Polstreath beach - circular walks

Polstreath beach

Polstreath beach is composed of sand and shingle. At low tide, a rock platform is explosed at the left end of the beach. Access to the beach involves around 200 steps.

Walks visiting Polstreath beach

  • 5.3 miles/8.5 km - Moderate-strenuous

    Pentewan, Heligan and Mevagissey

    Mevagissey

    Pentewan, Heligan and Mevagissey

    5.3 miles/8.5 km - Moderate-strenuous

    A circular walk from Pentewan to Mevagissey via The Lost Gardens of Heligan which were discovered in the 1990s after 7 decades of neglect and what followed The Times described as the garden restoration of the century.

  • 7.6 miles/12.3 km - Moderate-strenuous

    Mevagissey to Charlestown (via bus)

    Mevagissey

    Mevagissey to Charlestown (via bus)

    7.6 miles/12.3 km - Moderate-strenuous

    A one-way coastal walk, made circular via an initial bus journey, from the fishing port of Mevagissey to Charlestown - one of the best-preserved Georgian ports in the world and an engineering masterpiece which included a seven-mile-long leat.

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