Walk · Cornwall

Port Quin to Port Isaac on the rollercoaster path

Port Isaac

4.8MILES

2h 45mON FOOT

170mCLIMB

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

Off-road 88% 12% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 72%Lane & track 16%Road with traffic 12%

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

National Trust car park at Port Quin, at the end of the cove road

Parking

Small National Trust car park at Port Quin, about 20 spaces, free to members and full by 10am in season; roadside parking on the approach lane is not practical

Directions to the start →

Five miles between two fishing coves on the stretch of coast path locals call the rollercoaster, two and a half hours and 170 metres of ascent taken in a dozen short brutal pulls rather than one long climb. It starts at the tiny National Trust car park at Port Quin, which holds perhaps twenty cars and is gone early, and returns inland by field paths; Port Isaac has the pubs and the pasties at the halfway point. Five stone stiles on the inland leg will need a hand for most dogs and one wooden one needs lifting all but the smallest, both harbour beaches allow dogs all year, and the cliff path is unfenced throughout with seals in the coves below.

THE SMALL PRINTFive stone stiles on the inland return need help for most dogs, and a wooden stile needs all but the smallest lifted over. Port Isaac and Port Quin beaches are open to dogs all year.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · CORNWALL

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Port Quin to Port Isaac on the rollercoaster path

House rules, decoded

Cupcakes

Fee's

Fresh from the Sea

Cottages you can book near Port Isaac

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