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The Coleridge Way
The Coleridge Way
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Pricing On This Route
Our average prices are between £110 and £160 per person per day for those sharing a room and between £170 and £199 per day for single walkers - A quote will give you an exact and fixed price as walk costs depend on factors like your accommodation choices and the time of year you want to walk.
Our prices include -
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- Your choices of good quality en-suite B&B, Inn and small hotel accommodation with full breakfast (where available), together with upgrade options.
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- Detailed walking route planning and ongoing support from specialist walking advisors from your enquiry through to the end of the walk
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- A full booking administration and holiday management service including information on travel to and from your walking routes
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- Secure and reliable daily luggage transfers between accommodations
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- Your own personal detailed route notes & itinerary emailed to you and access to our resources page, where you can see the maps and guidebooks we recommend for each route, as well as downloads for route notes and GPX files (where available).
Please see below for six factors which affect your quoted price -
1 - The time of year you are walking - The low season (outside of May to September) is generally cheaper than the peak months.
2 - How early you book. Cheaper accommodation tends to book out first so to get the best prices and choice of accommodation we recommend you book as early as you can. Bookings open for the season the previous summer.
3 - Which routes and areas you choose - Cornwall, South Devon and Dorset are the more expensive regions while Wales, Somerset, North Devon and Dartmoor tend to offer better prices. We also often run seasonal special offers on certain routes so ask if these would be of interest.
4 - Type of accommodation - You can choose to upgrade to luxury hotels or downgrade to basic B&B's and we will try to match your walk to your budget. Quotes will show standard options and the costs for any upgrades so you can pick and choose to suit your plans.
5 - The number of walkers - rates are generally based on 2 walkers - the more walkers the cheaper prices get as we split the costs of providing the walk between the group.
6 - Luggage Transfers - our quotes include two prices - with and without luggage transfers so if you want to keep the costs down you can choose to carry your own luggage to avoid those charges.
If you want to try to get the lowest prices let us know your budget - we can advise honestly and openly what is possible - we don't want to see anyone unable to walk the routes due to costs.
To request a quote costs nothing and there is no commitment to book - so do try us! We usually have quotes emailed back to you within a few days and these documents are very detailed with accommodation choices, website links to the accommodations, route descriptions, daily walking grade and mileage, travel info to the trail and of course a guaranteed price to consider. All for the specific walk YOU want.
Route Profile and Options
Fast Route
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Option
Option
Nether Stowey to Roadwater
Roadwater to Porlock
Porlock to Lynmouth
Extra day walking on the Two Moors Way
Continue on to Minehead / Barnstaple
18.5 miles
16 miles
16.5 miles
3 - 5 days
Daily average 17 miles
Relaxed Route
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Option
Optionl
Daily average 8.75 miles
Nether Stowey to Williton
Williton to Roadwater
Roadwater to Wheddon Cross
Wheddon Cross to Porlock Weir
Porlock to Brendon
Brendon to Lynmouth
Extra day walking on the Two Moors Way
Continue on to Minehead / Barnstaple
11 miles
8 miles
8 miles
10.5 miles
11.5 miles
5 miles
3 - 5 days
Travel To And From The Route
Train Arrival - Mainline Trains run from London, Bristol and the Midlands to Taunton and Bridgewater Station taking only 2 to 2.5 hours. Buses run every two hours from Bridgewater straight to Nether Stowey taking around 40 minutes. Taunton Station has some direct buses to Nether Stowey but its often easiest and not expensive to take the train to Taunton and just take a taxi from the station for the last section to Nether Stowey.
Train Departure - From Porlock - buses run into Minehead where you change for Taunton and the mainline train service. Journeys are frequent and take around 1.5 to 2 hours to the mainline station. At Minehead as an option you can change to the West Somerset Steam Railway and depart in style with a one hour journey back through the Quantocks to Taunton - ask for details.
From Lynmouth - Buses run from Lynmouth to Barnstaple Station on the scenic North Devon Branch Line. Its then around 1 hour on this stunning train journey to link to the main London to Penzance train line at Exeter St Davids.
