Walk · Devon

Roundham Head, Goodrington and Saltern Cove

Paignton

3.6MILES

2hON FOOT

190mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

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

Off-road 78% 22% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 44%Lane & track 34%Road with traffic 22%

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

Roundham Head gardens car park, above Paignton harbour

Parking

Pay-and-display at Roundham Head and on Tanners Road at Goodrington; both fill by 11am in the school holidays

Directions to the start →

A 3.6-mile there-and-back along the coast path from the sandstone headland at Roundham over Goodrington to the underwater nature reserve at Saltern Cove and Sugarloaf Hill, about two hours with 190 metres of climbing on surfaced promenade, cliff path and a good many steps. Park on the Goodrington seafront or at Roundham Head above the harbour, both pay-and-display and both busy from mid-morning in summer; the Paignton to Kingswear steam railway runs alongside the middle of the route. The dog rules here need reading before you set off: Paignton Sands, Preston Sands, Goodrington South Sands and Broadsands all bar dogs from 1 May to 30 September, while Goodrington North Sands, Saltern Cove and Elberry Cove stay open all year, and on the promenade beside a closed beach a lead is required.

THE SMALL PRINTTorbay Council PSPO, 1 May to 30 September: no dogs on Paignton Sands, Preston Sands, Hollicombe, Broadsands or Goodrington Sands South Sands, the last defined as between the cliffs at the southern end and the signs at Middlestone to the north. Goodrington North Sands, Saltern Cove and Elberry Cove are open to dogs all year, and dogs must be on leads on a promenade next to a closed beach.

REGION · DEVON

GRID · 50.4315, -3.5570

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.TORBAY.GOV.UK/ASB-ENVIRONMENT-AND-NUISANCE/DOGS/DOGS-ON-THE-BEACH/

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