Walk - Glebe Cliff, Tintagel

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Difficulty
Easy

A short and generally flat clifftop route suitable for wheelchair users and pushchairs. There is a slight gradient climb on the return journey.

Start
Glebe Cliff Car Park - PL34 0DW
Finish
Glebe Cliff Car Park
Length
0.2 miles (0.4 km)
Summary

A very short and easy walk that gives the whole family the chance to enjoy the best of wild and romantic Cornwall. In autumn look out for the unusual cliff-nesting house martins gathering ready for their journey south, and maybe a merlin or a peregrine looking for prey among them.

Public Transport

You can get a bus to Tintagel Village (just over 1/2 mile from the start of the walk) from Wadebridge, Boscastle, Truro and Bude. For timetable information, zoom in on the interactive map and click on the bus stops, visit Traveline or phone 0871 200 22 33.

Nearest car park

Glebe Cliff (Postcode for Sat Navs: PL34 0DW) and Tintagel Village (Postcode for Sat Navs: PL34 0AJ).

Nearest toilets

Tintagel - opposite The Old Post Office and at the Visitor Information Centre (disabled facilities for which a radar key is needed).

Nearest refreshments

Tintagel.

Route Description

The small car park at the start of the walk is close to the medieval cliff top church of St. Materianas. Its ancient graveyard hedge, built in the "cursyway" style, is encrusted with beautiful lichens.

The path takes you through a mix of coastal scrub and grassland. Plants and shrubs include gorse, bell heather, sea pink, kidney vetch, foxglove, toadflax, spring squill and sea campion. Look out for resident stonechats, kestrels and rock pipits, and, in summer, visiting breeding whitethroats. The occasional peregrine falcon is sometimes seen as are migrating wheatear in the spring and autumn months.

This walk also affords cliff top views of the sea and of the island of Tintagel Castle (said to be linked to King Arthur).

Near the car park there is an interpretation board, with information on the historical remains of local slate quarries, and a picnic bench. Both are wheelchair friendly.

This walk can be accessed by tramper, wheelchairs and pushchairs. See the detailed description at phototrails.org.

Nearby refreshments

Tintagel.

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