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Heddon’s Valley is voted Top Dog Walk in the West
Published on: 18th February 2013
Heddon’s Mouth has beaten off competition from a host of dog walks, from Brixham in Devon to the Lizard in Cornwall, to be voted the best dog walk in the West by walkers of the South West Coast Path.
The pick of the best spring flower walks
Published on: 30th January 2013
Spring is the perfect time of year get out on to the South West Coast Path and see beautiful wild flowers in bloom. From short woodland walks through a sea of wild garlic and bluebells to cliff-top ambles past rosettes of primroses, here's our pick of the best spring flower walks
Funding secured for Plymouth route improvement
Published on: 8th November 2012
A stairway to the foodie heaven of the Royal William Yard in Plymouth will be built as part of an exciting project to fill in the missing link on the South West Coast Path thanks to a grant of £237,000 by Natural England.
South West Coast Path among world's great adventures
Published on: 18th October 2012
The South West Coast Path ranks alongside New Zealand’s Milford Track, Chile’s Torres del Paine trek and Alaska’s Chilkoot Trail as one of the world’s most awe-inspiring hikes, according to the new Great Adventures book published this month by Lonely Planet.
St Mary’s Bay, Brixham improved for Coast Path walkers
Published on: 18th October 2012
A project carried out by local conservation charity Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust, to improve a popular area of the South West Coast Path at St Mary’s Bay, Brixham, has recently been completed.
One man and his mum embark on a charity challenge of a lifetime
Published on: 5th October 2012
A charity walk unlike any other is soon to take place as Steve Ridd (46) and his mum Pauline (68) prepare to embark on an epic walk covering all 300 miles of the South West Coast Path in Cornwall.
Appeal launched for South West Coast Path
Published on: 5th October 2012
To give the Coast Path a ‘birthday present’ in gratitude for the pleasure it has given millions of people the SW Coast Path Association is organising a big fund raising walk next Spring to make it even better.
Poetry written in stone along the Coast Path
Published on: 3rd October 2012
Volunteers from Dorset’s branch of the Dry Stone Walling Association have laid the last of six poetry stones beside the South West Coast Path near St Aldelm's Head in Dorset.
A fundraising family adventure
Published on: 24th September 2012
A Treasure Trail is a family affair as Steve Ridd and his mum Pauline are set to prove as they embark on an epic walk covering all 299 miles of the South West Coast Path in Cornwall for two charities close to their hearts.
Top landscape photographer to judge photo competition
Published on: 20th September 2012
Award-winning Devon-based photographer Adam Burton has been named as one of the competition judges for this year’s annual South West Coast Path photo competition.
