Circular walks around Golitha Falls

Circular walks around Golitha Falls

Golitha Falls, Cornwall

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.

Golitha Falls is a National Nature Reserve though which the River Fowey cascades beneath broadleaf woodland. The name is slightly misleading as there are no major waterfalls, but rather a series of rapids and cascades. Nevertheless, the riverside walk is very pretty in every season with bluebells in spring, leafy shade in the summer, fungi and vibrant colours in autumn, and icicles formed on twigs in the river during deepest winter.

  • 6.1 miles/9.8 km - Easy-moderate

    Golitha Falls and Siblyback Lake

    Beech Trees at Golitha Falls

    Golitha Falls and Siblyback Lake

    6.1 miles/9.8 km - Easy-moderate

    A circular walk through the Golitha Falls National Nature Reserve along ancient rights of way to pass around Siblyback Lake, where the remains of a mediaeval field system rise from the water when reservoir levels fall.

  • 7.3 miles/11.7 km - Easy-moderate

    Golitha Falls to Trethevy Quoit

    Trethevy Quoit

    Golitha Falls to Trethevy Quoit

    7.3 miles/11.7 km - Easy-moderate

    A circular walk through the Golitha Falls National Nature Reserve, to King Doniert's Stone - a memorial to the last King of Cornwall, and the prehistoric tomb of Trethevy Quoit, returning via St Cleer where the holy well is reputed to cure madness.

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

Both walks here include an initial three-quarter-mile circular loop through the NNR reserve before another longer loop for the rest of the route. You can therefore use either walk if you just want to do the short loop and finish back at the car park.

Walker on cliffsYou can share tips and ask for recommendations for walks in our Walks in Cornwall facebook group.