Circular walks around Callington

Circular walks around Callington

Download the (free) iWalk Cornwall app from the App Store or Google Play then use the app to scan the QR code of the walks below for more info, where the walk can be purchased. Once a walk is downloaded, no phone/WiFi signal is needed.

3.9 miles/6.2 km - Moderate

Cotehele to Metherell

Cotehele Gardens

A circular walk via the quays, woods, engine house and mills of the Cotehele Estate where by Georgian times the house had become a tourist attraction because it was so antiquated, and has changed little since.

4.5 miles/7.2 km - Moderate-strenuous

Rilla Mill and Plushabridge

River Lynher

A circular walk from Rilla Mill with views across Cornwall to the Cheesewring and Kit Hill, and along the River Lynher through the Colquite Woodland reserve and via medieval bridges to where the ancient mill stood until the 1960s and the leats can still be seen.

5.9 miles/9.5 km - Moderate

Cotehele to Calstock

Calstock Viaduct

A circular walk through the gardens of Cotehele to Calstock where Cornwall's largest Roman fort once stood, the Vikings allied with the Cornish to fight off the Saxons, and more recently railway wagons were lifted over 100ft by steam power from the quay to the top of the viaduct.

5.3 miles/8.6 km - Moderate

Kit Hill to Kelly Bray

South Kit Hill Mine

A circular walk in Kit Hill Country Park, given to the county by the Duchy to mark the birth of Prince William and where a midsummer bonfire is lit to celebrate the ancient Celtic Golowan festival

4.5 miles/7.2 km - Moderate-strenuous

Gunnislake to Chilsworthy

River Tamar

A circular walk in the Tamar Valley at Gunnislake where Victorian canal systems, engine houses and tramways have been recolonised by nature and kingfishers rather than barges now journey up and down the river.

There is a choice of over 250 more walks in Cornwall available via the app.
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