Walks in January

Walks in January

Enjoy the walks by being guided by the app

Phone showing walk for purchase
Download the app and use it to explore the walks and to purchase a guided route.
Phone showing Google navigation to start of walk
The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.
Hand holding a phone showing the iWalk Cornwall app
The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.
Phone showing walk directions page in the iWalk Cornwall app
The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.
Person looking a directions on phone
Each time there is a new direction to follow, the app will beep to remind you, and will warn you if you go off-route.
Phone showing walk map page in the iWalk Cornwall app
A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.
Phone showing facts section in iWalk Cornwall app
Each walk is packed with information about the history and nature along the route, from over a decade of research than spans more than 3,000 topics.
Person looking at phone with cliff scenery in background
Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need a phone or wifi signal during the walk.
Phone showing walk stats in the iWalk Cornwall app
The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.
Person repairing footpath sign
We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.

For some other walk ideas see the less muddy walks or shorter/easier walks (likely to be more comfortable in wellies or with limited time/light). Also see the Winter walks.

  • 5.3 miles/8.5 km - Moderate

    Charlestown and Carlyon Bay

    Charlestown

    Charlestown and Carlyon Bay

    5.3 miles/8.5 km - Moderate

    A circular walk along the Cornish Riviera coastline frequented by royalty in the Roaring 20s, from the ingeniously-designed copper port now popular with film directors for its tall ships

  • 5.8 miles/9.3 km - Moderate

    Newquay

    Huer's Hut in Newquay

    Newquay

    5.8 miles/9.3 km - Moderate

    A circular walk around the UK's surf capital which was transformed from a tiny fishing village with a few thatched cottages when, in order to export ore from the harbour, a horse-drawn tramway was built across Cornwall which later became part of the Great Western Railway.

  • 3.4 miles/5.5 km - Easy

    Botallack Head and Levant Mine

    Crown Mines

    Botallack Head and Levant Mine

    3.4 miles/5.5 km - Easy

    A circular walk around Cornwall's most iconic mining remains, used for the filming of the BBC's Poldark series

  • 3.9 miles/6.3 km - Easy

    Bude Canal and Coast

    Bude Canal

    Bude Canal and Coast

    3.9 miles/6.3 km - Easy

    A figure-of-8 walk at Bude where the demand for lime-rich sand could not even be met by a reported 4000 horses a day, and so a 35-mile canal was built to transport it to the Tamar Valley.

  • 5.7 miles/9.1 km - Moderate

    Mount Edgcumbe to Kingsand

    Mount Edgcumbe Country Park

    Mount Edgcumbe to Kingsand

    5.7 miles/9.1 km - Moderate

    A circular walk though the Mount Edgcumbe Country Park to Kingsand with views over Plymouth Sound including Drake's Island where Drake set sail to circumnavigate the globe, and the breakwater which Napoleon described as an engineering masterpiece as he left England on his prison ship.

Download the iWalk Cornwall app and use the QR scanner within the app to find out more about any of the walks above.

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