I’d probably say even if on an off-road bike I’d definitely not recommend biking up or down Poet’s Walk at the Clevedon end (for both your safety and more importantly the safety of others), but instead stick to Salthouse Road and Old Church Road to divert and re-join the mapped trail. I’d probably say if you are biking I’d either stay on Kewstoke Road and not pop down to Sandbay, or if you are wanting a refreshment stop at the hotel, then defo backtrack up Beach Road to rejoin Kewstoke Road as opposed to attempting to ride / push your bike up through the woods! If you’re travelling in the opposite direction to me (so Weston to Clevedon) and on a bike and tempted to cycle down through the woods, I’d probably book in a pre-emptive consultation at A&E ahead of starting the descent....

MHuz

This is a great route that can be walked or cycled on a mountain or gravel type bike IF you have some off-roading cycling experience (Lilypool Drove has some pretty deep ruts and of course you need to cycle across grass too) AND have the strength to lift your bike over a typical farm gate (the pedestrian gates sitting alongside each farm gate are typically Kissing Gates (see photos) and thus you cannot walk a bike through them (and the farm gates were, by and large, padlocked closed)). I did cycle this route and found it really enjoyable, starting in Yatton and then continuing back to Yatton after arriving at the Pier by making my way along the seafront and picking up Strode Road and onwards into Kingston Seymour and out the other side, picking up the Strawberry Line just prior to where you left it at the near start of the walk (with the return route being completely flat and in country lanes but note, no pavements). Note if you do elect to walk/cycle onwards through Kingston Seymour and back to Yatton, bar one cafe on the pier to pier cycle path, which does not sit on your most direct route back to Yatton but it is flippin’ fabulous, there are no facilities until you get back to Yatton....

MHuz

Mid/late afternoon walk provides lovely photo opportunities of Clevedon Pier....

Samantha Samuel

After crossing the main road into Yatton, the 1 km walk along Ham Lane without a pavement is safe as the traffic is sparse. Then there's a short section on road (Nailsea Wall) until the bridge over the Blind Yeo (This part is in common with Clenai one which I had walked before)....

JohnMyerson

The Pier to Pier Way joins at Lyefield Road and there's a parallel footpath on the east side until Bluebell Road. When you reach the right-angled bend in Lower Strode Road (51.42, -2.87) the Pier to Pier Way turns left to head for the coast path which has good sea views en-route to the pier. I'd done this section before and was aiming for the town centre, so stayed on Lower Strode Road/Strode Road passing the ASDA supermarket and used Coleridge Vale Road North to get to the centre....

JohnMyerson

The routes around Clevedon and Portishead were well thought out on quiet ways. These northern paths triggered a warning from the Slow Ways app because we were over 100m from the marked route....

Justin Saunders

The walk through Weston Wood was great, and it was a shame when that ended and it became a busy but manageable road walk through Kewstoke. The section along Ebdon Road needed caution and patience after the housing estate - a busy road round a sharp turn - but it didn’t last long!...

panifex

The diversion is clear, but if you are heads down not paying attention you can miss it (coming from Portishead) because someone has moved the gates blocking the way. Other than that, this is a really good slow way....

panifex

My three star rating feels a bit mean because some of it is really great but it is not the most direct route and too much is on roads for my liking (about 5 and half miles of it). However, while a sizeable proportion of the very best off-road route between these two towns still lies along an unopened section of the England Coast Path (which has cleared planning now so is coming), this is a good route which I would use in the meantime. The route over Wain's Hill and along the coast from Clevedon is beautiful with wide views across the Bristol Channel and lots of birds to see on the mudflats in winter. Also off-road and very enjoyable is the new multiuser cycle route between the turn to Yeo Bank Farm and Icelton....

Mockymock

No disrespect to Tony Parsons on this route generally but the plot is wrong at the new section of cycle path around Tutshill Sluice, routing the Slow Way incorrectly through Yeo Bank Farm. I will share a more accurate one as Wescle four and review that....

