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Walk 1. The Prehistoric Chains Walk 2. The Upper Barle and Cow Castle Walk 3. Watersmeet and Arnold's Linhay Walk 4. Bull Lighthouse and Mortehoe Walk 5. Heddons Mouth and the Roman Fort Walk 6. Withypool and the Tarr Steps Walk 7. Brendon Common & Valley Walk 8. Dunkery

Walk Five- Woody Bay A walk following the old coaching path to Woody Bay via the Roman signal station through National Trust coastal land and returning back to Heddons Mouth via the S.W. Coastal Path. About 2.5 - 3hrs long. The return path winds along the edge of the cliffs and is not for the faint-hearted.

The Route:Start at the National Trust car park at Hunters Inn, walk towards the Inn, bear right up the tarmac road in front of the hotel and then immediately left sign-posted Woody Bay and Heddons Mouth. Follow the made up path along through a gate, you come to a fork, take the righthand path to Woody Bay. The path climbs gently up out of the woods and a spectacular view over Heddons Mouth emerges. The path winds around the hills crossing a little stream, still climbing the walk follows the upper cliffs around with far reaching views across the Bristol Chanel and Woody Bay. A little way on, to the right, are the ancient remains of an old Roman signal station which is a short climb sign-posted to the right from the path. The path eventually reaches a wooden gate and the path becomes more shaded, continue through the woods to a further wooden kissing gate onto a tarmac road. Bear left down the hill past the National Trust Woody Bay car park and turn 1st left down a tarmac drive signed "Martinhoe Manor". Follow the drive through the woods half-way down the hill, on a bend in front of you there's a wooden wicket gate, go through it sign-posted "Hunters Inn". This is the S.W. Coast Path, you follow the lower edge of the cliffs in the opposite direction to that which you came. This is a much narrower path and you twist around the cliffs at one time fording a small brook under a most attractive waterfall, the views in the opposite direction from the lower path are surprisingly different. You eventually join another path by a small seat, turn left and follow the river back up the hill towards Hunters Inn. There is a National Trust shop and ice cream parlour at the car park along with W.C.s. ip Aground" with its old timber beams and maritime memorabilia is one of the better pubs in the village.

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