Circular walks around Altarnun

Circular walks around Altarnun

Download the (free) iWalk Cornwall app from the App Store or Google Play then use the app to scan the QR code of the walks below for more info, where the walk can be purchased. Once a walk is downloaded, no phone/WiFi signal is needed.

6.6 miles/10.6 km - Moderate

Inny Valleys from Altarnun

Gimbletts Bridge

A circular walk around the valleys of the River Inny and Penpont Water to the mediaeval church at Laneast and the old bridge at Gimlett's Mill from the 15th century "Cathedral of the Moors" in Altarnun, set beside a 6th Century Celtic cross where churches and chapels had been throughout the Dark Ages.

5.6 miles/9.0 km - Moderate

St Clether to the Rising Sun

Stream beside the footpath

A figure-of-8 walk from St Clether past the ancient chapel and holy well, with views over the Inny Valley, to the Rising Sun pub near Altarnun, serving beer made from the moorland springwater by a local micro-brewery.

4 miles/6.5 km - Moderate

Bowithick to Buttern Hill

Cairn on top of Buttern Hill with Roughtor behind

A circular walk over the northern tip of Bodmin Moor to the prehistoric burial chamber at the top of Buttern Hill and source of the River Fowey, returning via farm tracks and country lanes to the tributary streams of the River Inny.

5.5 miles/8.8 km - Easy-moderate

Altarnun and West Moor

West Moor

A walk from Altarnun across the downs and out onto the open moor where the relics of mediaeval tin workings and prehistoric roundhouses can still be seen

6.2 miles/10 km - Moderate

East Moor and Lynher Valleys

Trees on East Moor

A circular walk in one of the less well-known areas of Bodmin Moor to the summit of Fox Tor and through the prehistoric remains which date from the Bronze Age and Neolithic times.

There is a choice of over 250 more walks in Cornwall available via the app.
You can explore them via "Walks Shop".