Circular walks around Cotehele
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3.7 miles/6.0 km - Easy-moderate
Calstock
Calstock
3.7 miles/6.0 km - Easy-moderate
A walk at Calstock where a Victorian mineral railway from Kelly Bray once ran down to the quayside and the viaduct was built in the 1900s to connect this to Plymouth, creating today's Tamar Valley Line.
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2.5 miles/4 km - Moderate
Danescombe Valley
Danescombe Valley
2.5 miles/4 km - Moderate
A circular walk from Cotehele Quay into the broadleaf woodland of the Danescombe Valley where bluebells and orchids flower in spring and fungi erupt through the carpet of autumn leaves.
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3.9 miles/6.2 km - Moderate
Cotehele to Metherell
Cotehele to Metherell
3.9 miles/6.2 km - Moderate
A circular walk via the quays, woods, engine house and mills of the Cotehele Estate where by Georgian times the house had become a tourist attraction because it was so antiquated, and has changed little since.
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4.2 miles/6.8 km - Moderate
St Dominic to Cotehele Bridge
St Dominic to Cotehele Bridge
4.2 miles/6.8 km - Moderate
A figure-of-eight walk from St Dominic along the wooded valley to the quays of Bohetherick and Cotehele, where limestone and coal were continuously fed into kilns to produce lime for the market gardens in the Tamar Valley.
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5.9 miles/9.5 km - Moderate
Cotehele to Calstock
Cotehele to Calstock
5.9 miles/9.5 km - Moderate
A circular walk through the gardens of Cotehele to Calstock where Cornwall's largest Roman fort once stood, the Vikings allied with the Cornish to fight off the Saxons, and more recently railway wagons were lifted over 100ft by steam power from the quay to the top of the viaduct.
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