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A spectacular image of the cliffs at Burton Bradstock in Dorset taken by a keen local photographer has beaten hundreds of entrants to scoop the South West Coast Path’s annual photographic competition. 

The Complete Guide to walking the South West Coast Path has just been published by the South West Coast Path Association and includes all 630 miles of this stunning National Trail in a series of day walks

Figures released today about the South West Coast Path show that walkers using England’s longest National Trail spent around £468m during 2014, an increase of almost 23% in the past five years.

An exhibition featuring winners of the South West Coast Path photo competition are currently on display on Exmoor,
all of which feature in the 2016 calendar.

The 1^st of December brought the great news that the 30^th project in the South West Coast Path Association’s Coastal Communities Fund (CCF) portfolio had been completed.

Thanks to the charity partnership between the South West Coast Path Association and the National Trust, the record breaking results of the inaugural South West Coast Path Challenge in October have been revealed...

The South West Coast Path is fast becoming known as a vital link between South West businesses, particularly those in the tourism sector and the coastal towns and villages through which it travels. 

The prestigious annual South West Coast Path Photographic Competition is once again calling for entries from budding landscape photographers for the chance to be featured in the 2017 official calendar among a host of other great prizes.

The results of tests undertaken over the summer using tougher new European standards to assess the quality of bathing watersin the South West have been published by the Office of National Statistics revealing a pass rate of 97.94%.

The fourth annual Top Dog Walk competition has been launched in Your Dog Magazine alongside a feature on the latest winning walk from Pastow to Harlyn Bay.