walking holidays on the coast path between Mevagissey and Looe with opportunity to visit the Eden Project; Falmouth to Plymouth and Hartland to Padstow with kit transfer. Short breaks; kit transfer; Saints Way linking north and south coast. | |
| Explore Britain | |
| 6 George Street | phone: 01740 650900 |
| Ferryhill | website: www.xplorebritain.com |
| County Durham | e-mail: philip@xplorebritain.com |
| DL17 0DT | |
| Foot Trails | |
| 2 Underdown Mead | phone: 01747 861851 |
| White Road | website: www.foottrails.co.uk |
| Mere | e-mail: alison@foottrails.co.uk |
| Warminster | |
| Wiltshire | |
| BA12 6EX | |
| Footscape | |
| 11 Barton Farm | phone: 01300 341792 |
| Cerne Abbas | website: www.footscape.co.uk |
| Dorchester | e-mail: enquiry@footscape.co.uk |
| Dorset | |
| DT2 7LF | |
| Footscape offer self-guided walking holidays in Dorset specialising in trails along the Jurassic Coast and inland in Thomas Hardy Country. | |
| Godolphin Heritage Tours | |
| Adley | phone: 01647 433291 |
| Chagford | website: www.heritage-tours.co.uk |
| Newton Abbot | e-mail: info@heritage-tours.co.uk |
| Devon | |
| TQ13 8NG | |
| Great Walking Holidays | |
| P O Box 17, | phone: 01726 832219 |
| Fowey | website: www.greatwalkingholidays.com |
| Cornwall | e-mail: paul@greatwalkingholidays.com |
| PL23 1ZQ | |
| Green Leisure | |
| Sunny Corner Farmhouse | mobile: 07773 255426 |
| Tregony | website: www.greenleisure.co.uk |
| Truro | e-mail: info@greenleisure.co.uk |
| Cornwall | |
| TR2 5SU | |
| HF Holidays | |
| Imperial House | phone: 0208 905 9556 |
| Edgeware Road | website: www.hfholidays.co.uk |
| London | e-mail: info@hfholidays.co.uk |
| NW9 5AL | |
| HF Holidays offer guided walks on four different areas of the South West Coast Path between April and October. The holidays are single centre with transport provided to the walk from the base accommodation. The areas covered are around Selworthy and Lynton; Thurlestone Sands and Dartmouth; Lyme Regis and Sidmouth and St Ives and West Cornwall. | |
| Hidden Cornwall | |
| 5 Perhaver Park | phone: 01726 842259 |
| Gorran Haven | mobile: 07974 819702 |
| St Austell | fax: 0870 138 9391 |
| Cornwall | website: www.walkingcornwall.co.uk |
| PL26 6NZ | |
| Holidays include the South West Coast Path but also the Camel, Fal, Fowey and Helford estuaries and Bodmin Moor. Mainly 6 nights/5 days based at an inn, historic farmhouse, guesthouse or hotel in the Gorran Haven/Mevagissey area. Also weekend breaks. | |
| Inspiring Places | |
| 2 Down Lodge Close | phone: 01425 655779 |
| Alderholt | website: www.inspiringplaces.co.uk |
| Fordingbridge | e-mail: robert.westwood3@btinternet.com |
| Hampshire | |
| SP6 3JA | |
| 4 night/3 day walking holidays on the Jurassic Coast of the Isle of Purbeck. Accommodation provided is either B&B or half board. Walks are guided by a local author/geologise or can be self-guided. | |
| Instep Linear Walking Holidays | |
| 35 Cokeham Road | phone: 01903 766475 |
| Lancing | website: www.instephols.co.uk |
| West Sussex | e-mail: walking@instephols.co.uk |
| BN15 0AE | |
| Instep Linear Walking Holidays offer three different sections of self-guided walks along the South West Coast Path, from Bude to St Ives; St Ives to Falmouth and Falmouth to Plymouth. Baggage is transported on ahead to each different hotel/guest house along the path. | |
| Jurassic Coast Tours | |
| Belmont House | phone: 01297 24415 |
| Clapps Lane | website: www.jurassiccoasttours.com |
| Beer | e-mail: simongooch12345@aol.com |
| Devon | |
| EX12 3EN | |
| Walking holidays with B & B accommodation based in Beer | |
| Laidback Trailblazers | |
| The Old Barn | phone: 01736 367742 |
| Bolsulval | mobile: 07902 335999 |
| Penzance | fax: 0792 033725 |
| Cornwall | website: www.laidback-trails.co.uk |
| TR20 8XA | e-mail: info@laidback-trails.co.uk |
