News

The South West Coast Path Association welcomes the House of Lords Select Committee’s report on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act. Especially as it highlights the importance of access to the countryside and the important role England’s National Trails play in the local economy and our wider health and wellbeing.

Seventeen-year-old Josef FitzGerald-Patrick from near Land’s End has been announced the winner of the South West Coast Path Association’s annual photography competition. The winning photograph, which beat over 4,800 other entries, shows a firework display held at Land’s End in August last year and took the budding photographer three years to perfect.

The South Hams Society are organising a number of beach cleans throughout 2018. See the information below if you wish to join in! For more information contact Penny Fenton t: 01548 561539  e: [email protected] or Vivien Napper t: 01548 842405 m: 07855 383601 or check our website at www.southhamssociety.org

This Easter visit an exhibition of artwork of work by inspired by ‘the Ocean’ at East Soar’s Walkers Hut just off the Coast Path.

The wet and stormy weather during January and February has taken its toll on the South West Coast Path. Whilst the vast majority of the 630 miles of Coast Path is unaffected (other than being more muddy in places than normal) some of the cliff falls have meant that sections of the Path have had to be diverted inland.

We are lucky enough to have some fabulous trees and woodlands along and near to the route of the Coast Path. If you are trip planning for later in the year, here are a few ideas for woodland walks.

Come, walk with us down the world’s best ‘memory lane’, this is a photo competition with a difference. We want to see your retro photos from trips to the South West Coast Path in years gone by.

We’ve asked Julian Gray, our Director elect, to tell us more about himself and why he felt drawn to take on this role. 

This February we play cupid and invite single lovers of the Path to join a special walk and meet new like-minded friends.

Top tips for first time trail runners