Services on the trail
South West Coast Path food and resupply guide
The longest gap in Trailstrider's current mapped-service data is 46.2 km for resupply. Mapping can be incomplete, so this is a planning warning rather than a guarantee that no service exists.
Longest mapped gaps
Current stage-by-stage carry notes
| Day | Stage | Longest mapped gaps | Planning note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minehead → Porlock | 14 km between mapped food shops · 12 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 2 | Porlock → Lynton | 20 km between mapped food shops · 16 km between mapped food and drink | nowhere to eat for 16 km |
| 3 | Lynton → Combe Martin | 21 km between mapped food shops · 11 km between mapped food and drink | no shop for 21 km |
| 4 | Combe Martin → Woolacombe | 8 km between mapped food shops · 7 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 5 | Woolacombe → Ashford | 14 km between mapped food shops · 7 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 6 | Ashford → Appledore | 6 km between mapped food shops · 6 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 7 | Appledore → Clovelly | 12 km between mapped food shops · 9 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 8 | Clovelly → Welcombe | 24 km between mapped food shops · 7 km between mapped food and drink | no shop for 24 km |
| 9 | Welcombe → Widemouth Bay | 17 km between mapped food shops · 7 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 10 | Widemouth Bay → Boscastle | 22 km between mapped food shops · 10 km between mapped food and drink | no shop for 22 km |
| 11 | Boscastle → Port Isaac | 14 km between mapped food shops · 10 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 12 | Port Isaac → Padstow | 14 km between mapped food shops · 9 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 13 | Padstow → Treyarnon | 9 km between mapped food shops · 7 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 14 | Treyarnon → Newquay | 8 km between mapped food shops · 5 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 15 | Newquay → Perranporth | 11 km between mapped food shops · 5 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 16 | Perranporth → Portreath | 7 km between mapped food shops · 6 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 17 | Portreath → St Ives | 14 km between mapped food shops · 7 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 18 | St Ives → Boscaswell | 22 km between mapped food shops · 9 km between mapped food and drink | no shop for 22 km |
| 19 | Boscaswell → Porthcurno | 12 km between mapped food shops · 7 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 20 | Porthcurno → Marazion | 13 km between mapped food shops · 8 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 21 | Marazion → Mullion | 11 km between mapped food shops · 7 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 22 | Mullion → Coverack | 29 km between mapped food shops · 8 km between mapped food and drink | no shop for 29 km |
| 23 | Coverack → Maenporth | 21 km between mapped food shops · 8 km between mapped food and drink | no shop for 21 km |
| 24 | Maenporth → Trewithian | 11 km between mapped food shops · 8 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 25 | Trewithian → Gorran Haven | 18 km between mapped food shops · 6 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 26 | Gorran Haven → Par | 8 km between mapped food shops · 7 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 27 | Par → Polperro | 11 km between mapped food shops · 11 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 28 | Polperro → Crafthole | 7 km between mapped food shops · 5 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 29 | Crafthole → Plymouth | 15 km between mapped food shops · 8 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 30 | Plymouth → Newton Ferrers | 14 km between mapped food shops · 3 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 31 | Newton Ferrers → Bigbury-on-Sea | 21 km between mapped food shops · 14 km between mapped food and drink | no shop for 21 km |
| 32 | Bigbury-on-Sea → Salcombe | 16 km between mapped food shops · 4 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 33 | Salcombe → Beesands | 10 km between mapped food shops · 9 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 34 | Beesands → Kingswear | 7 km between mapped food shops · 5 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 35 | Kingswear → Paignton | 13 km between mapped food shops · 8 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 36 | Paignton → Teignmouth | 9 km between mapped food shops · 4 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 37 | Teignmouth → Budleigh Salterton | 4 km between mapped food shops · 3 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 38 | Budleigh Salterton → Branscombe | 12 km between mapped food shops · 7 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 39 | Branscombe → Charmouth | 12 km between mapped food shops · 11 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 40 | Charmouth → Abbotsbury | 11 km between mapped food shops · 6 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 41 | Abbotsbury → Osmington | 12 km between mapped food shops · 10 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 42 | Osmington → Kimmeridge | 12 km between mapped food shops · 12 km between mapped food and drink | No exceptional mapped food gap on this stage. |
| 43 | Kimmeridge → South Haven Point | 22 km between mapped food shops · 19 km between mapped food and drink | no shop for 22 km; nowhere to eat for 19 km |