💭Misty days on the South West Coast Path 📸 Jake Starr 📍Kynance Cove, Cornwall

Walking with the University of Plymouth 🌊📸 Our team led Photography and Creative Media students on two Coast Path walks, from Cremyll to Cawsand and Barbican to Royal William Yard, exploring how landscapes shape creativity. Inspiring new coastal connections!

📸 LAST CALL for entries! South West Coast Path Photographer of the Year closes at midnight tomorrow (31.01.26). If you walked the Path in 2025 and captured your adventure, we’d love to see it. Free to enter! Enter now: southwestcoastpath.org.uk/photographer-of-the-year 📷Shaun Selley

📣ONE WEEK TO GO!! ⏳ENTER NOW!! The #SouthWestCoastPath Photographer of the Year 2025 ⏰ Entries close Midnight, 31st January! Get involved and share your photos taken on the #SWCP during 2025. ➡ FIND OUT MORE www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/photographer... 📸 Shaun Selley 📍Ilfracombe, North Devon

Stormy skies, shifting light and that unmistakable coastal drama. Even on moody days, the South West Coast Path looks good. ☁ 📷 Annie Marston 📍Hartland, North Devon

The Path to fun, friendship & fitness 👣 Do your 2026 plans include the South West Coast Path? From a few steps to all 630 miles, Coast Path Connector Jane Leigh shares how she started — and what keeps her walking. Monday motivation we love 💙 Read more 👉 blog.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/2026/01/08/t...

Blue skies at Rinsey Head 💙 Explore more with our 2.8mile circular walk ➡️ www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/walksdb/47/

🤝 Partnership & community 🌊 Mike Radford, St Petrocs, reflects on Coast Path Connectors: “Interest and attendance grow every month… people are eager for the next walk and friendships have formed.” Supporting wellbeing walks on the SW Coast Path. blog.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/2026/01/08/p...

💨🌳 Storm Goretti’s 100mph winds caused widespread damage across West Cornwall, including the South West Coast Path. Our teams are assessing damage and the long-term restoration. Please support our Storm Damage Appeal and help protect the Path for all. 🫶 ➡ bit.ly/StormGoretti...

🌿 A new 70m boardwalk opens at Porlock Marsh, home to stunted trees & a 6,000-year-old petrified forest. Built with Exmoor timber by Exmoor NP Authority, funded by SWCPA & The Best of Exmoor, it restores year-round access while protecting marshland. 🥾✨

Looking for walking inspiration? We’ve got 400+ routes to explore! Winter on the Coast Path brings wild seas, bracing winds and peaceful moments. Try a Perranporth beach stroll or a cliff-top walk to St Agnes 👉https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/walksdb/22/ 📷Rob Donald 📍Perranporth

✨ 1st January Happy New Year to all our wonderful supporters! Wishing you a bright, fresh start to 2026. We can’t wait to begin another year of adventures on the South West Coast Path — here’s to many miles, wild views and new memories ahead. 🥾🌊🎉 📷 Kaitlin Schoewe 📍Jurassic Coast

📣 Call for entries! South West Coast Path Photographer of the Year 2025 is open! 🌊📷 Share your best 2025 shots — golden skies, cliff-top walks, wild weather moments. Free to enter & open to all. Could your photo win? Enter now 👉 southwestcoastpath.org.uk/photographer-of-the-year 📷Jen Rogers

🎁 Boxing Day walks are the perfect way to burn off Christmas treats! 🌫️🥾 Stunning photo by Andy Lyons shows a fogbow lighting up the coastline along the Path. Will you be getting out for a walk today to enjoy the fresh air and winter views? 🌊✨

🎄 Christmas Day Wishing all our wonderful supporters a joyful festive day. And if you’re heading out on the South West Coast Path today — enjoy every step. 🌊✨ 📷Nicky Haywood 📍Geevor Tin Mine, West Cornwall

🌅 Lulworth Cove — where light dances on sea and land, painting the cove in a golden glow. A perfect spot to pause, breathe, and take in the beauty of the South West Coast Path. 🌊✨ 📷 James Loveridge

✨ Winter Solstice ✨ Today marks the shortest day of the year — a moment to pause, breathe and embrace the gentle shift into winter. As the light slowly returns, we’re celebrating the wild beauty of the South West Coast Path during the quieter winter season. ❄️🌊 📷Harry Williams 📍The Rumps, Cornwall

✨ It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas on the South West Coast Path! From twinkling harbours to glowing village streets, the coastline is sparkling its way through the dark winter nights. ❄️🎄 📷 Gary Holpin 📍Christmas harbour lights at Brixham, Devon

