Independent Trails: Fact File SWCO3

Penzance to Falmouth

Trail Facts

Total distance: 60 miles (96km)

Duration: 7 nights, 6 days walking

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 9 ½ miles (15 km)/11 miles (17.5 km)

Average daily distance: 10 miles (16 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: SWCO3

 

Itinerary

 

Day 1: Travel to Penzance

 

Day 2: Penzance to Praa Sands                                9 ½ miles (15 km)

 

Day 3: Praa Sands to Mullion                                    11 miles (17.5 km)

 

Day 4: Mullion to Lizard LH                                        9 ½ miles (15 km)

 

Day 5: Lizard LH to Coverack                                    10 ½ miles (17 km)

 

Day 6: Coverack to Helford                                        11 miles (17.5 km)*

 

Day 7: Helford to Falmouth                                        10 miles (16 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. Mullion is the largest village on the Lizard Peninsula and has shops, inns, cafes and restaurants, craft shops and art galleries.   In the centre of the village, the 15th century church of St Mellanus is renowned for its richly-carved oak bench-ends depicting biblical scenes, including that of Jonah and the Whale.  Mullion Cove has a pretty working harbour.   The delightful village of Coverack is another good choice for a rest day.   Consider Helford if you would like to visit Daphne Du Maurier's Frenchman's Creek in the beautiful Helford River.

 

 

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 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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