Section 5 of 5, Coleridge Way
Culbone to Lynmouth
11.1 miles (17.9 km). About 4½ hours, moderate.
Start: SS 839 477. Finish: SS 722 495. OS grid.
Take it with you: download this section's GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Up and down
About 571 m of climbing and 843 m of descent; highest point 395 m.
Getting there
The section starts at Culbone. We found no car park, station or bus stop near the start: none within a kilometre, no bus stop within 3 km and no station within 10 km (from OpenStreetMap).
Getting back
The section finishes at Lynmouth. Stations and bus stops near the finish:
- Stations
- Lynmouth Bay (heritage railway), 160 m from the finish. Directions SS 721 496Lynton Village (heritage railway), 340 m from the finish. Directions SS 719 496
- Bus stops
- Lynmouth Lyndale Car Park, 190 m from the finish. Directions SS 724 494Castle Hill Car Park, 280 m from the finish. Directions SS 721 493The Studio, 340 m from the finish. Directions SS 719 494
Planning the Coleridge Way
- Planning the whole trail: visit-exmoor.co.uk.
What to expect
Underfoot: paved or flagged 19%, gravel and tracks 9%; the rest (68%) isn't recorded.
About 19% on roads with traffic.
On the way: 2 kissing gates, 7 gates, 3 flights of steps.
Steepest climb: about 87 m in a kilometre (1 in 11), starting 2 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
- Pubs
- Staghunters Inn, Brendon: 6.6 miles in.The Rockford Inn: 7.5 miles in.The Village Inn, Lynmouth: at the finish. Food.Rock House, Lynmouth: at the finish. Food, seats outside.The Rising Sun, Lynmouth: at the finish. Food.The Ancient Mariner, Lynmouth: at the finish. Step-free.Lorna Doone Inn, Malmsmead: 4.3 miles in, about 300 m off the way.The Crown Hotel, Lynton: 11.1 miles in, about 350 m off the way.The Queens, Lynton: 11.1 miles in, about 300 m off the way.
- Cafés
- Watersmeet Tea Room, Countisbury: 9.1 miles in. Seats outside.Captain's House, Lynmouth: 10.9 miles in.Lyndale Tea Rooms, Lynmouth: at the finish.Lynmouth bay café: at the finish.Smiths Coffee House, Lynmouth: at the finish.The Bake House, Lynmouth: at the finish.The Bake House Café & Takeaway, Lynmouth: at the finish.The Pavilion, Lynmouth: at the finish.No. 1 Lynton: at the finish.The Coffee Mill, Lynmouth: at the finish.And 9 more within a quarter of a mile.
As OpenStreetMap records them. Opening times change, so check before you set off.
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