- Difficulty
- Challenging
Easy to strenuous
- Start
- Falmouth
- Finish
- Portloe
- Length
- 13.6 miles (21.9 km)
- Summary
Leaving Falmouth harbour, reputed to be the third largest natural harbour in the world and once the second busiest port of the British Empire, you set off across the Fal to another of Cornwall’s Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: The Roseland Peninsula.
There are magnificent views back to Falmouth and the River Fal from the windswept stretches around Carricknath Point and St Anthony Head. The Path offers fairly easy walking until the approach to Nare Head and Portloe beyond, where you will find several steep ascents and descents and walking becomes a lot more strenuous. The Path twists and plummets in places through wooded areas and across high open fields until the welcome descent into Portloe.
- Public Transport
Falmouth is the termimus of the scenic Maritime railway line (change off the mainline at Truro). Regular buses run between Truro and Portloe. For timetable information, zoom in on the interactive map and click on the train station and bus stop symbols, visit Traveline or phone 0871 200 22 33.
For information about availability of the ferries across from Falmouth to Place at the start of the walk check our Ferry & Estuaries page.
- Nearest car park
Falmouth (Postcode for Sat Navs: TR11 3HX), St Mawes, St Anthony Head, above Towan Beach, Gerrans, Portscatho, Porthcurnick, Pendower Beach, Carne Beach, inland from Kiberick Cove, just before Manare Point and Portloe.
- Nearest toilets
Falmouth, St Mawes, St Anthony Head, above Towan Beach (seasonal), Porthcurnick (seasonal), Pendower Beach, Carne Beach and Portloe.
- Nearest refreshments
You can stock up on refreshments at the beginning of your journey in the shops of Falmouth. Further refreshments are available at Portscatho and Gerrans and there is a pub in Portloe.
