Land’s End and Porthcurno
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SW359263 Head down a steep grassy slope then left onto a path above dunes to the main street. At the far end of the harbour car park, bend left up a lane. Follow coast path signs up steps, then a pitched path leads past a former coastguard station and along the clifftop path to the Land’s End tourist complex.
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SW344253 Pass right of and below the buildings, taking a rough path below the hotel past a trig point. Fork right on a cordfenced path, down across a bridge then up to the headland of Carn Greeb. Stay near a wooden fence, then follow the SWCP around Pordennack Point, then down through bracken to Zawn Reeth. Fork right on a footpath to contour closer to the sea at Carn Cravah, rejoining the SWCP near Nanjizal.
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SW358236 Descend steps, and over a bridge at Nanjizal. Fork left then right to steeply ascend onto Higher Bosistow. Pass below some blocky rocks and over a few stepping stones at Carn Trevean, then a multitude of paths braid across Carn Glaze and the dip to Gwennap Head before rising to the Coastguard Station.
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SW365216 Drop past an unusual pair of landmarks, then down to Porthgwarra. Pass the café then fork right on an access track. Look right to see a tunnel in the rock – built to move seaweed from the harbour. Bend uphill, the path becomes narrower and sometimes rocky; fork right on a path just after a larger boulder. Towards the top of the cliff top, head right, rising over another small headland, then down steps to St Levan’s Well.
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SW380219 Pass an unusual wooden bridge, then continue at plateau level. Cross over a path by Wireless Point.
Cross the famous open-air
Minack Theatre’s entrance area, then take an impressively vertiginous set of steps down the cliffside. Contour above the beach then up towards a phone cable marker, bending left before the marker.
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SW387224 Turn right at a T-junction with a bridleway, and stay on this path past two overgrown pillboxes. Then fork right onto a narrow path to descend past a bright white pyramid.
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At a five-way path junction, follow a bridleway to Treen. Turn left by the café, then cross straight over a T-junction
onto an easily missed footpath – directly ahead by the road sign. Descend through woodland, then turn left onto a stony track near a gate. Fork right onto a narrower path heading up through the Penberth valley through woodland and fields. Cross straight over a road junction, taking a lane running just left of the stream and past a banana tree!
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SW382243 Take an unsigned bridleway (access track) up through Trengothal Farm. Turn left onto a road by a transmitter station, then take a footpath right into fields. Cross a stile through the hedge, stay near the hedge, then through a gate into a large grassy field. Ignore cattle track here – instead head diagonally across the field towards (not through) a gate under powerlines, then remain by the fence.
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SW364254 Cross a vehicle track in an area of excavation waste then back into arable fields. Cross a very short corner leftwards, then follow the fence right. At a junction of paths, turn right onto a grassy track. Emerge onto a road at a bend, then take a footpath left. This becomes a tarmac track by a school; cross the road into access land. Follow the path bending gently left and across an access track back to the car park.