Walk · Devon

Woodhuish and Man Sands

Brixham · TQ6 0EF
N 880 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
3.6MILES
2h 5mON FOOT
250mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 88% 12% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 60%Lane & track 28%Road with traffic 12%

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
National Trust car park on Scabbacombe Lane, above Scabbacombe Sands TQ6 0EF
Parking
Free National Trust car park, about 20 spaces down single-track lanes, full by mid-morning on hot days
Directions to the start →

A 3.6-mile circuit of about two hours over high cliffs to the shingle at Man Sands and back by old green lanes, with 250 metres of climbing and steep pitches either side of the beach that can be very wet underfoot. Start from the free National Trust car park on Scabbacombe Lane, reached down single-track lanes off the Brixham to Kingswear road, with room for perhaps twenty cars and no facilities of any kind. This is one of the best dog days in Torbay because Scabbacombe Sands and Man Sands are open to dogs all year, both have fresh water running onto the beach, and the only care needed is stock in the Woodhuish fields and the unfenced cliff edge between the two coves.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed
Livestock — leads on
REGION · DEVON
GRID · 50.3650, -3.5240
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.SOUTHWESTCOASTPATH.ORG.UK/WALKSDB/88/
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