The South West Coast Path is the spectacular 630-mile (1008 km) National Trail around the tip of Britain. South West Coast Path: Padstow to Falmouth features the section of the Path from Padstow in north Devon, famous these days for Rick Stein's seafood restaurant, all the way round to Falmouth on the south coast, a distance of 169 miles (271 km). Following Natural England's acorn waymarks, the route hugs the coast right around Land's End and the Lizard, via beautiful St Ives with its artistic heritage and Tate Gallery and Penzance, and even offering walkers the unique view anywhere in the country of the chough – the rare red-beaked crow that recently returned to Cornwall's cliffs after a long absence.
This complete guide for the long-distance walker or the weekend stroller has been fully updated and revised for 2013, redesigned throughout with many more colour photographs. and now features much more background information about the history, cultural associations and wildlife along the way. National Trail Guides are the official guidebooks to the fifteen National Trails in England and Wales and are published in association with Natural England, the official body charged with developing and maintaining the Trails.
National Trail Guides are the official guidebooks to the fifteen National Trails in England and Wales and are published in association with Natural England, the official body charged with developing and maintaining the Trails.