| Donnette and Ed of Laidback Trailblazers organise three types of holidays as follows: (1) Guided walks; (2) Self-led Walks; (3) Tailor-made holidays which combines walking with other activities or sight-seeing. At Laidback Trailblazers they provide 4* accommodation and ensure a warm Cornish welcome, great Cornish food and professional back-up for walking holidays. | |
| Lake Villa Coastpath Walks | |
| Lake Villa | phone: 01409 241962 |
| Bradworthy | website: www.lakevilla.co.uk |
| Devon | e-mail: lesley@lakevilla.co.uk |
| EX22 7SQ | |
| Holidays based at Bradworthy, daily transport to the coast path between Barnstaple and Tintagel. Pets welcome; free packed lunches daily for Association members. | |
| Let's Go Biking! Ltd | |
| 4 Victoria Cottages | phone: 01837 880075 |
| North Tawton | website: www.letsgobiking.com |
| Devon | e-mail: enquiries@letsgodevon.com |
| EX20 2DF | |
| Walking and cycling holidays in Devon and Cornwall; both guided and self-guided, on the South West Coast Path and Dartmoor. | |
| Luggage Transfers | |
| 13 Wendron Street | phone: 0800 043 7927 or +44 (0)1326 550721 |
| Helston | website: www.luggagetransfers.co.uk |
| TR13 8PT | e-mail: ben@luggagetransfers.co.uk |
| Lightfoot Walking Holidays | |
| Nanquitho | phone: 01736 850715 |
| Calloose Lane | website: www.lightfootwalkingholidays.co.uk |
| Leedstown | e-mail: enquiries@lightfootwalkingholidays.co.uk |
| Hayle | |
| Cornwall | |
| TR27 5ET | |
| Self-guided walks all year round from Welcombe all the way around to Looe. The path is broken up into 30 different parts enabling the visitor to choose a section of the path which they complete at their own pace. Baggage is transferred from accommodation points enroute. | |
| Macs Adventure | |
| website: www.macsadventure.com | |
| Macs Adventure are a leading UK company in self-guided walking and cycling holidays. Macs Adventure are dedicated to providing personal attention to each customer's wants and needs so that they get the ideal holiday that they are looking for. | |
| Nearwater Walking Holidays | |
| Nearwater | phone: 01326 279278 |
| Polvarth Road | website: www.nearwaterwalkingholidays.co.uk |
| St Mawes | e-mail: info@nearwaterwalkingholidays.co.uk |
| Truro | |
| TR2 5AY | |
| We offer self guided walking holidays on the Cornish coastal path (arranging detailed itineries , accommodation, luggage transfers and maps), and also single centre walking holidays based in St Mawes in the heart of the Roseland. Walks can be arranged year round. | |
| Sherpa Expeditions | |
| 131a Helston Road | phone: 0208 577 2717 |
| Hounslow | fax: 0208 572 9788 |
| Middlesex | website: www.sherpa-walking-holidays.co.uk |
| TW5 0RF | e-mail: sales@sherpa-walking-holidays.co.uk |
| Sherpa Expeditions offer guided and self guided walks along the Lizard Peninsular starting in Mevagissey and ending at Marazion. Hotels are used along the way and baggage is transported to the next location each day. A holiday further along the coast path is run from Lyme Regis along to Abbotsbury where the walk heads inland. The holidays are run between March and October. Sherpa intend to organise a baggage carrying service along the whole of the South West Coast Path. | |
| South Devon Walking Holidays | |
| Blackadon Barns | phone: 01752 897034 |
| Near Ivybridge | website: www.southdevonwalkingholidays.co.uk |
| Devon | e-mail: enquiries@southdevonwalkingholidays.co.uk |
| PL21 0HB | |
| Walks based on the coast path between Plymouth and Sidmouth, kit transfer, accommodation arrangements, car parking, guided or self-guided. | |
| The Countryman Hotel | |
| Victoria Road | phone: 01840 212250 |
| Camelford | website: www.countryman/guidedwalks |
| Cornwall | e-mail: countrymanhotel@btopenworld.com |
| PL32 9XA | |
| The Countryman Hotel offers guided and self-guided walks. Accommodation is provided at the hotel and transport to and from the coast path. The area of the South West Coast Path covered is from Marsland Mount to Trebarwith. This walk takes place in stages over a six-day period throughout the year. | |
