Spring Saunters
Spring almost anywhere on the South West coastline is a breathtaking experience when the sky is clear and the air is hazy. The sea becomes a vast ocean of pastel shades from silver through powdery blues and soft lilacs to salmon pinks, and the newly-budding branches of the upright birches, the twisted oaks and the sharp thorns etch a delicate filigree frieze on the cloudless sky.
The long shadows throw the cliffs and crags into stark relief, and the gulls are a vivid white flash as they wheel over the waves among the migrant birds arriving here to breed. Spring flowers carpet the grass, blossom and catkins decorate the trees and bushes, and the air is full of the liquid warble of countless songbirds.
Click on the menu to the right to discover some of our favourite spring walks.
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Easy walks (13 walks)
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Baggy Point Short Walk
- 2.8 miles (4.5 km) -
Bolberry Down
- 1.7 miles (2.8 km) -
Boscastle & Pentargon Waterfall
- 1.7 miles (2.7 km) -
Crantock & Penpol Creek
- 1.7 miles (2.7 km) -
Crock Point
- 3.2 miles (5.1 km) -
Durlston Country Park's Clifftop Trail
- 1.1 miles (1.7 km) -
Godrevy Head
- 0.6 miles (0.9 km) -
Heddon's Mouth
- 2.2 miles (3.5 km) -
Portland Bill
- 3.5 miles (5.6 km) -
Rinsey Head - Butterflies and a Bishop
- 3.7 miles (6.0 km) -
St Levan
- 1.6 miles (2.5 km) -
The Wildlife & Forts of Berry Head NNR
- 1.6 miles (2.6 km) -
Westward Ho! to Cornborough Cliffs
- 1.5 miles (2.5 km)
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Moderate walks (59 walks)
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A Castle and a Cross
- 2.2 miles (3.5 km) -
A Twirl of the Cape
- 4.8 miles (7.7 km) -
Bantham to Thurlestone
- 3.2 miles (5.2 km) -
Basset's Cove & Tehidy
- 4.6 miles (7.4 km) -
Bedruthan Steps Circular
- 2.7 miles (4.4 km) -
Beesands and Hallsands
- 3.7 miles (6.0 km) -
Bossington Hill
- 2.9 miles (4.6 km) -
Buck's Mills & Peppercombe Castle
- 4.7 miles (7.5 km) -
Bude - Coast & Canal
- 5.7 miles (9.1 km) -
Clovelly & Mouth Mill
- 5.1 miles (8.3 km) -
Colaton Raleigh to Budleigh Salterton
- 4.0 miles (6.4 km) -
Coverack and Black Head
- 4.5 miles (7.3 km) -
Cremyll Ferry to Kingsand & Cawsand
- 3.5 miles (5.7 km) -
Croyde & Saunton Down
- 4.5 miles (7.2 km) -
Dartmouth Castle
- 3.2 miles (5.1 km) -
Dartmouth Castle & Gallants Bower
- 3.3 miles (5.3 km) -
Dawlish and Dawlish Warren
- 5.6 miles (9.0 km) -
Dodman Point
- 4.8 miles (7.7 km) -
East Portlemouth & Gara Rock
- 3.9 miles (6.3 km) -
Estuary Walk from Barnstaple Station
- 11.6 miles (18.6 km) -
Geevor Tin Mine Circular
- 6.1 miles (9.8 km) -
Gribbin Head and the Saints Way
- 6.6 miles (10.6 km) -
Hartland Quay Circular
- 4.0 miles (6.5 km) -
Hillsborough's Sleeping Elephant
- 1.4 miles (2.3 km) -
Holywell and Kelsey Head
- 3.7 miles (6.0 km) -
Kilminorth Woods from Looe Station
