Walk · Cornwall

The Loe from Helston

Helston

6.6MILES

3h 15mON FOOT

130mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 38%Lane & track 52%Road with traffic 10%

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

Coronation Park, Helston, at the boating lake below the town

Parking

Free parking at Coronation Park in Helston, plus the town car parks a few minutes uphill; the National Trust car park at Highburrow is the alternative start

Directions to the start →

Six and a half miles right round Cornwall’s largest natural lake, three and a quarter hours on estate tracks and woodland paths with barely a climb worth naming. It starts in Coronation Park at the bottom of Helston, which is free and central, so you can walk the whole thing without moving the car twice. There are no stiles anywhere on the route, dogs may use Loe Bar beach all year and there is dog ice cream at the National Trust cafe at Penrose Stables; cattle are sometimes on the Penrose parkland, and the Loe itself is deep and steep-sided in places.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Water bowls

Treats

Livestock — leads on

REGION · CORNWALL

GRID · 50.1010, -5.2760

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