Independent Trails:

SWCO1

Penzance to Falmouth

Trail Facts

 

Total distance: 60 miles (96km)

Duration: 5 nights, 4 days walking

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 14 miles (22.5 km)/18 miles (29 km)

Average daily distance: 15 miles (24 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: Penzance

End of holiday: Falmouth

Tour code: SWCO1

 

Itinerary

 

Day 1: Travel to Penzance

 

Day 2: Penzance to Porthleven                                  14 miles (22.5 km)

 

Day 3: Porthleven to Lizard LH                                   14 ½ miles (23 km)

 

Day 4: Lizard LH to Porthallow                                   15 miles (24 km)

 

Day 5: Porthallow to Falmouth                                   18 miles (29 km)*

 

*Distance based upon paddling across Gillan Creek.   Add 2 miles (3 km) if you decide to walk around the creek.

 

 

Extra nights/Rest days

 

An extra night gives you a chance to explore some of the villages on the path or simply relax on one of the sandy beaches for which Cornwall is famous. Porthleven with its picturesque harbour is a lovely place to linger.  Porthallow is a charming, unspoilt Cornish fishing village.

 

 

What's included

 

• 5 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 Penzance: There is a fast and frequent rail service from London Paddington to Penzance (5 1⁄2 hours).

 

Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: There is a regular rail service between Falmouth and London Paddington via Truro (5 hours).

 

Returning to your car at the end of the tour: Train to Penzance via Truro.

 

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