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Short Breaks

The Perfect Westcountry Walking Holiday

There are some fantastic walks on offer in the Westcountry, particularly along the coastline, as you can see from the many photos of beautiful locations on this website.

All this and more is what makes walking the South West Coast Path such a great way to spend your holiday. It really can take you to some amazing places, some of which can only be reached on foot.

The easiest way to book a short holiday is to stay in one place, and do a series of day walks. You’ll find details of hundreds of these walks on the website, so you’re sure to find something that suits you – use the walk finder tool or click on any of the photos in the galleries at the top of any page. Once you’ve found a walk you want to do, you’ll find a link which will bring up details of a wide range of nearby places to stay.

Alternatively if you’d like to walk a longer stretch of the Coast Path stopping in a different place each night, we’ve a range of suggested short itineraries that start and finish at places where it’s easy to get to. You can find these by clicking the buttons on the right.

To collate information from the pages you like, click on ‘Add to my Itinerary’ and they will be saved so that you can come back to them later, or share them with friends by email or through social media.

 

2-3 day breaks2-3 day breaksChild's Play

3-5 day breaks3-5 day breaksA midweek treat

5-7 day breaks5-7 day breaksA week away from it all

7-10 day breaks7-10 day breaksA taste of real walking

Latest News

  • Coast Path Motographer of the Year 2013 competition

    The South West Coast Path team is encouraging budding mobile phone photographers of all ages to capture a moment in time on the Coast Path as part of its Coast Path Motographer of the Year 2013 competition.

  • New record set for completing the Coast Path!

    A new record has been set for the fastest completion of the South West Coast Path! Contours Walking Holidays' Managing Director, Mark Townsend and fellow runner, Julie Gardener, completed the full South West Coast Path in a record time of 14 days, 14 hours and 44 minutes.

     

  • Great South West Walk exceeds half a million!

    The South West Coast Path Association’s Great South West Walk came to a grand finale on Tuesday 7th May, raising over £500,000 for 90 improvement projects to the entire South West Coast Path covering Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset.

  • Latest news on path diversions

    Following numerous cliff falls over the past few months, many sections of the Coast Path have been diverted. Click for details of route changes.

  • Cliff fall near Lulworth Cove

    Following the landslide at St. Oswald’s Bay between Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door on the morning of 30 April 2013, diversionary routes have been put in place by Dorset County Council and the Lulworth Estate, allowing the South West Coast Path to remain fully open and safe for visitors to this area. 

  • New slate waymarkers guide the way for Cornish walkers

    The sand dunes of west Cornwall attract thousands of local walkers and tourists every year who will now benefit from new slate waymarkers to guide the way along the South West Coast Path.

  • Five top family walks for summer

    Why not get out and about this summer and combine a family walk on the South West Coast Path with a host of other old-fashioned childhood pleasures, from crabbing in rockpools and exploring hidden coves, to following in the footsteps of giants.

  • Great South West Walk kicks off

    The Great South West Walk is underway - but still time to join up and help make the Coast Path even better.

  • Jurassic Coast Gateway nearing completion

    Exmouth is taking pride of place at the Western end of the Jurassic Coast as finishing touches are applied at the Jurassic Coast Gateway.

    The project will be completed in time for the Easter holidays, and will highlight its status as the oldest part of the World Heritage Site.

  • South West Coast Path To Receive £250,000

    The South West Coast Path Association is delighted to announce that it has secured £250,000 in funding for improvement projects around the entire South West Coast Path, before their fundraising event has even taken place.

Heligan Woods