What a year on the South West Coast Path! Our wellbeing walks, partnerships and amazing volunteers have helped hundreds connect with nature, community and the Trail. Read our full 2025 wrap👇 https://blog.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/2025/11/25/2025-community-engagement-south-west-coast-path/

🎁 Gift a South West Coast Path membership! 💙 Help protect all 630 miles of the Trail, from storm repairs to improved access. Includes 2026-27 Guide, Trailblazing magazine, monthly e-newsletters & more. Give a gift that keeps the Coast Path thriving! ➡️ https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/join

Blue Sky Healing Steps enjoyed a brilliant birdwatching walk with Rose, Northam Burrows Country Park Ranger, this week. From Stonechats and Skylarks to Curlew and Godwits on the Skern, the group soaked up the wildlife and ended with a well-earned hot drink. Huge thanks to Rose for a fantastic day! 🐦

🎁 Give the gift of the coast! 🌊 Help repair storm-hit signs & improve wayfinding so walkers stay safe and confident. Support our Find Your Way Appeal and protect the South West Coast Path for today, tomorrow & generations to come. www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/support-us/s...

From trail to beach, the SWCP leads you to stunning spots like Holywell Bay, seen in many films and TV shows. Try the 8-mile Holywell St Piran circular walk around Penhale Point and dunes, where St Piran is said to have washed up on his millstone. 🌊🥾https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/walksdb/510/

A year of cancer support walks on the South Devon Coast — from beach strolls to hill climbs, warm coffees and new friendships. Thanks to The Mustard Tree for funding this vital programme. For info about our Plymouth group, contact [email protected]

Sometimes called the healing path, the South West Coast Path can offer comfort after a life-changing loss. For National Grief Awareness Week, we’re sharing Phil Brown’s 630-mile walk in memory of his wife, Anna. 🔗https://blog.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/2025/12/02/national-grief-awareness-week/

It’s Giving Tuesday — a day to celebrate every act of generosity 🫶 We’re so grateful for our volunteers, supportive businesses and all of you who donate or join as members. You make the South West Coast Path what it is. Explore ways to give back today: southwestcoastpath.org.uk/support-us

This Green Friday, skip the sales and embrace the Trail. 🌿 Swap shop queues for awe-inspiring views on the South West Coast Path. Support this special natural asset 🫶 southwestcoastpath.org.uk/support-us/support-an-appeal 📷 Bossington - Gary Holpin 📷 Newlyn - Mark Gowan 📷 Hopes Nose - Robert Hughes

It’s National Tree Week 🌳 We couldn’t let it pass without sharing two of the most-photographed trees from our archive. Can you guess where each one stands along the South West Coast Path? Drop your guesses below — and tell us which tree you’d walk to see first. 🥾 1.  📸Martin Cockayne 2.  📸Jon Rees

🌳 It’s National Tree Week! We’ve picked favourite tree-and-trail shots from last year’s Photographer of the Year entries — from Hooken Cliffs’ lush greenery to recycled Christmas trees stabilising dunes at Widemouth Bay. 📸 2025 entries now open! Link in bio.

Cloudy skies can be pretty spectacular ⛅ 📷 Graham Smith 📍 Walking into the sunset at Ayrton Cove, South Devon

Winter Community Walks in Cornwall ❄️🥾 Our Cornwall team led an NHS referral group on a 5-mile walk at Bedruthan Steps. A supportive mix of new and experienced walkers enjoyed stunning views and a blue-sky lunch stop at Porth Mear. ℹ️ southwestcoastpath.org.uk/coast-path-connectors

🥾 Andrea Mead's vivid account of the Bude to Crackington Haven walk makes you feel every step of this stunning, challenging stretch.  Discover more 📖 🔗https://blog.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/2025/11/14/bude-to-crackington-haven-adventures-on-the-south-west-coast-path/ 📷 Helen Mcginnes 📷 Andrea Mead

We’re lucky to work with businesses that love the Path as much as we do ❤️ Whirlwind Sports shares how the Path evokes community, connection and movement. 🔗https://blog.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/2025/11/05/life-on-the-edge-living-and-working-beside-the-south-west-coast-path/ 📷 Maddy Knowles

Peaceful reflection on the Coast Path. #lestweforget #RemembranceSunday 📷 Andrew Turner 📍West Pentire, Cornwall

