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Walk directions

Turn left out of the car park and walk up the road, with care. Just past the steep bend, turn off right and go up some steps and on to the coast path. Keep right where a path leads off uphill to the left, and follow the coast path to Paradoe Cove and then continue past scenic Nare Head.

Above Kiberick Cove, go through a gap in a wall. Keep ahead through a dip to reach a kissing gate. After a National Trust sign for ‘Broom Parc’ bear right at a junction. Keep right at two further junctions and descend into Portloe. Go left up the road from the cove, past The Ship Inn.

Just after a sharp left-hand bend, and where the road narrows, go over a high step stile on the right. Cross a field to a stile, then follow the right fieldedge. Pass a gate, then, in a few paces, go right and over a stile. Bear half left across the next field, heading for a white house, to reach a stile into a lane.

Go right along the road for 200yds (183m) past Camels Farm, then go left over a stile and immediately through a gate. Follow the right field-edge to another stile. Follow the next field-edge, then just before the field corner, go right over a stile. Turn left through a gap, then go diagonally half right across the next field to an overgrown stile. Head across the next field, aiming for the further right of a pair of telegraph poles, and exit onto a road via a stile so overgrown and neglected it is barely discernible. Turn left to a road junction. Continue along the road, signposted ‘Carne and Pendower’.

Just past Tregamenna Manor Farm, on a bend, go over a stile by a gate on the right. Cut across the corner of the field, then go right over a stile. Cross the next field to a gate and then continue past a house on the left to a T-junction with a lane. (Turn right to visit Veryan.)

Turn left, then just past Churchtown Farm, go left again over a stile. Turn left and follow the edge of the field to a stile into a lane. Go immediately left over a stile, then follow a path, past Carne Beacon, to a lane. If you’re not visiting Veryan Castle, head straight on.

At a corner junction keep ahead down the lane, signposted ‘Carne Village Only’. Bear right down a driveway past Beacon Cottage. Go downhill between houses. Follow the track round to the right between a garage and house, then follow a grassy track, keeping ahead at a junction.

Go through a gate (put dogs on leads here, please), and bear away right and then steeply downhill on a faint path to join the coast path back to Carne Beach and the car park at the start of the walk.

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Additional information

Terrain - Good coastal footpath, field paths and quiet lanes; field stiles are often overgrown; many stiles

Landscape - Vegetated coast with some cliffs; mainly flat fields on inland section

Dog friendliness - Dogs on lead through grazed areas

Parking - Large National Trust car park behind beach

Toilets en route - Carne Beach; Portloe; Veryan

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About the walk

There are parts of the Cornish coast that seem especially remote, where human development has not gone beyond farming and small-scale sea-going. The lonely stretch of south Cornish coast between Gerrans Bay and Veryan Bay, with Nare Head at its centre, is one such place. Paradoe The walk begins...

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Cornwall has just about everything – wild moorland landscapes, glorious river valley scenery, picturesque villages and miles of breathtaking coastline. Known for its popular surfing spots, the region provides ample opportunities for water sport enthusiasts, and for those who prefer to stay on land, visitor attractions like the Eden Project and the Lost Gardens of Heligan offer a lovely day out.

Route details

Difficulty:

Hard

Gradient:

Challenging

Distance:

7 miles (11.3kms)

Ascent:

1312ft (400m)

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Walk details

Difficulty:

Hard

Gradient:

Challenging

Distance:

7 miles (11.3kms)

Ascent:

1312ft (400m)

Walk directions

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Go through a gate (put dogs on leads here, please), and bear away right and then steeply downhill on a faint path to join the coast path back to Carne Beach and the car park at the start of the walk.

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Location

Starting point

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Additional information

Terrain - Good coastal footpath, field paths and quiet lanes; field stiles are often overgrown; many stiles

Landscape - Vegetated coast with some cliffs; mainly flat fields on inland section

Dog friendliness - Dogs on lead through grazed areas

Parking - Large National Trust car park behind beach

Toilets en route - Carne Beach; Portloe; Veryan

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