Walk · Cornwall

Camel Trail: Padstow to Wadebridge

Padstow

5.5MILES

2h 10mON FOOT

25mCLIMB

Linear — plan the returnSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 92% 8% shares tarmac with cars

Lane & track 92%Road with traffic 8%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

The Camel Trail head beside the old Padstow station, at the top of the harbour car park

Finishes at

Wadebridge, at the old station car park on Southers LaneLinear — plan how you get back

Parking

Padstow harbourside pay-and-display (large but full by 10am in July and August); free-ish long-stay at Wadebridge if walking the other way

Directions to the start →

Five and a half level miles of dismantled railway along the Camel estuary, about two hours each way on a hard all-weather surface that stays walkable in the wettest week of the year. It starts beside the old station at the head of Padstow harbour; the harbourside pay-and-display car parks are the nearest and fill by mid-morning from Whitsun onwards, and Wadebridge has its own car park at the far end if you prefer to walk it inland to sea. There are no stiles, no livestock and no cliff edge, but this is a shared cycleway carrying fast bikes in both directions, so a short lead is the sensible default; the estuary itself is fenced off from the trail for most of the way.

REGION · CORNWALL

GRID · 50.5394, -4.9319

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Camel Trail: Padstow to Wadebridge

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