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Kingsand, Cawsand & Penlee Point
Kingsand, Cawsand & Penlee Point
A high path over coastal heathland, where butterflies twirl above the wildflowers in the grass beside the path and the breathtaking views out across the English Ch...
Greenway, Broadsands & Galmpton Creek
...ives.
Follow the footpath uphill through the woods to emerge close to the A3022. Travel a few yards to your right.
Cross the A3022 and pick up the path (under a metal gateway) then continue to the A3...
Port Isaac & Porteath
...ives. Today, the station is manned 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing full coverage of part of the north coast of Cornwall. The current lifeboat is called 'Copeland Bell'.
In July 2...
Newquay
...ives would celebrate the arrival of the fish by baking Hevva Cake. This used a scone-like mixture, with dried fruit to represent the fish, baked in small rounds scored with a criss-cross pattern to re...
Hooken Cliffs
...ives details of the day's catch. Fishing has been an important trade in Beer for many centuries.
One man who started out in fishing at the end of the eighteenth century was 'The Rob Roy of t...
Studland Village to Old Harry
...st.
The Old Harry rocks mark the eastern end of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site running between here and Orcombe Point, near Exmouth. Over the course of its 95 miles of coastline, som...
Portmellon & Bodrugan's Leap
Portmellon & Bodrugan's Leap
A coastal walk between two coves where people have been sheltering from the wild westerlies since Stone Age times. There are dramatic views from the high cliffs, ...
Durdle Door & White Nothe
...ives his flock over the cliff.
The rock arch of Durdle Door, one of the Dorset coastline's most famous landmarks, was formed in the Jurassic period, about 140 million years ago. The layers of Por...
Bolt Tail & Burleigh Dolts
...st. Look out for skuas, terns and Manx shearwaters.
From the village hall car park in Malborough take the footpath out of the corner near the petrol station. Crossing the top of Collaton Road, turn ...
Hillsborough's Sleeping Elephant
Hillsborough's Sleeping Elephant
A short but demanding walk around Ilfracombe's Hillsborough Nature Reserve, known locally as 'The Sleeping Elephant'. There are far-reaching views ...
Ilfracombe and the Torrs
Ilfracombe and the Torrs
Once a fishing village, dating from Saxon times, Ilfracombe's particular popularity as a fashionable seaside resort was established in 1874, when the railway arrived. Alt...
Meadfoot & London Bridge
Meadfoot & London Bridge
A walk based on Torquay harbour, with splendid views out across Tor Bay. The harbour was used by the British Navy as an anchorage during the Napoleonic Wars, and as a resu...
A Dart Estuary Walk
...ives superb views of both sea and estuary. Those who wish to explore a little further may wish to know that Dartmouth is also the terminus of the Dart Valley Trail which gives the opportunity to delve...
Mullion & Poldhu
...ives were lost in nine shipwrecks during a six-year period, along just 1½ miles of coastline. Bob Felce's book tells us that "the first of three Lifeboats, the Daniel J Draper, was stationed...
Cawsand & Polhawn Forts
...ives another opportunity for a shortcut (take the path to the car park and walk up to Rame Church and then follow the directions as before). Otherwise carry on along the Coast Path to the end of the h...
The Lost Land of Lyonesse
The Lost Land of Lyonesse
At Land’s End, the dramatic granite pillars and buttresses of England’s most westerly point look out over a turbulent sea, where the land divides the English Channel from the...
Geevor Mine & Chûn Quoit
...st. Therefore, unable to ascertain their position, too many ships were lost, particularly on the groups of sunken and exposed rocks near Pendeen Watch.
Trinity House decided to erect a lighthouse an...
A taste of the Salt Path - Cremyll to Rame Head
...st. Children will love to ramble through the grounds of Mount Edgcumbe, with its many fascinating features, and will enjoy the beach at Kingsand. An especially inspiring walk in early spring, when the...
Tamar Lake and Headland Chapel
...ives the village its name. Follow the lane as it narrows and climbs quite steeply to arrive at a junction.
From this high point on the ridge separating the coast from the Tamar and its tributaries, t...
Lynton and the Valley of Rocks
Lynton and the Valley of Rocks
A classic easy walk along a relatively level section of high cliffs between Lynton and the spectacular Valley of Rocks. Children will love the stories associated with th...