Circular walks around Looe

Circular walks around Looe

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 miles/4.8 km - Easy-moderate

Looe woodland, river and coast

Looe

A walk following the West Looe river from woods to its confluence and then to meet the Atlantic beside one of Cornwall's mediaeval ports.

6.8 miles/10.9 km - Moderate-strenuous

Talland Bay to Looe

Looe

A circular walk along the coast from Talland Bay to Looe, passing the pilgrimage site of Looe Island which Jesus was said to have visited as a child, and returning via the ancient Giant's Hedge in Kilminorth Wood and Talland's mediaeval church.

3.1 miles/4.9 km - Moderate

Kilminorth Woods and the Giant's Hedge

Kilminorth Woods

A woodland walk alongside the West Looe River where the Giant's Hedge once divided kingdoms of the Dark Ages, centuries before the ancient trees that now tower above it were even seedlings.

6.4 miles/10.3 km - Moderate

Pelynt and the West Looe Valley

Woodland in the West Looe Valley

A circular walk in the West Looe valley to St Nun's Well where it is said that if a bent pin is not left as an offering, clouds of piskies will accompany the visitor home and cause mischief.

6 miles/9.6 km - Moderate-strenuous

Seaton to Millendreath

Seaton Beach

A circular walk in an area of Cornwall so off the beaten track that No Man's Land is a real place name and a breeding colony of monkeys live in the woodland, in a sanctuary set up by the father of the classical guitarist, John Williams.

There is a choice of over 300 more walks in Cornwall available via the app.
You can explore them via "Walks Shop".