Walk · Cornwall

The Hall Walk: Fowey, Bodinnick and Polruan

Fowey

3.8MILES

2h 10mON FOOT

140mCLIMB

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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

Fowey Town Quay, walking north to the Bodinnick ferry slip

Parking

Caffa Mill pay-and-display beside the Bodinnick ferry is the closest, then Hanson Drive above the town with a bus down; there is essentially no on-street parking in Fowey

Directions to the start →

Four miles of wooded estuary terrace linked by two small ferries, a little over two hours with 140 metres of climbing and a memorial to Q on the best-placed bench in Cornwall. It starts at Fowey Town Quay: leave the car in the Hanson Drive or Caffa Mill car parks above the town, because Fowey itself is a one-way maze, and take the Bodinnick ferry across to begin. There is one stile and a gate beside it, so no dog is stopped, and both ferries carry dogs; the Pont Pill woods give shade and a creek, but the drop off the terrace path is steep and there are sheep in the fields above Lanteglos.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

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The Hall Walk: Fowey, Bodinnick and Polruan

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