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This is a circular walk of just over 5 miles with some moderately steep gradients. View Walk The walk starts on the North Cliffs at Deadman's Cove and follows the coast path to a second cove of the same name. This was probably not a good place to get shipwrecked! The route follows the Coast Path which is diverted around the site of the 2011 cliff fall at Hudder Cove that went viral on YouTube. At Hell's Mouth, the route turns inland through a river valley and along a farm lane to the Gwealavellan cross. The walk then descends into the Red River valley at Menadarva. The walk then follows the bridleway along the Red River through the nature reserve. The Red River is so named due to the ochre (iron hydroxide) that gets deposited when iron dissolved in the acidic water draining from the mines gets diluted in the river water. The water draining from the mine at Dulcoath is now filtered through a reed bed which has dramatically reduced the mineral content in the river wat

This is a moderate-strenuous circular walk of just over 5 miles starting from the North Cliffs car park of the Tehidy Country Park. Unlike the walk from Tehidy to Deadman's Cove , this one doesn't pass through the wildlife area where dogs are not permitted. View Walk The walk follows a byway to the coast at Basset's Cove and follows the coast path along the rugged coastline to Portreath, passing the endearingly named cove of Ralph's Cupboard which is said to take its name from the smuggler who hid contraband there. The inaccessible cove now provides a safe haul-out for grey seals. The route follows the cliffs behind the beach at Portreath to reach the Basset Arms then follows small lanes through Portreath to Illogan Woods which have a spectacular display of celandines and bluebells in spring. The route climbs through the wooded valley and emerges near the remains of an old mine. Mining trails then form the route to Tehidy Country Park where the route follows Pine

This is a circular walk of just over 4 miles with some moderately steep climbs. The route starts above the harbour at the Trenwith car park and descends along Park Terrace with views over the rooftops. The walk then follows Street-an-Pol (aka "Street of the cove") to reach the sea beside the Art Club. The walk then circles the harbour passing St Ia's church, the lifeboat station and the ancient Sloop Inn to reach the pier. The pier was originally built by John Smeaton and terminated in the lighthouse. A wooden extension was later built onto this, which was even longer than the current pier, but this didn't last long and the remnants can still be seen at low tide. The more substantial stone extension was added in the late 19th Century and the holes near the shore allow the sand to drain out of the harbour. From the pier, the walk continues along Wheal Dream, past St Ives Museum to reach Porth Gwidden. At one time, this was the main landing point for St Ives a

This is a circular walk of just over 4 miles with some moderately steep climbs. View Walk The walk begins by climbing to the centre of the Castle-an-Dinas hillfort from which there are spectacular 360-degree panoramic views spanning Cornwall.The route then descends into the Menalhyl valley via Dennis Farm. Since most Tudor scholars didn’t speak Cornish, and since Dinas sounded a little like "Danes", this was known for a while as "Castle of the Danes". In fact, "Dinas" simply means "Fort" in Cornish. "Kastel" is also a Cornish word meaning castle or fort, though another possibility for this is that there was a period in the Late Middle Ages where a “Castle” prefix was liberally glued onto a placename of anything remotely fortified (possibly to intimidate the French!), and for a while, the forts of Caer Kief and Caer Dane near Perranporth were also prefixed with "Castle". From the Melahyl valley, the route follows tracks a

This is a relatively flat circular walk of just over 4 miles near Portreath. View Walk The route follows the lakes and river through the Wildlife Area of Tehidy Country Park to its confluence with the Red River at Coombe. The route then turns towards the coast and then crosses the Reskajeage Downs to reach the North Cliffs near Deadman's Cove. The cliffs here are made of crumbly rock and huge cliff falls are common, such as the one recorded on YouTube in 2011 The walk then follows the coast path along the top of the steep cliffs to Basset's Cove where a pair of two metre ramparts are all that remains of the Iron Age fortress that has now collapsed into the sea. The walk follows a by-way to re-enter Tehidy Country Park, passing through the knarled seaward trees and bluebell woods of the North Cliffs Plantation to complete the circular route. Note that this route is not suitable for dogs (as it passes through a Wildlife Area, in which no dogs are allowed). However, w