Dog-friendly walks in Widemouth

Widemouth Bay to Crackington Haven

Six and a half miles of the hardest coast path in Cornwall, four hours or more, with well over 500 metres of climbing in a repeating pattern of near-vertical descents to sea level and immediate reascents. Start at the Widemouth Bay car park and use the Bude to Boscastle bus to get back, or leave a second car at Crackington Haven where space is very tight. There are no stiles, which helps, but this is not a walk for a young, old or heavy dog: the ground is steep and loose in places, the drops at Dizzard and Bridwill Point are unfenced and immediate, and the only water is the streams in the valley bottoms.