Ladock Woods and Holy Well

A circular walk from the woodland of The Duchy to the Holy Well of St Ladock in the river valley where in 1802 a gold nugget was found that contained enough gold to make an elegant necklace which is now in Truro museum.

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The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.

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The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.

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The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.

Each time there is a new direction to follow, the app will beep to remind you, and will warn you if you go off-route.

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A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.

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Each walk is packed with information about the history and nature along the route, from over a decade of research than spans more than 3,000 topics.

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Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need wifi or a phone signal during the walk.

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The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.

We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.

either as a GPS-guided walk with our app (£3.29) or a PDF of directions (£2.79) Example of directions

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The walk passes through St Enoder Wood and then follows small lanes to Trendeal. From here a bridleway leads to the ruins of Bessigga and a footpath leads past the holy well to Ladock Church. After passing the pub at Ladock, the final stretch is along a footpath leading back into Ladock Wood.

Highlights

A varied country walk through woodland and fields
Wildflowers in spring and early summer

Considerations

The bridleway at direction 12 becomes waterlogged after prolonged periods of heavy rain so tall, waterproof boots are recommended during winter months.
The path at the start gets some summer vegetation growth. If you have secateurs, take them along to snip off any brambles.

Dogs

Two of the stiles have been reported as difficult for large dogs. Someone with medium-sized dogs found they could navigate all the stiles. Most of the fields with livestock have a fenced-off corridor for the footpath. One short section still involves an open field crossing. "There was quite a bit of lead walking due to about a 1.25miles of the walk being on a road but it was a very quiet country lane so not a problem." - Curly Tail dog walking and pet service.

The walk is available through the iWalk Cornwall app for Apple and Android for £3.29 which each include everything listed here.

This removes worries about getting lost by tracking you using GPS, reminding you when you need to follow the next direction and warning you if you wander off the route.

To install on your phone, search the app store for “iwalk cornwall” to download the (free) app. Then either use it to scan the code at the top-right of the page to locate this walk or search for the walk title in Walks Shop > Search All Walks.

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Vital statistics

OS Explorer: 105,106
Distance: 4.9 miles/7.8 km
Steepness grade: Moderate
Recommended footwear: Walking boots, or shoes in summer; wellies after wet weather
Pub: ✓

OS maps for this walk

Pubs on or near the route

The Falmouth Arms

Points of interest

Links for this walk

Short URL: http://iwkc.co.uk/w/219

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