Channel to Channel (Devon and Somerset)
A 50-mile long-distance walk in southwest England running coast-to-coast from Seaton on the English Channel to Watchet on the Bristol Channel. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SY 244 898
Distance: 50 miles (80 km)
Time: 20–25 hours
Duration: 2–4 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL9 Exmoor, Barnstaple, Lynton, Minehead and Dulverton
116 Lyme Regis and Bridport
128 Taunton, Blackdown Hills, Wellington and Ilminster
140 Quantock Hills and Bridgwater
Summary
The Channel to Channel (Devon and Somerset) is a long-distance walking route which links the English Channel with the Bristol Channel across the narrow waist of the southwest peninsula. The route was designed and developed by members of the Ramblers’ Association. From the starting point at a small seaside town of Seaton in East Devon, the walk heads northwards. Places visited on the route include Holyford Woods Nature Reserve, Sand Pit Hill, the River Coly (near Colyton), Lexhayne Mill, Seaton Junction, Kilmington, Coryton, the River Yarty, Beckford Bridge, Lower Yartyford, Howley, Marsh, Bishopswood, Fyfett, the Blackdown Hills, Adcombe Hill, Pitminster, Poundisford Park, Staplehay, Trull, the Vale of Taunton Deane, the River Tone, Taunton, Staplegrove, Yarford, Cothelstone, Shopnoller, Seven Ash, Crowcombe Heathfield, Higher Vexford, Stogumber, Escott, Capton, Williton, and St Decumans, before the route ends upon reaching the Bristol Channel in Watchet.