Readymoney Cove
Readymoney Cove is a sandy beach sheltered by the cliffs either side and faces into Fowey Estuary. The beach faces east so it's fairly protected from prevailing southwesterlies by St Catherine's Point. Most of the time there is a beach at all states of the tide but on high spring tides the beach can be entirely covered.
The currents in the main part of the estuary can be quite strong at mid-tide and it is busy with boats, often travelling at significant speed. Therefore swimming is safest within the shelter of the inlet. A rope with buoys is sometime placed across the mouth to separate swimmers from the main river channel.
Circular walks visiting Readymoney Cove
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3.3 miles/5.3 km - Moderate
Readymoney Cove to Polridmouth
Readymoney Cove to Polridmouth
3.3 miles/5.3 km - Moderate
A circular walk in du Maurier country from Readymoney Cove - where she lived in the 1940s - to Polridmouth, where the shipwreck inspired her book Rebecca.
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4.7 miles/7.6 km - Moderate
Fowey to Polridmouth
Fowey to Polridmouth
4.7 miles/7.6 km - Moderate
A figure-of-eight walk from Readymoney Cove past the Tudor fort and along the coast where Daphne du Maurier lived to Polridmouth, where the shipwreck inspired the end of her book Rebecca, and then along the mediaeval streets of Fowey.
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6.7 miles/10.8 km - Moderate-strenuous
Polkerris, Gribbin Head and Readymoney Cove
Polkerris, Gribbin Head and Readymoney Cove
6.7 miles/10.8 km - Moderate-strenuous
A circular walk near Fowey, from the tiny harbour of Polkerris, past the daymark tower on Gribbin Head and along the coast where Daphne du Maurier lived and based many of her books on, to the sandy beach at Readymoney Cove, returning on the Saint's Way.
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