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Valley of Rocks & Hollerday Hill from Lynton to Lyn Cleave & Lynmouth - Route.

Distance: 4½ miles / 7½ kilometers

Time: 3 hours 00 minutes
(half a day to all day)

Grade: Easy/Moderate

Map: OS Explorer OL9 - Exmoor

Start Point: Lyn Bridge rear of The Olde Cottage Inn, A39, Lynton

Grid Reference: SS 719 486

Nearest Post Code: EX35 6NR

Serial Distance Grid Reference Description
01 0.00 miles SS 719 486 Opposite the Old Cottage Inn, head up Lynway, pass Valley House on the right with great views of the bay beyond. Follow tarmac path through woodland, at the junction turn right down Sanai Hill and in to Lynton.
02 800 yards SS 718 486 Continue up Queen Street (straight ahead) passed the Vanilla Pod on the left.
03 0.76 miles SS 716 494 At end of Queen Street, turn right and then left along North Walk Hill, passed St Mary's Church on the right.
04 0.93 miles SS 717 494 At the Viva Spaldi country house, bear left passing the Seawood Hotel on the left, or - If visiting the Viva Spaldi and its gardens when they are open, go through the gardens and join North Walk. Continue along North Walk to a gate.
05 1.59 miles SS 710 499 Go through the gate and follow the path around the coast to the rocks, at a track fork at the start of the rocks, bear left for Lynton, Hollerday Hill, (the path continues to the Valley of the Rocks).
06 1.83 miles SS 711 497 At the stone shelter and picnic table, turn left up the grass track.
07 1.96 miles SS 712 498 At the sign post turn right, (turn left for some good views of channel), continue to a gate at the entrance to a wood.
08 <200 yards SS 712 498 Enter the woodland and continue along the path, until it T-Junctions with another track. Turn left to the summit.
09 2.07 miles SS 713 496 From the summit, at the sign post, turn left to the 'site of Hollerday House'. Pass through the gate and join the woodland trail.
10 <450 yards SS 713 496 After visiting the house site, at the sign post, follow the woodland trail to Lynton.
11 2.35 miles SS 716 493 In Lynton, turn left and follow the road back to North Walk Hill at St Mary's Church.
12 2.49 miles SS 717 494 Continue along North Walk Hill, at the sign post, turn right for Lynmouth and make a steep descent (caution - the tarmac can be slippery when wet). Cross over the two wooden footbridges over the railway.
13 3.12 miles SS 722 496 At the junction turn left for the coast path and passed the Pavillion Tea Room, then at the road turn right, or turn right for the Lynton Tea Gardens.
14 3.29 miles SS 723 494 Continue along the road through the Tea Garden area. Pass the Glen Lyn Gorge Visitors Centre, follow the footpath around to the bend to the right on to the A39 Watersmeet Road.
15 3.33 miles SS 723 493 At the sign post signed '...over the Cleaves', opposite the church of St John the Baptist, turn right. Ascend the steep strack, (caution - can be slippery when wet).
16 3.76 miles SS 727 490 At a track junction (signed Lynmouth back and Hillsford Bridge straight ahead), turn right up the unsigned track.
17 3.82 miles SS 726 490 Continue along the woodland trail to another sign post (signed Hillsford Bridge 2 miles and Lynmouth 3/4 mile), turn right for Lynbridge.
18 4.50 miles SS 719 486 Cross over Lynbridge to return to the start at the Old Cottage Inn.