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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.

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 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.

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. 

The UK’s top-selling website magazine, Web user has awarded the South West Coast Path’s revamped website an impressive five stars in its latest issue and the Daily Mail describes it as “particularly impressive”

One of the loveliest walks on the South West Coast Path, between Falmouth and the Helford River, has benefited from a programme of step building and drainage.

A £10,000 improvement project has recently been completed on a section of the South West Coast Path at Travaunance Cove, near St Agnes, in north Cornwall.

Following a major cliff fall (24th July) near Burton Bradstock, the majority of the Coast Path has now been re-opened, with the exception of the section between Burton Freshwater and Hive Beach, where a diversion is still in place.

The South West Coast Path’s top ten walks to the best hidden beaches.

The South West Coast Path recently revamped its new interactive website with some fantastic new features. Here's a guide to using it with ten top tips...