- 4.0 miles (6.5 km) -
Lamorna & The Kemyel Nature Reserve
- 3.7 miles (6.0 km) -
Lelant Station - St Ives
- 4.5 miles (7.2 km) -
Limekiln Hill
- 3.5 miles (5.7 km) -
Loe Tide at Porthleven
- 7.4 miles (11.8 km) -
Marazion Marsh from Penzance Station
- 6.8 miles (11.0 km) -
Meadfoot & London Bridge
- 4.0 miles (6.4 km) -
Moonfleet Walk
- 6.2 miles (10.0 km) -
Morte Point
- 4.6 miles (7.5 km) -
Mullion Cove to Lizard Point and Village
- 6.9 miles (11.1 km) -
Mullion & Poldhu
- 4.6 miles (7.4 km) -
Padstow and Stepper Point Walk
- 5.8 miles (9.4 km) -
Pentirely Superb
- 4.5 miles (7.3 km) -
Porthcurno from Porthgwarra
- 2.8 miles (4.5 km) -
Porthgwarra and Porthcurno
- 2.3 miles (3.7 km) -
Port Isaac & Porteath
- 5.4 miles (8.6 km) -
Portland Castle
- 3.6 miles (5.8 km) -
Rosemullion Head Circular
- 3.9 miles (6.2 km) -
Salcombe Hill
- 4.6 miles (7.4 km) -
Selworthy Combe
- 3.3 miles (5.3 km) -
Sennen Cove & Land's End
- 3.3 miles (5.3 km) -
Sharp Tor & Bolt Head
- 3.6 miles (5.7 km) -
Slapton Ley
- 4.2 miles (6.8 km) -
Slattenslade
- 3.8 miles (6.1 km) -
Spyway Car Park to Swanage
- 6.7 miles (10.8 km) -
St Agnes Head
- 4.0 miles (6.5 km) -
Start Point and Great Mattiscombe Sand
- 2.2 miles (3.6 km) -
Studland Village to Old Harry
- 3.9 miles (6.2 km) -
Swanpool Nature Reserve
- 4.5 miles (7.3 km) -
Teignmouth to Dawlish Railway Walk
- 4.7 miles (7.6 km) -
Three Sides of The Lizard
- 4.0 miles (6.4 km) -
Tintagel King Arthur Walk
- 3.4 miles (5.4 km) -
Wembury & Staddiscombe
- 7.7 miles (12.4 km) -
Wester Wood
- 3.5 miles (5.6 km)
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Challenging walks (23 walks)
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Brockholes
- 6.9 miles (11.2 km) -
Cawsand to Whitsand Bay
- 5.2 miles (8.4 km) -
Crackington Haven Circular
- 3.5 miles (5.7 km) -
Creeks and Coves: Bodinnick, Polruan and Fowey
- 6.1 miles (9.9 km) -
Dancing Ledge and Langton Matravers
- 4.9 miles (7.9 km) -
Dancing Ledge and Seacombe Bottom
- 4.5 miles (7.2 km) -
Dittisham
- 4.7 miles (7.5 km) -
East Prawle and Prawle Point
- 4.1 miles (6.6 km) -
Foreland Point Adventurous Walk
- 5.2 miles (8.3 km) -
Geevor Mine & Chûn Quoit
- 6.5 miles (10.5 km) -
Holywell St Piran Walk
- 8.1 miles (13.0 km) -
Labrador Bay
- 4.3 miles (7.0 km) -
Mutter's Moor & the Lower Otter Valley
- 7.0 miles (11.3 km) -
Polperro and East Coombe
- 5.3 miles (8.5 km) -
Salcombe & Soar Mill Cove
- 6.6 miles (10.7 km) -
Seaton to Lyme Regis through the Undercliffs - Part 1
- 3.5 miles (5.7 km) -
Seaton to Lyme Regis through the Undercliffs - Part 2
- 4.0 miles (6.4 km) -
The Hangman Hills
- 4.7 miles (7.5 km) -
Valley of Rocks Woodland Walk
- 6.3 miles (10.2 km) -
Westcombe & Wonwell
- 5.6 miles (9.0 km) -
Westward Ho! Kingsley & Kipling Walk
- 5.8 miles (9.4 km) -
Worthy Wood
- 3.8 miles (6.1 km) -
Zennor
- 5.0 miles (8.0 km)
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