Circular walks beside the River Inny

Circular walks beside the River Inny

the River Inny, Cornwall
  • 5.1 miles/8.2 km - Easy-moderate

    Polyphant

    Gimbletts Mill

    Polyphant

    5.1 miles/8.2 km - Easy-moderate

    A circular countryside walk to the mills in the Inny Valley from Polyphant, Cornish for "toad pool", to Gimblett's Mill where the bridge was rebuilt after a wall of water swept down the valley in 1847 destroying nearly everything in its path.

  • 5.6 miles/9.0 km - Moderate

    St Clether to the Rising Sun

    Stream beside the footpath

    St Clether to the Rising Sun

    5.6 miles/9.0 km - Moderate

    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.

  • 6.6 miles/10.6 km - Moderate

    Inny Valleys from Altarnun

    Gimbletts Bridge

    Inny Valleys from Altarnun

    6.6 miles/10.6 km - Moderate

    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.

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