Helston To Porthleven Coastal Walk

The shafts stretched under the sea and the miners lived with the constant fear of the sea breaking through and flooding the passages.

Helston to porthleven coastal walk. Begin at porthleven clock tower and continue up the hill past the beach until you join loe bar road. The walk follows the river cober through coronation park to the bridge and then joins the tree lined bridleway through penrose to the coast near porthleven. Coverack walk 8 3 miles flushing to mylor walk 2 or 4 miles gunwalloe walk 1 mile gweek walk 7 5 miles helston walk 1 3 miles helston to porthleven bus walk 5 miles helston walk 6 2 miles kennack sands walk 4 4 miles kennack sands walk 4 5 miles kynance cove walk 2 miles kynance cove walk 7 miles lizard walk 1 mile lizard walk 1 mile lizard. The route from porthleven to helston.

You can read more about the mines on the helston history site i make the most of the break in the rain and walk onwards stopping to look back and take photographs of the ruined mines with porthleven in the. The path is fairly level and easy beyond porthleven but then becomes narrow in places with some steep ascents and descents. If you would like to walk just one way there are buses from porthleven to helston on a regular basis which you can catch from the harbour. One of our favourite walks is the porthleven to helston route which passes through the national trust s penrose a beautiful farmland and wooded area and alongside loe pool.

The waves crash deafeningly on the shingle barrier beach the site of an 1807 shipwreck costing 120 lives commemorated in a memorial in the dunes. This stretch of the south west coast path is without a doubt unique and exceptionally beautiful. The full walk from helston to porthleven and back is approximately eight miles long. Please check the national trust website for opening times for the stables café as they do vary depending on the time of year.

A long but mostly level lakeside walk around the loe where sir bedivere is said to have cast excalibur into the water as king arthur lay dying. A short walk along the dunes at the top of the beach or the beach itself brings you into marazion. A circular walk from porthleven to the cliff edge engine houses of rinsey head and trewavas where the under sea mine set out with tables and food for the annual tribute dinner is said to have been breached by the sea just minutes before all the miners were due underground. It is necessary to divert away from the coast and make your way through the town which is busy at most times of the year and is home to numerous pubs cafes and guesthouses.

Porthleven to mullion is a 7 6 mile point to point trail located near helston cornwall england that features beautiful wild flowers and is good for all skill levels. There is a special sense of wildness and isolation on the peninsula notably along mullion and predannack cliffs which are part of the lizard national nature reserve. St michael s mount can be visited by walking along the causeway at low.