Most Popular Walks this Week
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3.4 miles/5.5 km - Easy-moderate
Luxulyan Valley circular
Luxulyan Valley circular
3.4 miles/5.5 km - Easy-moderate
A circular walk following the leats and horse-drawn tramways through the World Heritage site of the Luxulyan Valley to the massive viaduct which carried the tramways towards Newquay and water to winch the trams up the valley with a huge waterwheel, recommended in guidebooks as early as the 1920s "as one of the most glorious walks in all Cornwall".
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5.4 miles/8.7 km - Moderate
Perranporth to Trevellas
Perranporth to Trevellas
5.4 miles/8.7 km - Moderate
A circular walk past the remains of Alfred Nobel's dynamite works to the red-and-yellow ore-rich cliffs above the wreck of the treasure ship Hanover, returning, via the spitfire base, along Perran Coombe where a 2-mile leat once carried water to power a massive waterwheel in a chamber within the cliffs.
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3.6 miles/5.8 km - Easy-moderate
Lost Church and Perranporth dunes
Lost Church and Perranporth dunes
3.6 miles/5.8 km - Easy-moderate
A circular walk on the highest dune system in Britain to the chapel dating from Celtic times which was lost in the dunes for nearly 1000 years.
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5.2 miles/8.4 km - Moderate-strenuous
Rough Tor and Brown Willy
Rough Tor and Brown Willy
5.2 miles/8.4 km - Moderate-strenuous
A mostly circular walk to Cornwall's two highest tors, passing prehistoric remains including the holy well, summit cairns and settlements.
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3.9 miles/6.3 km - Moderate-strenuous
Portholland to Portloe
Portholland to Portloe
3.9 miles/6.3 km - Moderate-strenuous
A circular walk with lovely views of Veryan Bay to the pretty fishing village of Portloe from West Portholland, where one of the last of Cornwall's mediaeval coastal farmsteads has survived.
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5.3 miles/8.5 km - Moderate-strenuous
Pentewan, Heligan and Mevagissey
Pentewan, Heligan and Mevagissey
5.3 miles/8.5 km - Moderate-strenuous
A circular walk from Pentewan to Mevagissey via The Lost Gardens of Heligan which were discovered in the 1990s after 7 decades of neglect and what followed The Times described as the garden restoration of the century.
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5.8 miles/9.4 km - Easy-moderate
Rosemullion Head
Rosemullion Head
5.8 miles/9.4 km - Easy-moderate
A circular walk passing the National Trust's Glendurgan gardens and the equally spectacular submarine gardens of Rosemullion Head where fish dart amongst the brightly-coloured blooms.
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3.8 miles/6.1 km - Moderate
Helford and Frenchman's Creek
Helford and Frenchman's Creek
3.8 miles/6.1 km - Moderate
A circular walk through the wooded valleys of the Helford River including the most famous - Frenchman's Creek - which is still as pristine as when it inspired Daphne du Maurier's novel
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4.2 miles/6.8 km - Easy
Constantine to Scott's Quay
Constantine to Scott's Quay
4.2 miles/6.8 km - Easy
A circular walk at Constantine through woods and to the creek on the Helford river where a bustling quarrying and mining industry operated in Victorian times but have now been reclaimed by nature.
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4.5 miles/7.3 km - Moderate
Bedruthan Steps
Bedruthan Steps
4.5 miles/7.3 km - Moderate
A circular walk with spectacular views of the rock stacks at Bedruthan Steps, about which the myth of a giant's stepping stones was concocted for the amusement of Victorian tourists flocking to Padstow and Newquay on the new railway.
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