Walk · Cornwall

Coverack to Lankidden Cove

Coverack

7.3MILES

4h 5mON FOOT

300mCLIMB

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

Off-road 86% 14% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 72%Lane & track 14%Road with traffic 14%

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

Coverack car park, above the village on the Helston road

Parking

Pay-and-display above Coverack; nothing at the far end of the walk, so this has to be done as a loop from the village

Directions to the start →

Seven and a third miles south round Black Head to a hidden cove under an Iron Age cliff castle, four hours with 300 metres of climbing on a coast path that is rocky and slow rather than steep. It starts from the Coverack car park and there is no shop or tap between there and the turn, so carry water for the dog as well as yourself. Stiles are reported fine for dogs and every beach on this stretch, five of them, allows dogs all year, which makes it the best long August walk on the Lizard; the compensation is a great deal of unfenced clifftop.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · CORNWALL

GRID · 50.0255, -5.0950

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

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Coverack to Lankidden Cove

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