St Austell, Clay Trails and Menacuddle Well

A circular walk in china clay country, including a trail laid on the trackbed of a mineral railway from St Austell to the Cornish Alps and one of Cornwall's most picturesque holy wells.

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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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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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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 in china clay country, including a trail laid on the trackbed of a mineral railway from St Austell to the Cornish Alps and one of Cornwall's most picturesque holy wells.

Highlights

Menacuddle Well
Gardens at Menacuddle Well in flower from April
Optional diversion to Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum

Considerations

The there-and-back section to Menacuddle Well follows a narrow pavement along a B road with fast traffic so this section may not be suitable for young children or nervous dogs but it can be skipped.

Wheels

The route is on hard surfaces - some is china clay waste and therefore stony where sand has been washed out but inflated tyres should cope. The short loop to Menacuddle well on very narrow pavement can be cut out (optionally driven to separately instead). There are no stiles, steps or particularly narrow gaps on the clay trails or on the route through St Austell.

Dogs

The route is all on cycle trails, roads and lanes. There are no stiles on the route. No livestock on the route.

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.

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Vital statistics

OS Explorer: 107
Distance: 5 miles/8 km
Steepness grade: Easy-moderate
Recommended footwear: walking shoes
No stiles: ✓
Pub: ✓
Café: ✓

Location

Pubs on or near the route

The Rann Wartha
The Stag Inn

Points of interest

Links for this walk

St Austell Rivers
Short URL: https://iwkc.co.uk/w/313

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