Hooken Undercliff to Branscombe Mouth.
Walk Details
- Distance: 1¼ miles.
- Time: ¾ hours.
- Height Range: Sea level to 120 metres.
- Path: Uphill, strenuous and demanding.
- Hills: steep.
On the walk from Beer to Branscombe Mouth, it is possible to vary the route by taking the path down Hooken Cliff into the Undercliff and along Hooken beach to Branscombe Mouth.
From Branscombe Mouth take the path back up and along the top of the cliffs turning the walk into a circular route
The path down into the Undercliff is very steep and made up of many steps. The Grizzly runners, run up these steps referring to them as the "stairway to heaven".
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The signpost to the path leading into the Hooken Undercliff.
Looking down from Hooken Cliff.
The path goes down the cliff into the Undercliff.
And along the beach to Branscombe Mouth.
Over the stile, the start of the path down.
The view is spectacular.
At the top of the cliff.
The path is narrow.
and leads down steep steps.
The "stairway to heaven".
You can see the path winding up the cliff.
As you get lower.
the vegetation grows over the path.
The Undercliff has its own microclimate.
As the Undercliff is sheltered by the cliffs above.
You cannot see the sea or the cliffs.
As you get lower the cliffs tower above.
The path is still overgrown.
Low down, looking along the Undercliff.
The beach comes into view.
A junction in the path leads leads further along the Undercliff.
Or down onto the beach.
On the beach looking towards Branscombe Mouth.
At Branscombe Mouth looking back towards Hooken cliff.
The sea shanty at Branscombe Mouth.