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The South West Coast Path National Trail has been voted the Best British walking route by Walk magazine for the second time in row and the timing couldn’t be more apt.

The South West Coast Path has been celebrated as a vital link between South West businesses at an event held at the Nare Hotel in Cornwall.

The South West Coast Path National Trail has been awarded the prestigious “Outstanding Contribution to Tourism” title at the South West Tourism Excellence Awards 2013-14.

Figures released today by the South West Coast Path team show that walkers using England’s longest National Trail spent around £436m during 2012, an increase of almost 15% in the past three years.

The section of Coast Path below the road between Jennycliff and Bovisand on the eastern edge of Plymouth is closed whilst work is underway to replace a large timber staircases along the route.  This work should be complete by the end of March 2014.

A spectacular image of Land’s End in Cornwall by a keen amateur photographer has beaten hundreds of entrants to scoop the South West Coast Path’s annual photographic competition. 

Due to recent storm damage a short section of path has been closed / diverted at Appledore in North Devon.

The second annual competition to find the best dog walk along the South West Coast Path has been launched this week backed by the Kennel Club’s access advisor Stephen Jenkinson...

A section of the South West Coast Path in Beer which had to be re-routed due to a massive landslip last year has been opened.

The South West Coast Path Association has more than doubled the original target of securing £250,000 to improve the South West Coast Path, reaching an astounding total of £640,000.