The Somerset part of the costal path takes in one of the most beautiful landscapes in Britain, the Exmoor National Park. The very rugged coast has some steep climbs but rewards you with some stunning views, waterfalls and lovely wooded sections. The majority of beaches on this part of the coast path are rocky.

The South West Coast Path begins (or ends) in the popular resort of Minehead and soon climbs out of the town onto the edge of Exmoor passing over some stunning heathland and later descends into Porlock bay with it's shingle ridge to finish at the western end of the bay at Porlock Weir.

This walk covers much of the spectacular Exmoor coastline. It begins from the town of Lynmouth in a deep valley of the river Lyn and immediatly climbs east along the spectacular cliffs, past the lighthouse at Foreland Point and continuing around Contisbury Cove. The walk soon enters woodland that covers the top of the cliffs and continues east through the quite woodlands passing the tiny Culbourne church and coming into Porlock Weir to the western edge of Porlock Bay. The walk continues to finish in the village of Porlock a short distance inland.

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