Walk · Cornwall

Gorran Haven to Dodman Point

Mevagissey

4.9MILES

2h 50mON FOOT

230mCLIMB

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

Off-road 84% 16% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 70%Lane & track 14%Road with traffic 16%

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

Gorran Haven car park, above the village at the top of Chute Lane

Parking

Pay-and-display above Gorran Haven, moderate size and busy in the holidays; the village below has no visitor parking and the approach lanes are narrow

Directions to the start →

Five miles round the highest headland on the south coast, two and three quarter hours with 230 metres of climbing and a granite cross on the point put there for shipwrecked sailors. It starts from the car park above Gorran Haven, a few miles of lanes south of Mevagissey, and passes the long shingle sweep of Vault Beach on the way out. One squeeze-through stile that dogs manage, and all three beaches on the route take dogs all year, which makes this the pick of the area in August; the Dodman is unfenced, high and often windier than the forecast.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · CORNWALL

GRID · 50.2430, -4.7908

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

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