Porthpean to Black Head
A circular walk from the sandy beach at Porthpean, past the brilliant white shingle beaches at Silvermine to the Iron Age fort on Black Head, returning via the site of an Iron Age metal works with spectacular views over St Austell Bay. 5 miles - Strenuous.
1. Install the iWalk Cornwall app on your phone/tablet
Either search the App Store/Google Play for "iwalk cornwall" or use the links above.
2. Scan with the app to navigate directly to this walk
Scan the big code above using the QR scanner on the home screen of the iWalk Cornwall app to jump directly to this walk.
2. Open the walk in the app
or open the walk in the app
3. Buy the walk through the app
Once you have located the walk in the app, you can buy the walk from there which includes everything listed here.
The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav (including Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze).
The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.
The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.
Each time there is a new direction to follow, the app will beep to remind you, and will warn you if you go off-route.
A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.
Each walk is packed with information about the history and nature along the route, from over a decade of research than spans more than 3,000 topics.
Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need a phone or wifi signal during the walk - it will work fine entirely offline.
The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed. It also keeps an eye on phone battery and daylight.
We continually keep the directions updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price of the walk includes free updates so if you do a walk again it will still be accurate.