Online Resources
Online maps
On the main National Trails website, there is a great tool for finding maps of the Coast Path and it can be used to work out distances and plan routes.
Online videos
There are a number of videos on our youtube channel which give a great introduction to the Coast Path. Visit: https://www.youtube.com/user/SWCoastPath for more details.
General introduction:
- An introduction to the Coast Path to encourage tourists to the area (2017)
- An introduction to the Coast Path with additional videos about its geology, history, industrial heritage and coastal defences
Introduction to different sections the Coast Path (aimed at tourists):
Timeless Coast: Seatown, Dorset – Beer, Devon including Charmouth and Lyme Regis)
Wilderness Coast: Minehead, Somerset – Combe Martin, Devon including Porlock and Lynton
Seafood Coast: Dartmouth, Devon – Babbacombe, Devon (including Torquay and Brixham)
Nautical Coast: Plymouth, Devon – Dartmouth, Devon (including Noss Mayo , Bigbury and Slapton)
Coast of legends: Clovelly, Devon – Tintagel, Cornwall (including Hartland and Bude)
A few from our partner, the National Trust:
Poet Dr. John Cooper Clark discussing the sea as inspiration for poetry
National Trust and the South West Coast
A great selection of sea shanties can be found here. These songs are vocal only (no moving images) and Song 3 ‘Don’t forget your old shipmate’ mentions Plymouth Sound.
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