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| Distance : 3 miles | Grading : ++ | OS Sheet : 192 |
This walk involves quite a lot of flat walking on the sea wall, adjacent to the railway line. However there is also quite a bit of walking next to roads later on, and some streep hills. There are good beaches at Teignmouth and Dawlish.
Dawlish is on the A379 which runs from the outskirts of Exeter and along the coast from Torquay. Parking is a little limited in Dawlish however.
Dawlish has a station, which has frequent trains from Exeter and Torbay, as well as some longer distance services from Plymouth, Penzance and London which stop at Dawlish. Local buses run frequently from Exeter and Torquay to Dawlish.
There is a good choice of accomodation in Dawlish. There is a tourist information centre in Dawlish, near Dawlish Water, which can help with accommodation. Teignmouth also has a good choice of accomodation and again has a Tourist Information centre, who will be able to help with accomodation.
This walk starts on the sea wall adjacent to Dawlish Station. The sea wall is accessed by going under the low railway bridge, then turn right. Once you get to the end, where the railway line heads into a tunnel, the coast path continues over the footbridge over the railway line. However it is worth continuing along the low path for a short while, as you will get to Coryton Cove, a seaside award beach, further along. Once you've climbed up to the top, it is a short walk through a wood before you join the road. There is a pavement.
Look out for the sign back to the coast path on the left, this section takes you around Holcombe, with excellent views. Note that it is not possible to get to Horse Cove, below. There is a steep climb down to where a little stream runs out to sea, then a steep climb back up again. The path then re-joins the road for a short distance. When walking along the road, look out for the sign back to the coast path, it is down a small road. At the end of this road the path goes under the railway line and rejoins the sea wall adjacent to the railway line. The sea wall then runs all the way into Teignmouth.
The most scenic way (as you will have seen), is to take the train back to Dawlish. The station is not that well signed at Teignmouth, but is to the east of the town, slightly back from the sea front. Trains run at least hourly to Dawlish most of the time, however the service is less frequent on Sundays.
If the train is not conveniant there is a bus service (Stagecoach Devon, number 85 or 85A), which runs frequently back to Dawlish. This runs on the same road as the coast path for a time. For more information click the links below.
Here are some photos of the walk. Click a picture for a larger version and description.
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Ordnance Survey Landranger map 192 covers this area of the coast path and is available from most book shops nationwide. It is also stocked at the tourist information centres in Dawlish and Teignmouth.
Multimap is a web site which provides maps of the UK, including around around Dawlish and Teignmouth. The links below will be of most use to the coast path from Dawlish to Teignmouth. These maps join to provide the complete coast path between the two points.