The South West Coast Path is one of England's Great Walks and has been popularised by the inspiring book and film, The Salt Path. 

 

Get to know what it's like to experience this coastal trail by watching these short films produced by South West Coast Path tourism.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch: The Salt Path film trailer

 

Read about the highlights of the South West Coast Path and consider walking this stunning seaside trail that takes in some of England's most famous heritage sites along the way. 

 

 

 

 

England’s longest and, many would say, finest walking trail is the 1000km (630 miles) long South West Coast Path from Poole to Minehead, of which almost half is in Cornwall.

The scenery along the South West Coast Path is spectacular. There are expansive views which highlight an enormous wealth of coastal scenery. From rugged cliffs to sandy beaches, from sleepy coves to marsh, capes and headlands.

 

The South West Coast region is very much a holiday county with beaches, famous Cornish pasties, pirates, shipwrecks and the roaring sea. It has been voted Britain’s favourite holiday region and for many good reasons.

Of course there are many popular tourist centres that you pass through when walking in Cornwall, but on the South West Coast Path you can really escape the crowds, dipping in and out of coves and harbours and ascending beside dramatic cliffs, up to high viewpoints, along promontories and back down to expansive beaches which out of the high season can be all but deserted. The climate is mild and even in bad weather the coastal landscape perhaps becomes even more dramatic.


 

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South West Coast Path Walking Tours

> Marazion to Mevagissey self-guided walking tour (8 days)
> St Ives to Penzance self-guided walking tour (8 days)
> Padstow to St Ives self-guided walking tour (8 days)
> Padstow to Penzance self-guided walking tour (13 days)
> St Ives to Mevagissey self-guided walking tour (14 days)
> A Taste of Cornwall on Foot (6 Days)

> View all South West Coast Path tours

 

 

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