Circular walks around Polruan

Circular walks around Polruan

Polruan, Cornwall

Enjoy the walks by being guided by the app

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Download the app and use it to explore the walks and to purchase a guided route.
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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.
Phone showing walk directions page in the iWalk Cornwall app
The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.
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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.
Phone showing walk map page in the iWalk Cornwall app
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 a phone or wifi 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.
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We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.
  • 2.4 miles/3.9 km - Moderate

    Palace Cove and Lansallos

    Palace Cove

    Palace Cove and Lansallos

    2.4 miles/3.9 km - Moderate

    A circular walk to the small coves of Lantivet Bay used in Victorian times for pilchard fishing, collecting seaweed as fertiliser and smuggling barrels of French brandy.

  • 2.8 miles/4.5 km - Moderate

    Two Coombes of Lansallos

    Lansallos Church

    Two Coombes of Lansallos

    2.8 miles/4.5 km - Moderate

    A circular walk from Lansallos to the coves of Lantivet Bay where farmers collected seaweed and sand to improve the soil and smugglers landed French brandy.

  • 5 miles/8 km - Moderate

    Lantivet Bay and Lansallos

    Lantic Bay

    Lantivet Bay and Lansallos

    5 miles/8 km - Moderate

    A circular walk above the white sand crescent of Lantic Bay and the small coves of Lantivet Bay where a battle was once fought between smugglers and Customs men, and following an ancient cart track along the stream through the woods to the mediaeval church of Lansallos.

  • 3.8 miles/6.1 km - Moderate-strenuous

    Hall Walk from Fowey to Polruan

    Fowey Estuary

    Hall Walk from Fowey to Polruan

    3.8 miles/6.1 km - Moderate-strenuous

    A circular version of the famous Hall Walk from Bodinnick to Polruan, recorded as a walk with "sweete senting flowers" in Tudor times and during the Civil War where a gun shot aimed at Charles I is said to have instead killed a fisherman who stood on the same spot moments later.

  • 4.2 miles/6.8 km - Moderate-strenuous

    Polruan to Lantic Bay

    Lantic Bay

    Polruan to Lantic Bay

    4.2 miles/6.8 km - Moderate-strenuous

    A circular walk along the coast from Polruan to the white sandy beaches of Lantic Bay, returning via Lanteglos Church and along the creek with panoramic views of Fowey.

  • 5 miles/8.1 km - Moderate-strenuous

    Lerryn to St Veep

    St Veep Church

    Lerryn to St Veep

    5 miles/8.1 km - Moderate-strenuous

    A circular walk from Lerryn, along wooded creeks and across fields, to the church of St Veep, which is the only one in England where the bells were cast in perfect tune.

Download the iWalk Cornwall app and use the QR scanner within the app to find out more about any of the walks above.