The South West Coast Path is the spectacular 630-mile (1008 km) National Trail around the tip of Britain. This volume features the section of the Path from Padstow in north Devon famous these days for Rick Steins seafood restaurant all the way round to Falmouth on the south coast a distance of 169 miles (271 km). Following Natural Englands acorn waymarks the route hugs the coast right around Lands End & the Lizard via beautiful St Ives with its artistic heritage & Tate Gallery & Penzance & even offering walkers the unique view anywhere in the country of the chough
- the rare red-beaked crow that recently returned to Cornwalls cliffs after a long absence. This complete guide for the long-distance walker or the weekend stroller has been fully updated & revised for 2013 redesigned throughout with many more colour photographs. & now features much more background information about the history cultural associations & wildlife along the way. National Trail Guides are the official guidebooks to the fifteen National Trails in England & Wales & are published in association with Natural England the official body charged with developing & maintaining the Trails.