Gunwalloe Church Cove - circular walks

Gunwalloe Church Cove

The beach at Gunwalloe Church Cove, Cornwall

Gunwalloe appears in the name to distinguish it from the other Church Cove on the Lizard (near the Lizard lifeboat station). A narrow headland separates Gunwalloe Church Cove from Dollar Cove.

Circular walks visiting Gunwalloe Church Cove

  • 5.3 miles/8.5 km - Moderate

    Gunwalloe Coves

    Coastline at Gunwalloe

    Gunwalloe Coves

    5.3 miles/8.5 km - Moderate

    A circular walk from the Loe Bar to Dollar Cove passing the wrecks of treasure ships whose cargo still washes ashore, returning via the Halzephron Inn which still has a trapdoor leading to an underground network of tunnels used by smugglers.

  • 7.6 miles/12.3 km - Moderate

    Poldhu Cove to Cury

    Gunwalloe Fishing Cove

    Poldhu Cove to Cury

    7.6 miles/12.3 km - Moderate

    A circular walk via some of the mediaeval farmsteads on the west of The Lizard to the ancient churchyard of Cury from the coves of Mullion and Gunwalloe where the wrecks of treasure ships still lie.

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