Evening walks in Cornwall

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The following walks are the ones more likely to be suitable for an evening walk. They are all under 4 miles so can be done in around a couple of hours. Check the sunset time before setting off. Time from sunset to twilight is about 35 mins in April and August rising to about 45 mins in mid-June.
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The Camelford Way
1.8 miles/2.9 km - Easy
A short and easy circular walk from Camelford along the wildflower-rich meadows of the River Camel to the clapper bridge at Fenteroon, returning through the fields with views over the Camel Valley.
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Botallack Head
2.5 miles/4 km - Easy
A circular walk around Cornwall's most iconic mining remains, used for the filming of the BBC's Poldark series
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Hayle and The Towans
2.7 miles/4.3 km - Easy
A circular walk on the Towans at Hayle where Cornwall's beam engines were cast using sand from a prehistoric lagoon when West Penwith was an island.
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Bude to Northcott Mouth
3.5 miles/5.6 km - Easy
A circular walk past the Sea Pool to Crooklets beach and along Maer cliff to the beach at Northcott Mouth where the shipwreck of the SS Belem is exposed at low tide.
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Bude Canal and Coast
3.7 miles/5.9 km - Easy
A figure-of-8 walk at Bude where the demand for lime-rich sand could not even be met by 4000 horses a day and so a 35 mile canal was built to transport it to the Tamar Valley.
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Polzeath to St Enodoc Church
3.7 miles/6 km - Easy
A circular walk along the coast from Polzeath past a number of small coves to the vast sandy beach at Daymer Bay, returning through the dunes past St Enodoc Church which was once so deeply buried in the sand that entrance for services was through the roof.
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West Pentire and Polly Joke
2.2 miles/3.6 km - Easy-moderate
A circular walk through the poppy fields of West Pentire to Polly Joke beach, returning over the headland to the pub that was a cowshed until the mid-20th Century.
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Gwithian and Upton Towans
2.4 miles/3.8 km - Easy-moderate
A circular walk around the nature reserve in the sand dunes that was once the National Explosives Works where young girls manufactured dynamite from nitroglycerine, two tonnes of which denotated causing a shockwave that broke windows in St Ives and Penzance and could be heard on Dartmoor.
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Tintagel
2.4 miles/3.9 km - Easy-moderate
A short circular walk exploring some of the historic sites in Tintagel including King Arthur's Castle and Merlin's Cave, the Old Post Office, and the ancient parish church on the cliffs.
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Baker's Pit and Rogers' Tower
3 miles/4.9 km - Easy-moderate
A circular walk from the Bakers Pit nature reserve to an Iron Age hillfort where the remains of prehistoric roundhouses were seen as a convenient source of stone for a folly built in the era when the Poldark novels are set.
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St Agnes Beacon and Wheal Coates
3.0 miles/4.9 km - Easy-moderate
A circular walk between St Agnes Head and the engine houses of Wheal Coates via St Agnes Beacon, with spectacular panoramic views
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Wheal Maid and Poldice Valley
3.4 miles/5.4 km - Easy-moderate
A circular walk in the area described in Victorian times as the richest square mile anywhere on Earth
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St Newlyn East and Lappa Valley
3.6 miles/5.8 km - Easy-moderate
A circular walk from St Newlyn East through the woods of the Lappa Valley where the Steam Railway now encompasses what was one of the most famous mines in Cornwall during Victorian times and the riverbeds are still stained red.
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Watergate Bay to Porth
3.6 miles/5.8 km - Easy-moderate
A circular walk along the beach from Watergate Bay to the sea caves of Whipsiderry and Iron Age hillfort at Trevelgue head, returning past the clifftop tombs of Bronze-Age chieftans, with panoramic views of the Newquay coastline.
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St Clement and Malpas
3.8 miles/6.1 km - Easy-moderate
A circular walk at the confluence of the Truro and Tresillian rivers, once defended by Moresk castle and later where timber for the mines was unloaded and floated as rafts into Truro
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Land's End
3.9 miles/6.3 km - Easy-moderate
A circular walk on the rugged cliffs at the most westerly point of the British mainland with spectacular views and spectacular wildflowers.
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Two Coombes of Lansallos
2.8 miles/4.5 km - Moderate
A circular walk from Lansallos to the coves of Lantivet Bay where farmers collected seaweed and sand to improve the soil and smugglers landed French brandy.
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Polperro harbour and headlands
2.9 miles/4.7 km - Moderate
A figure-of-eight walk around the fishing village and headlands surrounding Polperro, passing the net loft perched above the harbour, the Victorian sea pool, the site of the mediaeval chapel and the harbourmaster's route to the lighthouse.
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Port Quin to Lundy Bay
2.9 miles/4.7 km - Moderate
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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Boscastle Headlands
3.3 miles/5.3 km - Moderate
A circular walk from Boscastle to Pentargon waterfall and Willapark coastguard lookout with magnificent views of the village and harbour from the headlands where the village women once gathered dressed in red to fool a French ship into fleeing from British army redcoats.
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Minions and the Cheesewring
3.5 miles/5.6 km - Moderate
A circular walk around the iconic landmarks at Minions, including The Hurlers stone circles, The Cheesewring and the engine houses of the South Phoenix Mine.
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Padstow town
3.5 miles/5.6 km - Moderate
A short circular walk from Padstow harbour to the viewpoints at the War Memorial and Victorian obelisk, the Elizabethan Manor at Prideaux Place, and including some pretty back streets that lie off the main tourist routes.
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Gribbin Head
3.6 miles/5.8 km - Moderate
A circular walk on the headland near Fowey where Daphne Du Maurier lived and formed the basis for scenes in her books.
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Newlyn to Mousehole
3.9 miles/5.8 km - Moderate
A circular walk at the heart of Cornwall's fishing industry to the village where Stargazy Pie was invented and a candle-lit parade is held each year to celebrate the catch of Tom Bawcock.
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Trebarwith Strand to Backways Cove
2.2 miles/3.5 km - Moderate-strenuous
A short circular walk from the long, sandy beach of Trebarwith Strand to the rugged rocky cove at Backways in which sea foam tornadoes form in windy weather, and returning over the massive headland of Dennis Point with panoramic views of Port Isaac Bay.
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Port Isaac
3.3 miles/5.3 km - Moderate-strenuous
A short circular walk in Doc Martin Country including the pretty fishing village of Port Isaac and the historic beach of Port Gaverne with birds-eye views over the harbour.
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