Paignton Preston Sands

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

here · spans 4 counties

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

here · spans 24 counties

Stone-built late medieval house in the old heart of Paignton, later divided into three cottages and made whole again in the 1960s.

1.2 km SW

Chocolate-box hamlet on the edge of Torquay with thatched cottages, a watermill, a forge and a Lutyens-designed inn.

2.1 km N · Devon

Red cliffs, tucked-away coves and drowned river valleys, with the coast path linking one beach to the next

4.4 km S

A 53 m seawater pool on the rocky shore at Brixham, kept going by volunteers and free to swim through the summer.

6.3 km SE