Lands End to Porthcurno

Cornwall by Cornishlight

A nice walk along the Cornwall Coastal Path via Gwennap Head and Porthgwarra

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Porthgwarra, with its granite slipway, open boats working crab pots off shore Low tide beach, tunnel through rock providing easier access. Carpark behind Porthgwarra Cove ideal starting point for walks, either east to Porthcunro via Porthchapel or west around Gwennap Head as far as Lands End. Chasm of Zawn Kellys with egg shaped granite boulders at high tide line, once of very few such locations in Cornwall.

The Cornish Coast a dramatic place in Winter

Maybe be lucky on a calm day and see grey seals porpoising off shore, even luckier to see fluffy white pups born in late Autumn. Past Pendower Cove along Nanjizal Bay with its sea caves and high cliffs. A particularly dramatic place in winter storms with swells rolling in from far out in the Atlantic.

Gwennap Head

Two daymarks, one bright red, other black and white just before the former Coastguard Lookout at Gwennap Head. And although the coastguards are long gone, now manned by members of the National Coastwatch Organisation. Off shore the Runnelstone Buoy, gently moaning in the swell audible for miles around on still days. Wolf Rock. Longships off Lands End. Scillies visible in the far distance on a very clear day.

Even though Lands End is only 5 miles from Porthgwarra you will be unlucky if you encounter more than a handful of fellow walkers as you stroll along this particularly imposing and isolated stretch of the Cornwall Coast. On holiday? There are lots of places to stay in West Cornwall Bed and Breakfast.

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Here are some Nice Places to Stay | Holiday and Touring Parks | Hotels and Country Houses
Camping | Self Catering and Holiday Cottages | Bed and Breakfast and Guesthouses | Activity Breaks

The Lizard | Penzance | Newlyn | St Michaels Mount | Porthcurno and Minack | Mousehole | Scilly | Sennen Cove | Lands End | St Ives |