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This walk takes 1 to Looking for TIPS FOR A GREAT, 2 hours fun and healthy AND SAFE DAY OUT

outdoor activities? ► Plan ahead and follow signs The level path from the ► Leave gates and property village hall to as you find them Mouth winds a delightful ► Protect plants and animals, path through this series of please take your litter home interconnected . ► Keep dogs under close control The facilities at the village and on a lead around livestock hall are provided by the ► Be considerate of other people BRANSCOMBE community, please donate using Rights of Way and those 4 to their upkeep. working the land Our guide ofers you a taster of how ► Guard against all risks of fire, to make the best of our great outdoors, especially on heathland sites To Beer for all ages and for all abilities. Branscombe

To Village Accessibility at heart USEFUL Hall By providing you with information on path INFORMATION c condition or barriers, this guide allows you Mill Great to decide on which parts of the following • For all Rights of Seaside five adventure trails best meets your needs Way information visit and how long you want your adventure to .gov.uk/prow, or to last. The below symbols indicate that an an report a path problem call a area is accessible for: 0845 1551004. e Pushchair Bike • For full map coverage use O.S. Maps Explorer 115 Branscombe Wheelchair Mobility scooter 1 kilometre Mouth and Sidmouth or a b Explorer 116 Level flat surface Natural surface, kissing and Bridport. with resting places gates, no steps/stiles • Join us on board for c Old Bakery, forge and Manor Mill Crops in the cliffs Landslides along d the best views. For public Natural surface, varying No stiles, up to five These National Trust properties the cliffline have created many small, gradients, gate on route steps in a flight with transport information visit promote the heritage of Branscombe. extra areas of land. Even up to the e a hand rail transportdirect.gov.uk or th 20 century these undercliffs were More difficult terrain call Traveline 0871 200 2233. Branscombe Mouth Now a popular used as small plots, called ‘plats’, for • If you come by car, please seaside destination. This was once a growing crops such as potatoes or Historic drive carefully in our villages Slope Livestock coal yard, receiving coal from South daffodils, as the soil was fertile and feature and our narrow rural roads. Wales, to fire the numerous limekilns was sheltered from the elements. Parking Cafe Traffic • Eat the view! Buying burning the cliff-top chalk. The stream Weston Plats, further west, have been local products and services also powered a gypsum mill too. opened up by the National Trust for WC Toilets PUB Pub helps support those Today the ‘Branoc’ micro-brewery you to walk around and can be businesses that keep Viewpoint provides ale to the local hostelries. accessed via the Donkey Sanctuary. Seating the landscape special.