Circular walks around Portscatho

Circular walks around Portscatho

Portscatho, Cornwall

Enjoy the walks by being guided by the app

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need a phone or wifi signal during the walk.
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The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.
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We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.
  • 3.3 miles/5.4 km - Easy-moderate

    Towan Beach to Place House

    Towan Beach

    Towan Beach to Place House

    3.3 miles/5.4 km - Easy-moderate

    A walk on contrasting coastlines, from the rugged Roseland coast to the sheltered creeks of the Percuil River opposite St Mawes.

  • 3.4 miles/5.4 km - Easy-moderate

    St Anthony Head (short version)

    St Anthony Lighthouse

    St Anthony Head (short version)

    3.4 miles/5.4 km - Easy-moderate

    A walk on the Roseland coast and then into the Fal estuary to St Anthony Church via the fort St Anthony Head and the golden sandy beaches of Molunan.

  • 5.9 miles/9.5 km - Easy-moderate

    St Anthony Head

    St Mawes Castle

    St Anthony Head

    5.9 miles/9.5 km - Easy-moderate

    A walk along the Roseland coast and creeks opposite St Mawes, passing the preserved fort and Fraggle Rock lighthouse on St Anthony Head and the golden sandy beaches of Molunan.

  • 4 miles/6.4 km - Moderate

    Towan Beach to Portscatho

    Bridleway from the Rosteague Estate

    Towan Beach to Portscatho

    4 miles/6.4 km - Moderate

    A circular walk on the Roseland coast where, during the Napoleonic Wars, smugglers would row out to the middle of The Channel in pilot gigs to trade with the enemy.

  • 4.4 miles/7 km - Moderate

    Portscatho to Pendower Beach

    Portscatho

    Portscatho to Pendower Beach

    4.4 miles/7 km - Moderate

    A circular walk along two miles of beaches around Gerrans Bay which were once used by Portscatho smugglers to land contraband and strewn with the wreckage of sailing ships that overshot Falmouth Harbour and ran aground on The Whelps reef.

  • 5.3 miles/8.5 km - Moderate

    Pendower Beach to Veryan

    Pendower Beach

    Pendower Beach to Veryan

    5.3 miles/8.5 km - Moderate

    A circular walk from Pendower Beach to Veryan via Nare Head where, in Victorian times, an unhappily married fisherman lived alone in a cliff-edge cottage, lowering his boat on a rope over the cliff and returning once a week to Veryan to bring his wife fish.

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