England’s longest and, many would say, finest trail is the 500 mile long South West Peninsula Coastal Path, of which almost half is in Cornwall. Our one week’s walk explores the most scenic and varied part of the Cornish coast, on either side of Lizard Head, the southernmost tip of mainland Britain.

The great thing about Cornwall is that it enjoys the mildest climate in Britain and one can enjoy walking there both early and late in the year, when other parts of the country are still in winter plumage. On the west coast, battered incessantly by the Atlantic waves, are the precipitous coves of Kynance and Mullion, cut deeply and jaggedly into the dark serpentine rock. Further east, while still rugged, the coast is more sheltered, with picturesque fishing villages such as Cadgwith and Portloe. Between Portloe and the Lizard, the coast is deeply indented by the valleys of the Helford and Fal Rivers, whose steep slopes are clad with dense forest. Helford River was the romantic setting for Daphne du Maurier's novel ‘Frenchmans Creek’. She loved Cornwall, and so will you!

DETAILS
Self-guided Inn to Inn Walk 8 Days

DURATION: 8 days
TOURCODE: WTR
GRADE: Moderate
DAY STAGES:
8-14 miles/day
DATES: Start any day March to October, except  Saturdays.
ESCORTED DEPARTURE:
29 August
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Your Accommodation

Cornwall has long been a favourite holiday destination. Among the old fishing villages of the south coast we have found some really excellent accommodation. The sea is never far away, a highlight is the fine fresh seafood at the restaurants and bars of our waterside inns and hotels.

Your first nights stop is at a guesthouse in the hamlet of Boswinger, where we 
stay in an attractively converted barn with oak beams a plenty.

At Portloe, a fishing village sandwiched in a cleft in the cliffs, a homely bed and breakfast awaits. 

St. Mawes
offers a busier location with views into the harbour and across the Roseland peninsula. 

You'll stay in a small B&B in Porthallow, where your hosts will make you very welcome. 

On the Lizard Peninsula we have found a beautifully restored whitewashed 17th century rectory in a walled garden overlooking the rocky cliffs of Church Cove. 

From the Lizard you continue on to Porthleven where the inn, built of local stone, is right by the fishing harbour. It is an old fisherman's pub, and the bar is a meeting point for locals to chat about the sea and ships over a pint. 

The tour ends at Marazion, where your hotel overlooks the famous pilgrimage island of St. Michaels Mount, linked to the mainland at low tide.

 

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