iWalk Cornwall

This is a circular route of just over 5 miles, in the valleys inland of Perranporth. View Walk The walk passes the remains of the West Chyverton mine which employed over a thousand people at its peak and produced tens of thousands of tonnes of ore. The remains are an odd combination of the fairly typical overgrown Cornish engine house close to a red sandstone canyon that might make you think that you were in a set for a Wild West movie or the Australian Outback. The waste tips are gradually being reclaimed by nature and there are some nice orchids here in the early summer. There are a few moderate gradients along the route, especially along the final lane from Callestick. Fortunately, energy for the climb is available in the form of ice cream from Callestick Farm and it easily forgotten at Healey's Cyder farm when you reach the top of the hill. However, beware that your legs don't also forget how to function (in the strict interests of science, empirical testing with He

View Walk The walk begins at Cape Cornwall, England's only Cape, which was purchased and gifted to the nation by the Heinz corporation. The old mine chimney which was left as a daymark has been shored-up as The Heinz Monument and does bear some resemblance to a ketchup bottle. The route follows the coast path across the Kenidjack Valley where the stream was once used to power over 50 waterwheels to pump water and crush ore. From the opposite side of the Kenidjack Valley there is a nice view over Cape Cornwall and the origins of its Cornish name are evident (it translates as "the goose-back of St Just"). The route continues along the coast path to Botallack Head, where the two iconic engine houses of Crown Mines are perched on precarious ledges just above the ocean. Inland of this are remains of tin dressing floors and the brick-built labyrinthe used to condense arsenic impurities from the tin. Despite a few grains of pure arsenic being lethal, the men working

The theme park at Land's End is not to everyone's taste or budget. Fortunately it's possible to experience all of the natural beauty of Land's End and the surrounding coastline on a circular walk from Sennen Cove, which also offers much thriftier parking. View Walk In Summer, it's a good plan to arrive fairly early for a few reasons: The roads will be less busy, particularly with tour buses which don't easily fit down the narrow lanes. The route starts at the Harbour Car park, which has the cheapest all-day parking at Sennen Cove so it tends to fill up. Whilst the sun is still in the East, the views are at their best on the approach to Land's End. The route follows the Coast Path from Sennen Cove to Land's End, diverging onto permissive paths where they offer better views. It passes the Pedn Men Du lookout which was originally built by the Coastguard but is now maintained by the National Trust, and has telescopes that the public can use when it is