Walk · Cornwall

Porthcurno, Porthgwarra and Gwennap Head

Porthcurno

5.4MILES

3h 15mON 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 74%Lane & track 12%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

Porthcurno beach car park, below the Telegraph Museum

Parking

Pay-and-display at Porthcurno; the small car park at Porthgwarra halfway round has a cafe and toilets but only a few dozen spaces

Directions to the start →

Five and a half miles west round the last corner of the peninsula, three hours with 300 metres of climbing, passing the Minack Theatre and a holy well before the coastwatch lookout on Gwennap Head. It starts at Porthcurno and runs out past Porthchapel, where the stream crosses the sand; Porthgwarra has its own small car park and cafe at roughly the halfway point. One stile has a gap a very large dog will not fit through, though a gate alongside solves it; Porthchapel allows dogs all year, Porthcurno and Porthgwarra do not in the peak weeks, and Gwennap Head is high, unfenced and exposed.

THE SMALL PRINTPorthcurno and Porthgwarra ban dogs 10am to 6pm from 1 July to 31 August under the Cornwall Council order. Porthchapel is open to dogs all year. One stile has a gap too narrow for a very large dog, with a gate alongside.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · CORNWALL

GRID · 50.0440, -5.6512

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

Porthcurno, Porthgwarra and Gwennap Head

House rules, decoded

Ardensawah Farm

Cable Station Inn

Café PK

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