Two Moors Way (Devon Coast to Coast)

Devon, Somerset

The Devon Coast to Coast is a composite route made up of the Two Moors Way from Ivybridge to Lynmouth and the Erme-Plym Trail, also marked on OS mapping, from the coast at Wembury to Ivybridge. This combined route was relaunched in 2016.

From Wembury Bay on Devon's south coast the Erme-Plym Trail provides a gentle introduction before the more demanding section across Dartmoor where the National Park is entered at Ivybridge. Exposed moorland leads to the highest point on this section over Hamel Down (532m). A lower-level alternative is offered to avoid the moorland section.

A pastoral section follows to Teigncombe from where the River Teign is followed to Castle Drogo. Exmoor National Park is reached at Tarr Steps and the River Barle is followed to Simonsbath. Another moorland section leads to Exe Head and along the Cheriton Ridge before the final descent to the sea at Lynmouth.

Although termed 'Devon's Coast to Coast' part of the Exmoor section is in Somerset.

The Cicerone guidebook describes the complete route from south to north: Wembury to Lynmouth.

UPDATE MARCH 2021 - A short section of the route in Mid Devon (Stage 6 - between Prestons and Whelmstone Cross) will be closed from 9 April to 9 October 2021 (at most) due to work on the Exeter - Okehampton railway line. Walkers will need to follow the lanes east towards Colebrooke in order to cross the railway line and rejoin the route. Information from twomoorsway.org

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Details:

Path Type:	Paths Marked on OS mapping
Waymark:	Letters MW on standard waymarks
Attributes:	Challenging Coast-to-Coast Moorland River
Start:	SX517485 - Wembury, Devon
Finish:	SS722497 - Lynmouth, Devon
Open Date:	1976
User Group:	Two Moors Way Association Two Moors Way Association
Web Sites:	Two Moors Way - Route Explore Devon - Two Moors Way Explore Devon - Erme-Plym Trail Two Moors Way ibook Exmoor National Park - Two Moors Way [YouTube video] Along the Two Moors Way [YouTube video] The Two Moors Way needs your help Backpack Artist - Two Moors Way [blog] A walker's journal - The Two Moors Way [blog]

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Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook	Walking the Two Moors Way: Devon's coast to coast walk  (Cicerone Press  - 2019 )
Guidebook	Two Moors Way: from Lynmouth to Ivybridge  (Trail Wanderer  - 2018 )
External download	Two Moors Way - Introduction  (Exmoor National Park Authority  - 2016 )
External download	Two Moors Way Leaflet  (Devon County Council  - 2013 )
Guidebook	Two Moors Way: Devon's Coast to Coast  (R M Young Bookseller  - 2008 )
Badge	Badge for Two Moors Way  (Two Moors Way Association )
Certificate	Certificate for Two Moors Way  (Two Moors Way Association )
Guidebook	The Two Moors Way : Recreational Path Guide  (Aurum Press (an imprint of Quarto)  - 1997 )

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