Branscombe

Small National Trust Car park available free of charge to National Trust members. This car park has only 6 spaces and is often full. Alternative parking available next door in the Village Hall car park, donations in the well please.

Old Bakery tea rooms serve a selection of freshly baked pastries, hot drinks and light lunch options. Please check the opening times section of the website for up to date information.

Dogs are welcome on leads in Old Bakery garden, orchard, beach and wider countryside.

There are public toilets located at the back of the village hall (not National Trust) and when the Old Bakery tea room is open, there are toilets located beside the information centre with one being a disabled access toilet.

There are 2 pubs in Branscombe Village: The Masons Arms and The Fountain Head.

A level stroll to the beach along the valley is available as part of the discover Branscombe trail. Follow the trail from the National Trust car park to the beach, approx 0.7miles / 1.2km.

A level footpath path follows the valley from the car park to the beach. Other countryside walks in the area, following the South West Coast path, involve some steep climbs and steps.

Large print information scrapbooks about the Old Bakery, Branscombe Village, the Beach and Manor Mill are available in the information room, near to the NT car park.

Picnic benches are available for visitors to use along the footpath to the beach and in the orchard. Two wheelchair-accessible picnic benches are located along the level footpath to the beach. A chair is available in the Information Room.

Gravel surfaced path to the Old Bakery tea rooms.

Uneven and grassed terrain on footpaths through Branscombe Orchard. The coast path can be joined at Branscombe beach which is a steep incline in both East and West direction. The coast path is an unsurfaced grass and mud path.