Port Quin to Lundy Bay

A circular walk from the fishing village of Port Quin to the golden sandy beaches of Epphaven Cove and Lundy Bay with spectacular coastal scenery, via the cliff-edge folly on Doyden Point built as a gambling den.

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The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.

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The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.

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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.

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A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.

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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.

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Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need wifi or a phone signal during the walk.

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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.

either as a GPS-guided walk with our app (£3.29) or a PDF of directions (£2.79) Example of directions

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Starting from Port Quin, the route follows the edge of the natural harbour to the folly at Doyden Point. From there the path passes the mineshafts that were once used to extract antimony, on its way to Trevan Point which is now grazed by Dartmoor Ponies. The path then descends to the beaches of Epphaven Cove and Lundy Bay. The return to Port Quin begins beside the collapsed cave and crosses fields via Porteath Bee Centre to join a small lane to Port Quin.

Highlights

Pretty fishing village of Port Quin
Spectacular coastline around Port Quin and Doyden Point
Quiet sandy beaches at Epphaven Cove and Lundy Bay

Considerations

Route includes paths close to unfenced cliff edges.

Dogs

Beaches where dogs are allowed all year: Port Quin, Lundy Bay, Epphaven Cove. The stile on the way inland from the coast is awkward for medium-large dogs. For the final double stile exiting the fields onto the road: small-medium dogs can squeeze under the first (wooden) part - large dogs that cannot will need lifting. Small or athletic dogs may be able to negotiate the quite high stone stile following this but otherwise it's a high lift. Less athletic dogs may also need help over the first (slate) stile on the route. There are free range chickens at Porteath just before the Bee Centre. A stretch of coast path on the route is sometimes grazed with horses.

The walk is available through the iWalk Cornwall app for Apple and Android for £3.29 which each include everything listed here.

This removes worries about getting lost by tracking you using GPS, reminding you when you need to follow the next direction and warning you if you wander off the route.

To install on your phone, search the app store for “iwalk cornwall” to download the (free) app. Then either use it to scan the code at the top-right of the page to locate this walk or search for the walk title in Walks Shop > Search All Walks.

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Vital statistics

OS Explorer: 106
Distance: 2.9 miles/4.7 km
Steepness grade: Moderate
Recommended footwear: walking shoes or trainers in the summer
Café: ✓

OS maps for this walk

OS Explorer 106

Beaches

Points of interest

Links for this walk

Tide times
Pentire Point To Widemouth AONB info
Short URL: http://iwkc.co.uk/w/43

Alternative walks

One-way coastal walk from Port Isaac to Polzeath

Adjoining walks

Port Quin to Port Isaac

Walks nearby