Coleridge Way

Coleridge Way
Coleridge Way
Coleridge cottage.jpg
Coleridge Cottage
Length 36 miles (58 km)
Location Quantock Hills, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, England
Trailheads Nether Stowey/Porlock
Use Hiking

The Coleridge Way is a 36-mile (58 km) footpath in Somerset, England.

It was opened in April 2005, and follows the walks taken by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, to Porlock, starting from Coleridge Cottage at Nether Stowey, where he once lived.

The footpath is waymarked. It starts in the Quantock Hills (England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), passing through the villages of Holford, West Quantoxhead and Bicknoller before moving onto the Brendon Hills through the villages of Monksilver, Roadwater and Luxborough, across Lype Hill to Wheddon Cross. The final part of the path crosses the fringes of Exmoor National Park at Dunkery Hill to the woodland village of Horner and moves towards the coast at Porlock on the Bristol Channel where it intersects with the South West Coast Path. The landscapes include heathland, moorland, deciduous & coniferous woodland, farmland, deeply wooded valleys.

In May 2007 The Coleridge Bridle Way was launched providing a horse riding route between Nether Stowey and Exford and includes over 4 miles of new bridleways.[1]

In 2008 it was selected by The Times as one of Britain's best autumn walks.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Coleridge Way". Somerset Rural Renaissance. http://www.somerset-rural-renaissance.co.uk/coleridge-way.html. Retrieved 14 May 2010. 
  2. ^ Seal, Jeremy (2008-09-21). "Britain's 13 best autumn walks". Times Online (London: The Times). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/best_of_britain/article4786963.ece. Retrieved 2008-09-21. 

See also

  • Long-distance footpaths in the UK

External links


Coordinates: 51°12′31″N 3°34′44″W / 51.20861°N 3.57889°W / 51.20861; -3.57889


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