Circular walks around Perranporth And St Agnes

Circular walks around Perranporth And St Agnes

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.

3.1 miles/4.9 km - Moderate

Trevaunance Cove and Blue Hills mine

Trevellas Coombe

A circular walk along the stream of Trevellas Coombe where tin ore is still worked using traditional water power, past Stippy Stappy - the row of sea captain's cottages, and down the valley to the sandy beach of Trevaunance Cove with the remains of Victorian harbour which was demolished by Atlantic storms.

4.7 miles/7.5 km - Moderate

Porthtowan to Chapel Porth

Banns Vale

A circular walk from Porthtowan, along the coast, valleys and woodland, passing engine houses and other relics of Cornish copper mining.

5.7 miles/9.1 km - Moderate

Perranporth to Trevellas

Droskyn Point

A circular walk past the remains of Alfred Nobel's dynamite works to the red-and-yellow ore-rich cliffs above the wreck of the treasure ship Hanover, returning, via the spitfire base, along Perran Coombe where a 2-mile leat once carried water to power a massive waterwheel in a chamber within the cliffs.

6.2 miles/10 km - Moderate

Chapel Porth to Trevaunance Cove

Towanroath Engine House

A circular walk along the coast between the golden sandy beaches of Chapel Porth and Trevaunance Cove at St Agnes via the iconic engine houses of Wheal Coates, perched above the breakers.

3.6 miles/5.8 km - Easy-moderate

Lost Church and Perranporth dunes

Perran Sands

A circular walk on the highest dune system in Britain to the chapel dating from Celtic times which was lost in the dunes for nearly 1000 years.

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