Walk · Cornwall

Readymoney Cove to Polridmouth

Fowey

3.3MILES

1h 55mON FOOT

150mCLIMB

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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 64%Lane & track 16%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

Readymoney Cove, at the bottom of Readymoney Road below Fowey

Parking

Tiny pay-and-display at Readymoney, perhaps 20 spaces and full from breakfast; park at Hanson Drive above Fowey and walk down, about 15 minutes

Directions to the start →

Three and a third miles from Fowey’s own little beach out to Daphne du Maurier’s cove and back inland, an easy two hours with one stiff set of steps up from St Catherine’s Castle. Readymoney has a very small car park that is usually full, so most people walk down from the town car parks or take the summer bus. One stone stile, reported to give dogs no trouble, and Polridmouth allows dogs all year with a lake to swim in behind the beach; Readymoney itself is restricted in high summer and the clifftop between the two is unfenced.

THE SMALL PRINTReadymoney Cove bans dogs 10am to 6pm from 1 July to 31 August under the Cornwall Council order. Polridmouth is open to dogs all year.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Water bowls

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