Walks around Perranporth

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Perranporth to St Agnes
4.7 miles/7.5 km - Moderate
A one-way coastal walk, made circular via an initial bus journey, along the ore-bearing cliffs between Perranporth and St Agnes passing the remains of Nobel's dynamite works, Britain's best preserved spitfire base and the Blue Hills of Trevellas Coombe where tin is still processed on a small scale using traditional methods.
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Callestick and Ventongimps
5.3 miles/8.5 km - Moderate
A circular countryside walk past the nature reserve at Ventongimps and the engine house of West Chyverton mine, with refreshment opportunities at both Callestick Farm, where you can see the ice cream being made, and Healey's Cyder Farm who offer tours and tasting.
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Perranporth to Trevellas
5.4 miles/8.7 km - Moderate
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.
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Holywell to St Piran's Oratory
7.4 miles/11.9 km - Moderate
A circular walk from Holywell Bay along the rugged coastline to Perran Beach and across the dunes to the Dark Ages relics of St Piran's Oratory, Church and Cross, returning via the Penhale Sands nature reserve which is carpeted in cowslips during spring.
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Cubert to St Pirans Round
6.3 miles/10.1 km - Moderate-strenuous
A circular walk from Cubert's Celtic churchyard through the cowslip meadows of the Penhale Sands nature reserve and on paths lined with wildflowers along the river valley to reach St Pirans Round - the remains of the mediaeval amphitheatre.
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For a circular route that goes through Perranporth itself, there is a walk from Perranporth to Trevellas via Cligga Head. For a circular route that includes St Piran's Oratory, there is a walk from Holywell Bay to St Piran's Oratory via Ligger Point, returning via Penhale Sands. There is a also a circular walk from Cubert church to St Piran's Round.