Make the most of other gorgeous routes along the way
If you wish to create a longer route, or to try something different, the Two Moors Way links with many other recreational routes along its way, allowing you to create your own itinerary.
Recognised as one of the greatest walks in the country this runs for 630 miles around the coastline of the South West peninsula from Minehead to Lands End and on to Poole Harbour. If you’re looking at doing the full Coast to Coast version of the Two Moors Way you can extend your walk at the start or finish in either direction along the South West Coast Path! Further information can befound at www.southwestcoatpath.org.uk.
A 51-mile route across North Somerset and North Devon
This 51-mile route crosses the Quantock Hills National Landscape before entering Exmoor National Park and following the footsteps of the Romantic Poets all the way to Lynmouth where it meets the end of the Two Moors Way. Experiencing this area encouraged Coleridge, Wordsworth, Byron and Shelley to write some of their most influential pieces. Further infomation can be found at www.visit-exmoor.co.uk/coleridge-way.
Also meeting the Two Moors Way at Lynmouth is the Tarka Trail – an 180-mile figure-of-eight walking and cycling route, incorporating several stretches of old railway trackbed – that stretches all the way from the north Devon coast south to the northern edge of Dartmoor National Park.
This links with the Two Moors Way on Exmoor – a linking route runs from Exe Head to Exford – and offers a relatively gentle route south along quiet lanes and rights of way. The River Exe is followed all the way to its beautiful estuary at Exmouth on the south Devon coast.
A 108-mile circular walking route along beautiful footpaths, bridlepaths and quiet Devon lanes linking the towns and villages around the boundary of Dartmoor National Park. There is also a High Moor Link between Buckfast and Tavistock. The official guidebook (written by Sue Viccars) was published in spring 2023 and can be purchased via the Shop page of this website. Further information can be found at www.dartmoorway.co.uk.
Helpful travel tips
A complete guide to the Two Moors Way
Originally published by Cicerone Press in 2015 (and fully updated in 2019), this is an invaluable guide to help you plan and complete the route, written by the Association’s very own Sue Viccars. Information about local history, archaeology, geology and wildlife is spread throughout the directions which include OS mapping.