Walking Britain Stoke & Hartland Quay from Elmscott
Introduction to Walk 3208
County/Area - Devon
Author - Lou Johnson
Length - 6.4 miles / 10.4 km
Ascent - 1200 feet / 364 metres
Time - 4 hours 20 minutes
Grade - moderate
This walk includes some of North Devon's most amazing coastal scenery at Hartland Point as you follow the South West Coast Path. The walk also visits the villages of Hartland and Stoke. The scenery is excellent throughout. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description).
Please maintain social distancing - keep at least 2 metres away from other walkers.
Maps | |||
| Ordnance Survey Explorer 126 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer 126 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 190 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 190 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k. | |||
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2.0 miles / 3.2 km away
Hartland Point from Hartland Quay
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km
2.7 miles / 4.2 km away
Knap Head to Mansley Cliff
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km
4.9 miles / 7.8 km away
Clovelly & the South West Coast Path
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 6.0 miles / 9.8 km
12.8 miles / 20.6 km away
Abbotsham Cliff beach and Kipling's Tor, Westward Ho!
Grade - easy
Length - 3.5 miles / 5.7 km
14.4 miles / 23.1 km away
Dizzard Point & Crackington Haven
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km
16.5 miles / 26.4 km away
St Gennys & Castle Point from Crackington Haven
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 3.0 miles / 4.9 km
16.5 miles / 26.4 km away
Cambeak from Crackington Haven
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 4.3 miles / 7 km
17.2 miles / 27.5 km away
Croyde to Baggy Point Circular
Grade - easy
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km
Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
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South West Coast Path Map Booklet - Plymouth to Poole
Map of part of the southern section of the 630 mile (1014km) South West Coast Path National Trail. Covers the trail from Plymouth to Poole along the coastline of Devon and Dorset. This convenient and compact booklet of Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps shows the route, providing all of the mapping you need to walk the trail in either direction.
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