Kit Hill Quarry
The quarry at Kit Hill was for high quality granite. Large-scale quarrying began in the 1880s and the granite was used for sea defences in Plymouth, London and even Singapore! The stone was shaped and finished in the quarry before being shipped as completed pieces via the railway.
The lake now occupying the quarry pit is rich in wildlife including dragonflies and damselflies. The trees growing within the quarry provide perches for songbirds for which the surrounding stone cliff provides a nice acoustic.
On walks
- Kit Hill to Kelly Bray (5.3 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.
