Wild Swimming Walks leads you on 28 adventures through the soaring landscape of Exmoor and North Devon. Find secret coves, remote river pools and sparking waterfalls.
Complete with photos, maps and practical guidance, and rich in local history and stories, this book will appeal to wild swimmers, family explorers, nature lovers and walkers alike.
JOIN THE ADVENTURE with the best-selling Wild Swimming Walks series and explore North Devon and Exmoor’s spectacular scenery, with its towering cliffs, turquoise seas, remote moors and hidden pools.
- Explore intriguing islands and estuaries
- Walk through woodland gorges carved by cascades, dipping on the way
- Swim under the dramatic sea arch of Blackchurch Rock
- Plunge into crystal-clear river pools
- Cool off under Devon’s famous hanging waterfalls
- Marvel at Exmoor’s monumental hogsback cliffs
Including detailed directions, maps and downloadable route information to print out or take with you on your phone or tablet.
About the authors:
Sophie Pierce and Matt Newbury live in Devon and are passionate swimmers, explorers and travel writers. They are co-authors of several Wild Swimming Walks books (Cornwall, Dartmoor, Dorset and Torbay). Sophie is a writer and broadcaster who is never happier than when in the water, and is the author of a memoir about grief, swimming and walking, The Green Hill.
Matt is an author, event manager and the Creative Director of the Agatha Christie Festival. He loves taking part in fun swimming challenges around the world.
Contents
Welcombe Mouth and Marsland Circular
Hartland Quay and Speke’s Mill Mouth Circular
Blackchurch Rock and Clovelly Circular
Appledore and Westward Ho!
Velator Quay and Crow Point
Baggy Point and Caves
Mortehoe Circular
Lundy
Ilfracombe and Hele Bay Circular
Watermouth and Broadsands
Heddon’s Mouth and Woody Bay
Porlock Weir and Culbone Church
Dunster Circular
East Quantoxhead and St Audrie’s Bay
East Lyn Adventure
Badgworthy Water Circular
Horner Water Circular
Pinkery Pond
Landacre and Cow Castle
Tarr Steps and River Barle Circular
Dulverton and Exebridge
The Taw Tumble
River Torridge and Torrington Commons
Taunton Circular
Tiverton Figure of Eight
Killerton and the River Culm
Exeter and the River Exe
Abbeyford Woods and East Okement River
