Prideaux Wood
Prideaux Wood is owned by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust and provides a roost for a colony of Greater Horseshoe bats. Roughly a quarter of the woodland is ancient but the rest was cleared and planted with conifers in the 1960s as a commercial forestry plantation. These have now been removed and are being replaced with broadleaf trees to restore the habitat. The area is dotted with uncapped mineshafts hidden beneath thin layers of vegetation or soil; sticking to the footpaths is therefore very highly recommended.
On walks
- Luxulyan Valley to Prideaux (4.8 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.
