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Dorset & South Devon Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 3)

Dorset & South Devon Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 3)

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Contents


Contents | Introduction | How difficult is the path? | Planning your walk | Using this guide | Sample route guide: Bigbury-on-Sea to Salcombe


 

INTRODUCTION
    About the Dorset & South Devon Coast Path
    History of the South-West Coast Path 9 – How difficult is the
    Coast Path? 11 – How long do you need? 12 – When to go 13

PART 1: PLANNING YOUR WALK
    Practical information for the walker
    Route finding 17 – Accommodation 18 – Food and drink 21
    Money 26 – Information for foreign visitors 26 – Other services 28
    Walking companies 28
    Budgeting 31
    Itineraries
    Which direction? 32 – Suggested itineraries 33 – The best day
    and weekend walks 35 – Side trips 36 – Village and town
    facilities 38

    What to take
    Keep your luggage light 40 – How to carry it 40 – Footwear 41
    Clothes 41 – Toiletries 42 – First-aid kit 42 – General items 43
    Camping gear 43 – Money 44 – Documents 44 – Maps 44
    Recommended reading 45 – Sources of further information 46
    Taking dogs along the path 48

    Getting to and from the path
    National transport 52 – Getting to Britain 53 – Local transport 55
    Public transport map 59

PART 2: MINIMUM IMPACT WALKING & OUTDOOR SAFETY
    Minimum impact walking
    Economic impact 61 – Environmental impact 62 – Access 63

    Outdoor safety
    Avoidance of hazards 66 – Weather and weather forecasts 68
    Blisters 68 – Hypothermia 68 – Hyperthermia 69 – Sunburn 69

PART 3: THE ENVIRONMENT & NATURE
    Conserving the Dorset & South Devon Coast Path 70
    Geology 72

    Flora and fauna
    Trees 77 – Flowers 78 – Mammals 80 – Reptiles 83 – Birds 83
    Butterflies and moths 88

PART 4: ROUTE GUIDE AND MAPS

Using this guide 89
Plymouth 91
Plymouth to Wembury 100
    Wembury 106
    Tackling the Yealm 106
Wembury to Bigbury-on-Sea 111 – Tackling the Erme
    115 – Challaborough &
    Bigbury- on-Sea 119
Bigbury-on-Sea to Salcombe
    120 – Tackling the Avon 120
    Outer & Inner Hope 122
    Salcombe 126
Salcombe to Slapton Cross
    131 – East Prawle 134
    Beesands 136 – Torcross 138
    Slapton 140
Slapton Cross to Dartmouth
    142 – Strete 143 – Stoke
    Fleming 144 – Dartmouth 148
Dartmouth to Brixham 153
    Kingswear 154
    Brixham 160
Brixham to Torquay 163
    Paignton 167 – Torquay 170
Torquay to Teignmouth 178
    St Marychurch 180
    Maidencombe 180 – Shaldon
    184 – Teignmouth 186
Teignmouth to Exmouth 190
    Dawlish 192 – Dawlish
    Warren 196 – Cockwood 198
    Starcross 198
    Tackling the Exe 200
    Exmouth 203
Exmouth to Sidmouth 207
    Budleigh Salterton 210
    Sidmouth 216
Sidmouth to Seaton 221
    Branscombe Mouth 224
    Beer 226 – Seaton 228
Seaton to Lyme Regis 231
    Lyme Regis 236
Lyme Regis to Seatown 243
    Charmouth 244 – Seatown 248
    Chideock 248
Seatown to Abbotsbury 250
    Eype Mouth 251 – West Bay
    252 – Burton Bradstock 256
    South Dorset Ridgeway (aka
    Inland Coastal Route) West
    Bexington 260
    Abbotsbury 266
Abbotsbury to Fortuneswell
    268 – Fortuneswell 274
Fortuneswell to Weymouth
    (via Isle of Portland Circuit)
    276 – Weymouth 282
Weymouth to Lulworth Cove 287 – Osmington Mills 288
    Lulworth Cove & West
    Lulworth 294
Lulworth Cove to Kimmeridge Bay 298
    When ranges are closed 302
    Kimmeridge 304
Kimmeridge Bay to Swanage
    306 – Worth Matravers 308
    Swanage 312
Swanage to South Haven Point 316 – New Swanage 3

 

APPENDICES
A: Poole 322    B: South Dorset Ridgeway Prehistoric Sites 323
C: Map key 324    D: GPS waypoints 325

INDEX  329

Dorset & South Devon Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 3)

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