South West Coast Path crowned best UK walking route

THE South West Coast Path -  National Trail has been voted the Best British walking route by Walk magazine for the second consecutive year.

In the past two months, the UK has suffered some of the most severe weather ever to hit these shores and the South West has taken the heaviest battering. What the award and the weather have highlighted, however, is just how well managed the coastline is for walkers.

Mark Owen, the National Trail Officer for the South West Coast Path says: “The storms have put enormous pressure on the people who maintain the Coast Path on a day to-day basis, with the Highways Agencies and National Trust coastal rangers out in force trying to keep it accessible wherever possible – and they’re doing a fantastic job! Relatively few areas have had to close and where there are problems that can’t be solved immediately, due to a landslide or unstable cliffs, short diversions have been put in place to re-route walkers along an alternative public right of way.

The award win comes just weeks after it was announced that the Coast Path is worth £436m to the region’s tourism economy.

Looking out to sea on the South West Coast Path. Photograph by Richard Taylor.

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