All 52 Stages of the South West Coast Path

The South West Coast Path is England's longest National Trail — a 630-mile (1,014 km) walk around the whole south-west peninsula, from Minehead in Somerset, around the cliffs and coves of Devon and Cornwall, to South Haven Point on Poole Harbour in Dorset. The route divides into 52 official day-stages; most walkers take 7–8 weeks to complete the whole path, or tackle it a region at a time. Tap any stage for its full guide.

How the trail divides

The path runs through four counties, and almost nobody walks all 52 stages in one go — most people take it a region at a time. Each region below has its own guide with every stage, its distance, its climb and its grade.

The route also depends on 17 ferries and tidal crossings — most of them on the south coast, where the estuaries run deep inland and the nearest bridge is miles away.