Description
The South West Coast Path is a 630 mile long National Trail that follows the spectacular coastline of southern England. The second section of the trail, from Padstow to Falmouth, is 169 miles long and is featured in this new edition of the Official National Trail Guide. The guide features Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps and is fully updated and revised for 2013.
The South West Coast Path is the longest of Britains National Trails, following the spectacular coastline for 630 miles around the southernmost tip of England from Somerset all the way to Dorset.This volume of the Official National Trail Guide, published in association with Natural England, features the second section of 169 miles (271 km), from Padstow in north Cornwall to Falmouth on the south coast. From the surfing mecca of Newquay and St Ivess golden beaches it hugs the rugged clifftops round Lands End and the Lizard as far west and south as it is possible to go in Britain visiting serpentine harbours and craggy coves such as Cadgwith and Porthcurno with its dramatic open-air theatre. Besides truly wild sea-life like seals and fulmars, the Path offers the only chance anywhere in the country to see the delightful red-beaked chough.For the holiday stroller or the long-distance walker, this official guide contains everything you need. This new edition has been fully updated and revised, and completely re-designed with many new photographs, for 2013. It features Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps for the whole route.