The Coleridge Way

Samuel Taylor Coleridge visited and lived for a short while in this beautiful part of the Quantocks on the edge of Exmoor. Wordsworth also visited Coleridge and then rented a manor nearby which is passed during the walk.

The walk starts at Nether Stowey by the cottage that was bought by Coleridge in 1797. It follows footpaths, tracks and small roads which may well have been trodden by Coleridge and from where he drew inspiration to write many of his unique poems. During his time here he wrote The Rime of The Ancient Mariner, Frost at Midnight, This Lime Tree Bower my Prison and the opium-inspired Kubla Khan.

The complete walk is about 36 miles long, ending in Porlock, close to the South West Coast Path walk which also passes through Porlock. Look for the quill logo along the way.

The walk has been written by one of the ETA members who provides walking holidays. The walk has been divided into four sections, with four separate easy to follow route direction leaflets (see below). The daily mileage varies slightly because of the location of the villages along the way.

If you would like to walk the whole route over a four or five day holiday, then you can use the route direction leaflets and find accommodation near the route from our members accommodation listings. We have providers who offer accommodation with luggage transfer and those who offer the whole Coleridge Way walking package.

Whichever you choose, you will walk the whole of the Coleridge Way through some beautiful countryside with some excellent views.

Coleridge Way accommodation
Look for accommodation with the which is within about 5 miles of the trail
Nether Stowey to Roadwater section
nearest to Nether Stowey and, nearer the middle section and, nearer to Roadwater
Roadwater to Porlock
Wheddon Cross area and Porlock area
or, look here for providers of complete Coleridge Way walking holidays

Coleridge Way route direction leaflets downloads
Each leaflet is an Adobe Acrobat Reader file (pdf) of about 271 KB. Click on the button to download the latest free version from Adobe.

To get your copies of some accurate route directions along the Coleridge Way which divide it into four sections, you can download the leaflets from West Country Walks site.

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