Walk · Cornwall

Swanpool and Maenporth from Falmouth

Falmouth

6.2MILES

2h 45mON FOOT

150mCLIMB

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

Off-road 76% 24% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 56%Lane & track 20%Road with traffic 24%

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

Gyllyngvase Beach car park, Falmouth seafront

Parking

Gyllyngvase pay-and-display on the seafront, large but full on hot days; Swanpool car park is smaller and closer to the cliff path, Maenporth has its own beach car park

Directions to the start →

Six miles round the headlands south of Falmouth, two and three quarter hours with 150 metres of climbing and a lagoon nature reserve at the halfway mark. Start on Gyllyngvase seafront where the town car park is, or at Swanpool a little further on; both are pay-and-display and the number 35 bus runs the same line if you would rather do it one way. Easy going with no significant stile trouble and a freshwater pool at Swanpool, but the three town beaches are all restricted in season and the path around Pennance Point runs along an unfenced low cliff.

THE SMALL PRINTGyllyngvase bans dogs 10am to 6pm from 15 May to 30 September as a Blue Flag beach; Swanpool, Castle Beach and Maenporth ban dogs 10am to 6pm from 1 July to 31 August. All under the Cornwall Council order.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Water bowls

REGION · CORNWALL

GRID · 50.1450, -5.0670

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Swanpool and Maenporth from Falmouth

House rules, decoded

1605 by the sea

33 Old High Street

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