coastal path

Popular coastal path cordoned off

Police are advising walkers to keep away from the coastal path at Butter Cove near Kingsbridge after a significant landslip at the weekend.

Officers were called shortly before 5.25pm on Sunday 22 March after reports that the top of the cliff had collapsed close to the footpath, between Bantham Beach and Thurlestone Golf Course.

Local officers, the police helicopter and the...

£5m confirmed to finish coast path by 2020

The Deputy Prime Minister today confirmed extra funding to speed up the completion of coastal paths around England on a visit to Port Gaverne in Cornwall.

The cash will go towards completing England’s vital coastal walkways by 2020, ten years earlier than planned.

The Deputy Prime Minister made the commitment in a speech in September, and can today confirm the details of funds...

Footprints lead the way to the South West Coast Path

The South West Coast Path at Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore, has become easier to follow and enjoy thanks to sponsorship from HolidayCottages.co.uk and the Great South West Walk.

Whilst the South West Coast Path is well signposted and easy to follow in the open countryside, finding the route through many of our towns is often not so easy.

The North Devon Biosphere...

£40,000 investment opens up Coast Path to thousands of wheelchair and pushchair users in time for Christmas

The completion of seven coastal access schemes along parts of the South West Coast Path, and the addition of 40 extra walks on its website means that now, for the first time, thousands of people with limited mobility and those with young children in pushchairs are able to enjoy stretches of the breathtaking National Trail that were once impassable.

Newly accessible walks include parts...