Mockymock

Excellent plotting along the contour getting out of Clevedon town from the pier but not so good going up Court Hill. Similar issues with the plotting getting across the Gordano valley, where the app wanted to send me through How Ham Farm rather than follow the public right of way, the Gordano Round, slightly to the west. All good and enjoyable for me but maybe someone just using the app and following the line could have got lost in the woods above Clevedon and have the dogs set on them at the Farm!...

Richard White

a landslip at Ladye Bay outskirts of Clevedon means there is an official diversion via Clevedon golf club. in fact it's clear local walkers are still sneaking around the barriers and taking the risk. Use the diversion...

Andrew Morrish

One downside of this route is that it misses out Cadbury camp an iron age hillfort, make sure you turn into the field at the bottom of the hill....

bigroo

A lovely coastal path route which opens up onto the beach in a few locations. The best are Ladye Bay and Black Nore. It get's tight in places but nothing to worry about....

bigroo

The section between Yatton and Kenn involves a lot of attention and as per yesterday a couple of jumps of locked gates in order to follow the route, which also involves a few fields with animals though safe. Not always clearly signed and not the easiest route...

Matt Loveridge

Lovely route, fairly well maintained, narrow in places with some uneven ground but generally easy...

Matt Loveridge

Enjoyable walk with a villagey exit through some older parts of Clevedon followed by a lovely walk across the lowland moors mostly by waterways and along a long green drove, with quiet lanes and a new cycle path into Yatton....

Mockymock

It uses a new cycle path around the back of a recently built housing estate to exit Yatton and then makes its way across the fields through horsey areas and arable fields before crossing under the M5 to the edge of Clevedon. In the town itself, it makes uses alleys through modern housing estates to reach the old Victorian town where it zigzags briefly up onto a delightful old path along a low cliff which gives a wide view south before heading for the seafront....

Mockymock

Took X6 bus from Clevedon to Summerhouse bus stop and walked into Nailsea via Stonehenge Lane and Valley Way Road....

JohnMyerson

Slight disadvantage of having to cross the M5 by footbridge twice, but noise is not too bad. Ordnance Survey map is not accurate at How Ham Farm. Use farm drive to/from B3124....

JohnMyerson

Excellent views throughout although the path is rough in places and quite close to a steep drop occasionally. Currently (March 2022) a short diversion up to the road and back at Sandbanks (Walton Bay) because of a broken bridge. Toilets and refreshments at Lake Road and in Portishead town centre....

JohnMyerson

This route avoids the flooded wetlands of Clenai one but does involve a steep climb out of Clevedon....

JohnMyerson

Keep following the river till you get to a road, left and then right to pick up the path again....

Hildegard

I have tried to do it myself in the past and the lack of public access to the sea wall, the lack of a public right of way across the River Yeo, plus the blocking presence of the M5 in the area make it a serious challenge. There is also no public right of way over the suggested route along the river wall of the Yeo north of the Oldbridge River ditch in the same area....

Mockymock

The crossing of the M5 doesn't exist (its a gated pipeline crossing) and the crossing at junction 21 has no footpath and would be considered dangerous....

Chris

It starts with a trek out through the housing estates of Clevedon and then crosses the M5 and makes its way through an intensive farming and horsiculture zone between the two towns, ending with a walk in to Yatton along a lively B-road. This area would be alright to walk through if at any point the land is sown as grass, but I think the intensity of the cropping here generally makes the access as poor as it can be without actually blocking it....

Mockymock

It is also worth noting that this stretch of path has been approved as part of the developing England Coast Path, and is thus likely to become a well-maintained route in the not too distant future...

Mockymock

The line of the path suggested as the Slow Way no longer exists east of Court Lane and you need to cross the motorway using the road (which has a footway/verge) and the path through the pony pasture immediately next to the motorway. The second is a currently impassable section at the eastern end of the path through the fields immediately south of the road along Nailsea Wall....

Mockymock

Narrow path in parts, and vegetated but passable in late July....

Steve_Roser