Valley of Rocks & Hollerday Hill from Lynton to Lyn Cleave & Lynmouth - Route.
Distance: 4½ miles
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. |