Independent Trails: Fact File SCOR3

Falmouth to Plymouth

Trail Facts

Total distance: 76 miles (122 km)

Duration: 11 nights, 10 days walking

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 4 miles (6.5 km)/10 ½ miles (17 km)

Average daily distance: 7 ½ miles (12 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: SCOR3

 

Itinerary

 

Day 1: Travel to Falmouth

 

Day 2: Falmouth to Portscatho                         6 miles (9.5 km)

 

Day 3: Portscatho to Portloe                            8 miles (13 km)

 

Day 4: Portloe to Gorran Haven                      9 miles (14.5 km)

 

Day 5: Gorran Haven to Charlestown             10 ½ miles (17 km)

 

Day 6: Charlestown to Fowey                         10 miles (16 km)

 

Day 7: Fowey to Polperro                                7 miles (11 km)

 

Day 8: Polperro to Looe                                   5 miles (8 km)

 

Day 9: Looe to Portwrinkle                               7 ½ miles (12 km)

 

Day 10: Portwrinkle to Kingsand                       9 miles (14.5 km)

 

Day 11: Kingsand to Plymouth                          4 miles (6.5 km)

 

Day 12: Depart from Plymouth

 

Extra nights/Rest days

 

Portscatho is a pleasant little village with a few interesting little shops and a good pub.  Portloe is one of the most attractive and unspoilt fishing villages in Cornwall. The quintessential Cornish port of Fowey is worth considering for a rest day.   It has some interesting old buildings including a fine church.   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

 

• 11 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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