Marazion to Penzance

The coast path between directions 22 and 24 is closed until late November for some construction work. The diversion is along Chyandour Cliff road (i.e. backtrack through 18 to 17) and Eastern Green, alongside the A30 to reach the footbridge over the railway opposite Sainsbury's.

A circular walk around Mount's Bay where the remains of the prehistoric forest that surrounded St Michael's Mount can still occasionally be seen on very low tides after storms

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The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.

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The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.

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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.

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A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.

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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.

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Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need wifi or a phone signal during the walk.

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The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.

We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.

either as a GPS-guided walk with our app (£3.29) or a PDF of directions (£2.79) Example of directions

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A circular walk around Mount's Bay where the remains of the prehistoric forest that surrounded St Michael's Mount can still occasionally be seen on very low tides after storms

Highlights

Views over Mount's Bay and St Michael's Mount
Sandy beach at Marazion
Historic port town of Penzance
Optional diversion to Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens
Option to visit St Michael's Mount after the walk

Considerations

At high tide, if there is a strong onshore wind and a swell, copious amounts of sea spray can be blown across the sea-front path.

Wheels

The route may be suitable for wheels with small adaptations as other than the beach (where there are surfaced alternatives alongside the road), the only unsurfaced path is St Micheal's Way through 3 fields and the road parallel to this could be used to bypass either just the last field (with steps) or all 3 fields if too narrow/uneven. Some of the surfaced footpaths from Gulval are fairly narrow so vehicle width would be another consideration.

Dogs

Beaches with seasonal dog restrictions: Marazion. When the summer dog ban is in force on the main area of the beach, walkers with dogs will need to stay on the coast path along the top. The route is predominantly on paved surfaces, including pavement alongside a main road and the coastal path shared with cyclists. There are no (extant) stiles on the route. At the time of writing, the fields on the route were all used for arable crops - no grazing fields were encountered.

The walk is available through the iWalk Cornwall app for Apple and Android for £3.29 which each include everything listed here.

This removes worries about getting lost by tracking you using GPS, reminding you when you need to follow the next direction and warning you if you wander off the route.

To install on your phone, search the app store for “iwalk cornwall” to download the (free) app. Then either use it to scan the code at the top-right of the page to locate this walk or search for the walk title in Walks Shop > Search All Walks.

Once you've installed the iWalk Cornwall app from the app store, click on the button below to locate this walk:

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Vital statistics

OS Explorer: 102
Distance: 6 miles/9.7 km
Steepness grade: Easy
Recommended footwear: walking shoes, or trainers in summer
No stiles: ✓
Pub: ✓
Café: ✓

Beaches

Marazion beach

Pubs on or near the route

The Coldstreamer Inn
The Longboat Inn
The Mexico Inn
The One and All

Links for this walk

Tide times
Short URL: https://iwkc.co.uk/w/362

Adjoining walks

Marazion to Perranuthnoe

Walks nearby