Kilkhampton Church
The church building dates from the 12th Century and the carved doorway is from the original building. In the 15th century, the church was remodelled in the Perpendicular Gothic style and the tower was added. The church was restored in the 19th century but retained, from the early 16th Century, carved benches and a font made of granite with an octagonal bowl.
The church is dedicated to St James the Great which may date from the Middle Ages when Kilkhampton was briefly in the hands of the Priory of St James in Bristol. Another theory for the dedication is that Kilkhampton was on a pilgrim route to Compostela in Spain, where the relics of St James were thought to lie.
On walks
- Kilkhampton to the Coombe valley (5 mile walk)
Get the iWalkCornwall app
Download the app and use it to explore the walks and to purchase a guided route.
The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.
The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.
The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.
Each time there is a new direction to follow, the app will beep to remind you, and will warn you if you go off-route.
A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.
Each walk is packed with information about the history and nature along the route, from over a decade of research than spans more than 3,000 topics.
Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need a phone or wifi signal during the walk.
The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.
We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.