| The Wayfarers (UK) Ltd | |
| 7 The Square | phone: 01242 620871 |
| Toddington | fax: 01242 620162 |
| Gloucestershire | website: www.thewayfarers.co.uk |
| GL54 5DJ | e-mail: walk-info@thewayfarers.co.uk |
| The Wayfarers offer guided walks along the South West Coast Path between Tregony River and St Ives. Baggage is transferred from village to village by the Walk Manager. The majority of walkers who use the Wayfarers are from North America. The service is offered from April to October. | |
| Tours of Discovery Ltd | |
| Sycamore House | phone: 01768 484810 |
| Ellonby | website: www.toursofdiscovery.co.uk |
| Penrith | e-mail: info@toursofdiscovery.co.uk |
| Cumbria | |
| CA11 9FJ | |
| Tours of Discovery offer a variety of guided tours which include a one week tour encompassing the path from Dartmouth to Torbay (October); 'Westcountry Legends and Literature', which covers areas of the path from Exmoor to Lynmouth (July) and 'Cornwall's Creeks and Coves', from the River Fowey to Lizard Point (May and October). Accommodation is changed and baggage is transferred only once through the tour. | |
| Trewetha Farm | |
| Port Isaac | phone: 01208 880256 |
| North Cornwall | website: www.trewethafarm.co.uk |
| PL29 3RU | e-mail: trewethafarm@btopenworld.com |
| Trewetha Farm offers the visitor two self-guided walks from Rock to Port Isaac. The walks can be lengthened or shortened as required. Accommodation is provided at the farmhouse and transport provided to the starting point of each walk. | |
| Walking for Pleasure | |
| 2 Thorogood Court | phone: 01202 460086 |
| 14 Birds Hill Road | website: www.walkingforpleasure.co.uk |
| Poole | e-mail: wfpleasure@aol.com |
| Dorset | |
| BH15 2QJ | |
| Walks on Dartmoor, the South West Coast Path, Mallorca, Spain with a variety of accommodation. | |
| Walkitcornwall | |
| Trevengleth | phone: 01209 860186 |
| Lower Helvasso | website: www.walkitcornwall.co.uk |
| Penryn | e-mail: info@walkitcornwall.co.uk |
| Cornwall | |
| TR10 9BY | |
| Offers coast path and other walks, with or without kit transfer, with or without accommodation. | |
| Way2go4Walking Holidays | |
| Home Farm | phone: 01288 331416 |
| Welcombe | mobile: 07836 556275 |
| Devon | website: www.way2go4.com |
| EX39 6HH | e-mail: walking@way2go4.com |
| Guided walking holidays on the Devon and Cornwall border. | |
| West Country Walks led by Dot Walford | |
| 11 Arlington Close | phone: 01935 424407 |
| Abbey Manor Park | e-mail: dot.walford@freenet.co.uk |
| Yeovil | |
| Somerset | |
| BA21 2TB | |
| A programme of daily walks thoughout the year across the West Country. Dot Walford is a Blue Badge Guide and a qualified hill walking leader with 10 years of guiding experience. | |
| Westcountry Walking Holidays | |
| 5 Bloxham Crescent | phone: 0845 094 3848 |
| Hampton | mobile: 07905 869357 |
| Middlesex | website: www.westcountry-walking-holidays.com |
| TW12 2QF | e-mail: enquiries@westcountry-walking-holidays.com |
| Guided and self-guided holidays tailored to suit individual requirements. | |
| Western Discoveries | |
| Chynoey | phone: 01736 362763 |
| Newmill | mobile: 07738 702404 |
| Penzance | website: www.westcornwallwalks.co.uk |
| Cornwall | e-mail: info@westcornwallwalks.co.uk |
| TR20 8XW | |
| Western Discoveries focus strongly on the ancient monuments in West Cornwall and offer guided and self-led walks, with accommodation at local B&Bs. | |
| Wild Rose Holidays | |
| 94 Downend Road | phone: 0117 957 4477 |
| Fishponds | website: www.wildroseholidays.co.uk |
| Bristol | e-mail: info@wildroseholidays.co.uk |
| BS16 5BH | |
| Wild Rose Holidays are arranged for women only and take place at various places along the South West Coast Path. The guided walks take place from the central accommodation point. Holidays run thoughout the year. | |
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