Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Running trails & routes

Prawle Point – Maceley Cove loop from Chivelstone

Routes

Running trails & routes

Prawle Point – Maceley Cove loop from Chivelstone

Hard

runners

Prawle Point – Maceley Cove loop from Chivelstone

02:18

18.8km

380m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: February 27, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

South Devon National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

6.92 km

Start Point Lighthouse

Highlight • Historical Site

This lighthouse was built in 1836 to help protect ships from this rocky headland. It was automated in 1993.

Start Point is a headland on the south-west coast path. The running in both directions is excellent.

Tip by

7.50 km

Foxhole Cove and Lighthouse View

Highlight • Natural Monument

Easy but fun ridgeline scramble

Tip by

8.31 km

View of Start Point Lighthouse

Highlight • Natural Monument

here be seals

Tip by

10.5 km

Lannacombe Beach

Highlight • Beach

Beautiful natural beach with white pebbles and rough rocks

Translated by Google •

Tip by

14.8 km

Prawle Point Lookout

Highlight • Natural Monument

15.3 km

Prawle Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

The jagged coastline of the South Hams is a notorious ‘ship trap’, which it’s said was exploited by unscrupulous ‘wreckers’ who would lure vessels to their doom. The fables are …

Tip by

15.6 km

Viewpoint

16.5 km

Maceley Cove

Highlight • Viewpoint

Even in high season there are not many people as there are no parking spaces close by

Tip by

18.7 km

Pig Nose Inn and Piglet Cafe

Highlight • Cafe

Really shouldnt be missed - 500 year old smugglers pub. Beer much better than expected from gravity pours. And the cafe next door does wonderful crab sandwiches.

Tip by

18.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.12 km

5.41 km

1.83 km

873 m

796 m

577 m

166 m

Surfaces

9.74 km

2.60 km

1.61 km

1.48 km

737 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Tuesday 19 May

16°C

11°C

51 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 32.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Nearby routes

Moderate

5.0

196

Dartington Estate & Staverton loop

01:01h

9.24km

130m

Hard

174

South West Coast Path: Torcross and Prawle Point Loop

04:16h

35.6km

710m

Moderate

4.0

104

Snapes Point loop from Salcombe — South Devon

00:54h

8.27km

130m

Hard

Bolt Tail & Bolt Head loop from East Soar — South Devon

02:06h

17.5km

380m

Hard

4.3

Noss Mayo and Revelstoke Drive Loop

01:56h

16.0km

260m

Moderate

5.0

Mill Bay & Gara Rock coast path loop from East Portlemouth

00:50h

6.91km

160m

Hard

5.0

Diamond Jubilee Way

01:11h

9.50km

300m

Moderate

5.0

Erme Mouth coast path loop from Challaborough

01:36h

13.7km

250m

Hard

Thurlestone, Bolt Tail & Bolberry Down loop from Bantham Beach — South Devon

02:09h

18.1km

360m

Moderate

South West Coast Path: Coleton Fishacre and Froward Point Loop

01:12h

9.53km

290m

Moderate

Stokenham & Slapton Ley loop from Torcross

01:02h

9.19km

110m

Hard

Red Lake and River Erme loop from Ivybridge – Dartmoor National Park

03:28h

30.2km

520m

Prawle Point – Maceley Cove loop from Chivelstone

Start Point Lighthouse

Foxhole Cove and Lighthouse View

View of Start Point Lighthouse

Lannacombe Beach

Prawle Point Lookout

Prawle Point

Maceley Cove

Pig Nose Inn and Piglet Cafe

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️