Walk · Devon

Anstey's Cove, Walls Hill and Hope's Nose

Torquay

3.2MILES

2hON FOOT

210mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 82% 18% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 62%Lane & track 20%Road with traffic 18%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Anstey's Cove Road pay-and-display car park

Parking

Pay-and-display on Anstey's Cove Road, about 60 spaces, full by 10am on hot days; buses stop on Babbacombe Road

Directions to the start →

Three point two miles of cliff and cove walking out to the fossil headland at Hope's Nose and back over the flat limestone top of Walls Hill, about two hours with 210 metres of climbing and several long flights of steps. Start at the pay-and-display car park on Anstey's Cove Road, a ten-minute walk from Kents Cavern and on the number 22 bus route; the descent to the cove itself is steep and Redgate Beach beyond it is fenced off because of rockfall. Anstey's Cove and Babbacombe are two of the Torbay beaches where dogs are allowed all year, so this is the reliable Torquay walk in August, but the meadow on Walls Hill is grazed in places and the cliff edges above Hope's Nose are unfenced and crumbling.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · DEVON

GRID · 50.4695, -3.5060

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.COUNTRYSIDE-TRUST.ORG.UK/VISIT/TORQUAY/

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