Reviews & Feedback
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Nether Stowey to Porlock Weir
Francis
7 September 2024
A truly wonderful path and great organisation by Encounter
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Nether Stowey to Lynton
jane
10 May 2024
The Coleridge Way is a beautiful walk through varied landscapes of leafy woodlands, meadows and hinterlands, high moors, down to the pebbly coast and back to the beautiful Oare valley and riverside walking to Lynmouth . The route is generally well marked though you do need to map read carefully, and the Encounter maps are first rate. For the most part it's quiet and rural, and Encounter gives you all the information you need about refreshment possibilities; the ups and downs are not too arduous. Accommodation on the way was generally comfortable and welcoming, in particular we rated Exmoor House at Wheddon Cross and Millslade at Brendon. As a detail, we found the Ancient Mariner pub at Nether Stowey had not started their seasonal evening meals, however The Cottage Inn about a mile SE of the village serves food, is very friendly and can be reached on foot along a route/pathways off the busy road. The luggage transfers worked perfectly. All in all it was a great holiday through stunning landscapes and left me feeling envigorated, many thanks to Encounter for making it so straight forward!
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Nether Stowey to Lynmouth
Greg Hohn
10 March 2024
We were delighted with the experience! The trails and scenery were beautiful. The lodgings were comfortable and the food and drink consistently satisfying. Encounter handled the logistics efficiently and without difficulty at a reasonable price. Despite and because of sketchy weather and very muddy conditions, this was a challenging, yet serene experience, one I revisit in my mind frequently.
My sole complaint involves the written directions for the Coleridge Trail. They are execrable and a consistent source of stress. We climbed almost all the way to Dunkery Beacon--by accident--because we were confused. They need to be rewritten by someone who ISN'T familiar with the area and writes more economically (I'd be only too happy to volunteer). Often we found ourselves figuring out the directions only after we'd reached destinations. Also the colors on the map don't jibe with the colors on the trail markers. I realize these things are not the responsibility of Encounter but something should be done.
I've already recommended Encounter and the Coleridge Trail to other travelers and we shall return ourselves.
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Robin and Jane Handley
2 August 2023
Thoroughly enjoyable. A plus for us was that even though we were walking in the peak holiday season, we saw only one group of 4 walkers on only one occasion during the course of the walk, ie it was very quiet! The countryside we walked through was varied, beautiful and very interesting in terms of its history.
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Adrienne Spilsbury
11 April 2023
Encounter Walking really think of everything, and give attentive service.
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Judy D.
21 January 2022
Everything was great. Really enjoyed this winter walk and a good start to walking in 2022. Appreciated quick response to my last minute booking. Accommodations all fine and easy to find on the route, good food. (Ancient Mariner has no heating in the rooms apart from a couple of oil heaters which, as they aren’t turned on prior to check in, took hours to warm up. Rooms modern and large. No food on Mondays) Lots of variety of scenery.Quiet tracks even at the weekend. Lots of tempting walking trails in this area and pretty villages. Instructions, guide book and route map useful though the trail is very well signed (apart from the Dunkery Beacon option where the signs differed from the gpx file but I was able to figure it out from the description in the guide book). Great service from Encounter, would recommend etc etc.
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Sibyl Ruth
17 September 2021
The Coleridge Way is a wonderful and varied trail. It was gloriously green and peaceful. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys walking and exploring the countryside. NB. We did the walk at the 'relaxed pace'. This might not work for everyone, but it does mean you can take plenty of time to do optional diversions, enjoy the views etc!
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Patricia Bleasby
13 September 2021
I loved the walk. It offered everything - heathland, woodland, glorious rolling countryside, rivers, the coast and Exmoor. You can't ask for more!
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Ann & Bernie Gibbons
11 September 2021
A very enjoyable experience
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Stella
5 July 2021
Challenging but really very enjoyable. We'd like to go back and explore the area further in a more leisurely fashion. It was so quiet and the scenery so varied. We'd definitely recommend the area and the Coleridge Way gives you an excellent way of experiencing the varied landscapes and staying in some lovely villages.
Overview
Highlights - A huge variety of walking including open moors, ancient woodland and deep gorges ending at the coast. Well off the usual tourist track on quiet and peaceful trails with few walkers. Discover timeless, pretty villages and endless inspiring views on a walk suitable for all. Links Exmoor National Park with the protected Quantocks and Brendon Hill Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Options – Link to one of the best sections of the South West Coast Path West to Barnstaple or East back to Minehead or join the Somerset Coast Path on the week long 100 mile challenge route. Climb Dunkerry Beacon, highest point on Exmoor. Add an extra day at Lynmouth to walk the best and final day of the Two Moors Way walk on a crazy descent from the heights of Exe Head all the way down the gorges...