Independent Trails: Fact File SCOR1

Falmouth to Plymouth

Trail Facts

 

Total distance: 76 miles (122 km)

Duration: 7 nights, 6 days walking

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 12 miles (19 km)/14 miles (22.5 km)

Average daily distance: 12 ½ miles (20 km)

Waymarking: The route is very clearly waymarked with South West Coast Path National Trail acorn waymarks and is very easy to follow.

Season: All year

Starting point of holiday: Falmouth

End of holiday: Plymouth

Tour code: SCOR1

 

Itinerary

 

Day 1: Travel to Falmouth

 

Day 2: Falmouth to Portloe                                        14 miles (22.5 km)

 

Day 3: Portloe to Mevagissey                                    12 miles (19 km)

 

Day 4: Mevagissey to Par                                          12 miles (19 km)

 

Day 5: Par to Polperro                                               13 miles (21 km)

 

Day 6: Polperro to Portwrinkle                                   12 miles (19 km)

 

Day 7: Portwrinkle to Plymouth                                  13 miles (21 km)

 

Day 8: Depart from Plymouth

 

Extra nights/Rest days

 

Portloe is one of the most attractive and unspoilt fishing villages in Cornwall. Mevagissey is ideally placed for a visit to the outstanding Lost Gardens of Heligan. Polperro is another good choice.  It is a charming village with a lovely little harbour.  Plymouth, with its vast number of historic buildings, is a popular choice for a rest day.

 

What's included

 

• 7 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses
• Full English breakfast
• Door to door luggage transfer along the trail
• Maps with the route marked on and a guidebook describing the trail
• An information pack containing an itinerary, detailed instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list
• Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it
• Emergency assistance

 

Travel Information

 

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.

 

Most convenient International airport: London

 

Outward journey from London to Falmouth: There is a regular train service to Falmouth via Truro from London Paddington (5 hours).

 

Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: A fast and regular train service operates between Plymouth and London Paddington, with a journey time of 3 1⁄2 hours.

 

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