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Climate change and the Path
...Cornwall by Lloyd Cosway The fragile place where lands meet sea The South West Coast Path exists on the fringe, the edge, the brink. It’s what makes it so special, so exhilarating and so freeing. This...
Talland Bay & Looe
...Cornwall Wildlife Trust. It is a natural sanctuary for sea and woodland birds, and because of its unusually mild climate daffodils bloom here at Christmas. Cornwall Wildlife Trust run tours out to the...
Kennack Sands & Kuggar
...Cornwall's countryside. Go through the main car park at Kennack Sands to pick up the South West Coast Path behind the beach shop, heading towards Coverack. Before you join the Coast Path, turn ...
Blue Hills Tin Mine Walk
Blue Hills Tin Mine Walk A relatively gentle walk through some of the industrial relics of one of the most important areas of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. With an optional visit to Cornwall...
Porthscatho & Gerrans Bay
...Cornwall, a Celtic chieftain of the Dumnonii tribe. Geraint was converted to Christianity by St Teilo, an Irish saint who travelled through Cornwall on his way to Brittany. Geraint was killed during t...
Frenchman's Creek
...Cornwall after holidaying in the county as a child, and during the war, she and her children moved to Fowey (see the Lankelly & Menabilly Walk). Many of her novels were set in Cornwall, includ...
Porthoustock & St Keverne
...Cornwall a charter confirming their 'just and ancient customs and liberties'. This protected them from any jurisdiction apart from the Cornish Stannary Parliament, other than in exceptional ...
Lundy Bay & Pennywilgie Point
...Cornwall included St Issey, St Endellion and St Nectan, all of whom are said to have founded early churches in this part of North Cornwall. (The search function on this website will list the walks whe...
Gwithian Towans
...Cornwall's most industrialised valleys during the peak mining period. Most of the activity in the valley revolved around the recovery of tin that had been lost from mine dressing floors, and this...
Heritage
...Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. Some of these were reoccupied during the nineteenth century, and a further ring of forts (‘Palmerston follies’) were created around Plymouth at that time. The Coast Path al...
Corporate partnerships
...Cornwall by Peter Edwards What is Every Mile Matters about? Every Mile Matters is a campaign calling for people to act now to protect the South West Coast Path, a much-loved natural resource at the he...
Dodman Point
Dodman Point A strenuous but superb walk from the small fishing village of Gorran Haven, where stone and whitewashed cottages huddle around steep and narrow streets, past Cornwall's biggest prehi...
Holywell and Kelsey Head
...Cornwall in recent years. The headland and the offshore islands are also noteworthy for the colonies of breeding seabirds including the guillemot, shag and razorbill. From the back of the beach take ...
Chapel Porth
...Cornwall's granite backbone. The intense heat caused water to circulate through the cracks in the granite. This dissolved minerals from the surrounding rocks, and Cornwall's main tin, copper...
Gillan Creek & Dennis Head
...Cornwall's earliest Christian sites, dating back to the Dark Ages. Many of the settlements around it were established in medieval days. A short detour will take you to Manaccan, famous for the 20...
Kingsand, Cawsand & Penlee Point
...Cornwall. It was not until boundary changes in 1844 that Kingsand returned to Cornwall. A cottage opposite the 'Halfway House' pub still bears the 'Devon Corn' marker showing the b...
Penzance to St Ives - Day 4
...Cornwall Bus 17 takes 40 minutes to reach Windsor Place in Penzance. The Western Greyhound 516 or First in Devon and Cornwall Bus 17A goes to Penzance Bus Station and takes 40-45 minutes.
Porthkidney Sands
...Cornwall Golf Club is the oldest golf club in the Duchy and was established in 1889. It has spectacular views across the water to Godrevy Lighthouse and a prevailing wind which gives players a range o...
Carbis Bay Station - Lelant
...Cornwall Golf Club is the oldest golf club in the Duchy and was established in 1889. It has spectacular views across the water to Godrevy Lighthouse and a prevailing wind which gives players a range o...
St Agnes Head
...Cornwall's tin, copper and tungsten deposits. About 50 million years later, further earth movements created lead, silver, iron and zinc, leading to the great mineral wealth which made Cornwall a ...