South West Coast Path Photographer of the Year Exhibition  Extended until Sunday 23rd November! 📍The Arcade, Royal William Yard, Plymouth 🗓️ Until Sunday 23rd November 🕚 11am - 4pm daily 🔗https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/swcp-photo-exhibition/

Heritage, history and hiking along the South West Coast Path The iconic Crown engine houses cling to the cliffs at Botallack and can be viewed from the Trail. Located on the Tin Coast and part of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. 📷 Sunset at Botallack by Jake Starr

Stepping into the weekend and a new month of adventures on the South West Coast Path 👣 ❤️🤎💚🩵🧡 📷 Andrew Turner 📍Bolberry Down, South Devon

There are a staggering 30,000 steps on the SWCP 😮 Our Step Up Appeal helps to fund essential maintenance and the replacement of steps. By donating, you will help us and our partners to keep you moving on the Trail.  🔗https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/step-up 📷 Shaun Selley 📍Woolacombe

🎨Inspired by The Coast – Ingrid Brown 💬The Coast Path is a place of renewal, both a sanctuary and studio - the energy of the Coast Path's inherent wild unpredictability sharpens my attention and clears my mind. https://blog.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/2025/10/24/inspired-by-the-coast-ingrid-brown/

Sunday Strolls🥾 It’s our favourite time of year when long beach walks can be enjoyed as part of the #SWCP experience. October is filled with stunning sunsets, windswept beaches, and the opportunity to wrap up warm for a bracing coastal walk.  📷 Andrew Barrett 📍Mawgan Porth

🗺️ International Friendship Trail Opens! Jackie Randall from the Bruce Trail visited Wembury today to celebrate the twinning of the #SWCP Wembury to Cawsand section with the Bruce Trail section around Cape Chin, Ontario. ℹ️https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/about-coast-path/international-trails/

📣South West Coast Path Photographer of the Year Exhibition travels to Plymouth! 📍The Arcade, Royal William Yard, Plymouth 🗓️ Friday 24 October - Sunday 2 November 🖼️ Artober - FREE ENTRY 🔗https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/swcp-photo-exhibition/ 📷 Kimmeridge Bay by Richard Murray Nature Category

🌿✨ Happy #ExmoorDay! ✨🌿 Where the South West Coast Path meets wild cliffs, moorland hills, and ancient woods. 💚 Exmoor’s wild beauty is a reminder of why we protect, care for, and champion this incredible National Trail. 💚 📷Carrie-Ann Andrews 📍12 miles between Porlock Weir and Lynmouth

🍁Is anyone else enjoying the beautiful autumn colours on the Coast Path?  Head to our website for some weekend walking inspiration and discover our Autumn Ambles series. Each walk includes a map and route directions 🗺️ 🥾Happy walking! 🥾 🔗https://bit.ly/SWCPautumnwalks 📷 West Cornwall

❓What’s the toughest stretch of the South West Coast Path❓ The answer often given is Hartland Quay to Bude — 15.2 wild miles of high cliffs, relentless climbs and jaw-dropping views. You’ll ascend the Matterhorn before reaching Bude! ⛰️ ➡️ southwestcoastpath.org.uk/walksdb/145 📷 Steph Bloor

🥾Sunday Strolls on the Coast Path at Portland 🥾 Our 3.5-mile circular walk is a perfect way to explore this rocky isle and view the 18-mile shingle bar of Chesil Beach and the causeway linking Portland to the mainland.    🔗https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/walksdb/618/ 📷 Carmia Seagreen

In recognition of World Mental Health Day, our Coast Path Connector team reflects on the impact of our walking programme on the people who have joined us.    🔗https://blog.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/2025/10/08/world-mental-health-day-reflections/ 📷 Exmouth by Pete Hemington 📷 Torbay 📷 Morwenstow

👏 We are thrilled to share that @TheDavidEllisCharity, with whom we've been working as part of Coast Path Connectors, was recently awarded bronze in the Health and Wellbeing category of the English Veterans Awards. 📷 Coast Path Connecter walk with the David Ellis Charity 📍Swyre Head, Dorset

The 2025 South West Coast Path Photographer of the Year competition is now open for entries!  Please share or tag a friend that you think should enter!  Find Out More and How to Enter 🔗https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/photographer-of-the-year 📷 Pete Courtis 📍Rinsey

💨 Storm Amy has arrived with a Yellow Wind Warning for the SW Stay Safe on the Coast - take extra care  🌧️ Check forecasts and tides. 🌊 Beware of large waves and walking near cliffs.  🐾 Know your route and keep dogs on leads. 🆘 In an emergency call 999 and ask for the Coastguard. 📷 Nicky Haywood