Walk · Cornwall

Camelford to Watergate

Camelford

5MILES

2h 45mON FOOT

180mCLIMB

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

Off-road 80% 20% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 62%Lane & track 18%Road with traffic 20%

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

Camelford town car park, off the main street by the museum

Parking

Free town car park in Camelford, adequate on most days; buses on the Bude to Wadebridge route stop in the town, so no car is needed

Directions to the start →

Five miles along the young River Camel below Camelford and back over the fields by Lanteglos church, two and three quarter hours with 180 metres of climbing and a good deal of mud most of the year. Start in Camelford itself, where the town car park is free, which makes this the rare Bodmin Moor walk you can begin from a bus stop. This is a poor choice for a big dog: several of the stiles are awkward and lifting a large one over the higher or multi-stile sequences is a two-person job, usually in mud, and the fields on the route are grazed.

THE SMALL PRINTSeveral stiles on this route are awkward for dogs, and lifting a large dog over the higher ones or the multi-stile sequences is described as a two-person job. Fields on the route are used for grazing.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · CORNWALL

GRID · 50.6210, -4.6800

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.IWALKCORNWALL.CO.UK/WALK/CAMELFORD_TO_WATERGATE

Camelford to Watergate

House rules, decoded

Countryman Hotel

Culloden Farmhouse

Darlington Inn

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