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Branscombe Beach – Beer Head loop from Beer

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Branscombe Beach – Beer Head loop from Beer

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Branscombe Beach – Beer Head loop from Beer

03:27

25.5km

860m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

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East Devon National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.01 km

Under Hooken Cliffs

Highlight • Trail

Hidden away beneath the towering chalk cliffs of Branscombe and Beer Head runs a section of the South West Coast Path that wends and writhes through coastal woodlands. Aside from …

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3.29 km

Branscombe Beach

Highlight • Beach

Beautiful area for walking those cliff are quite hard to climb very steep fab on the top great views.

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5.51 km

Berry Camp Fort

Archaeological Site

11.7 km

View East to Salcombe Mouth

Highlight • Beach

Superb walking on the Jurassic coast with outstanding views good walking shoes recommended as well as a hat to protect from the wind sun factor which can still burn even on an overcast day.

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12.1 km

View of Sidmouth and High Peak

Highlight • Historical Site

From Salcombe Hill Cliffs there are great views west across the town of Sidmouth. The hill beyond it is known as High Peak. It was once an iron age hill …

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12.8 km

Norman Lockyer Observatory

Highlight • Structure

Norman Lockyer was a Victorian amateur astronomer, who discovered the element Helium in the Sun’s corona in 1868 and was one of the founders of the science journal Nature in …

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15.6 km

South West Coast Path

Highlight • Viewpoint

21.7 km

View of Branscombe Beach

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great Panorama view onto the beach of Branscombe.

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24.2 km

Beer Head

Highlight • Cave

Beer Head is a dramatic headland on the Jurassic Coast. Atop the magnificent white Hooken Cliffs, you are afforded wonderful views spectacular over Seaton Bay and the coastline. The beaches …

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25.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.7 km

2.71 km

1.68 km

1.05 km

236 m

140 m

Surfaces

18.9 km

2.08 km

1.79 km

1.49 km

961 m

316 m

Elevation

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Wednesday 24 June

29°C

18°C

0 %

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Branscombe Beach – Beer Head loop from Beer

Under Hooken Cliffs

Branscombe Beach

View East to Salcombe Mouth

View of Sidmouth and High Peak

Norman Lockyer Observatory

South West Coast Path

View of Branscombe Beach

Beer Head

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