South Hams Way

The South Hams Way is a footpath in Devon, England. It follows a circular route through the South Hams area, includes of the South West Coast Path from Noss Mayo to Dartmouth, and reaches a height of on Dartmoor. It opened in September 2025.
Although the route is circular it is generally described in an anti-clockwise direction starting and finishing at Totnes, on the River Dart. From here the route heads north west to Buckfastleigh and then follows the Dartmoor Way to Shipley Bridge, reaching its highest point of on the moors above Avon Dam Reservoir. The path then heads south west through South Brent and Ivybridge to meet the South West Coast Path at Noss Mayo on the estuary of the River Yealm. It then follows the coast to the east, crossing the estuaries of the Erme and the [River River Avon, Devon|Avon, Devon|Avon] to reach Salcombe before rounding Start Point and heading north to Dartmouth and along the Dart estuary to return to Totnes.
The coastal and Dart estuary sections of the walk are within the South Devon National Landscape, and the northern section is within the Dartmoor National Park. The path was developed by members of the South Hams group of the Ramblers, and has been waymarked in sections where it is not already waymarked for overlapping routes, except on the open moorland of Dartmoor.