Walk · Cornwall

Charlestown to Porthpean

Charlestown
Charlestown Higher Porthpean Porthpean Road Duporth Road Charlestown Road N 440 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
2.9MILES
1h 45mON FOOT
150mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 76% 24% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 62%Lane & track 14%Road with traffic 24%

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.

Starts at
Charlestown harbour car park, behind the inner dock
Parking
Pay-and-display at Charlestown, moderate size and very busy when the tall ships are in; a second small car park sits above Porthpean beach
Directions to the start →

Just under three miles of coast path between a Georgian china clay port and a small sandy bay, about an hour and three quarters at a moderate grade with two short steep pulls out of the coves. Park at Charlestown, where the pay-and-display sits behind the harbour and the tall ships, and return by the field path above Duporth. There are no remaining stiles on the route, which suits any size of dog, but the cliff path is unfenced for most of the way and the beach picture is unusually strict here: Charlestown and Duporth ban dogs all year and Porthpean is closed in the peak weeks.

THE SMALL PRINTCharlestown and Duporth beaches are closed to dogs all year round. Porthpean bans dogs 10am to 6pm from 1 July to 31 August under the Cornwall Council order.
REGION · CORNWALL
GRID · 50.3340, -4.7570
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.IWALKCORNWALL.CO.UK/WALK/CHARLESTOWN_TO_PORTHPEAN
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