St Ives to Penzance
St Ives to Penzance - 5 Nights accommodation with 4 Days Walking
Total Distance: 40 miles Average Daily Distance: 10 miles
Prices from £325 per person based on 2 people sharing a double/twin room
St Ives to Zennor. 6 miles (9.5km)
A fairly gentle walk out of St Ives to Clodgy Point soon becomes a strenuous journey of roller coaster climbs as the Coast Path plunges down towering cliffs into beautiful coves and back up again. This is a particularly difficult section and there is a real feeling of remoteness here, unlike any other part of the Coast Path.
The landscape is beautifully wild and rugged and the area around the parish of Zennor is designated both an Environmentally Sensitive Area and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Path can be narrow and rough in places and all amenities require inland detours, so it is advisable to allow plenty of time and stock up on provisions at the beginning of the day.
Zennor to St Just 11 miles (18km)
From Zennor, take the coast path to Pendour Cove, then inland to Boswednack. A footbridge takes you to Porthmeor Cove where the path can become muddy and wet. An uphill section give way to a decent to Ruin and on past Chair Carn. There are fine views and the path then goes from muddy to pleasant grass walking. A steep descent takes you over Portheras Cove and then upwards you go until you reach Pendeen Watch and the lighthouse which is open to visitors.
The path then rise and falls to Trewellard Zawn. Follow the track across a moorland of gorse, you will pass old engine houses and tin mines before passing more ruins at Kenidjack. Over a footbridge and stream and upwards high above Porth Ledden, then downhill where you will see a toilet block and then onwards to Cape Cornwall, easily recognisable for its landmark chimney. Inland there is St Just.
St Just to Porthcurno 11.5 miles (18.5km)
Walk to Cape Cornwall where you will pick up the coast path which takes you via a track and a minor road to Cot Valley. You will pass old mine shafts and often be surrounded by gorse. You will walk above and past Whitesand Bay, although at low water you can walk on the beach there if you choose. A short walk from there will take you to Sennen Cove where a range of shops and facilities are nearby the little fishing harbour. On past Majon Cliff and a short walk to Lands end.
Be sure to walk around Pordenack Point and continue past the next rugged headland to reach Mill Bay.
Once past Carn Les Boel point, an easy walk on the cliff path takes you to the national coast watch station on Gwennap head. Walk onwards to the car park near the stunning and famous Minack Theatre, and the little village of Porthcurno is directly inland.
Porthcurno to Penzance 11.5 miles (18.5km)
Porthcurno to Penzance 11.5 miles (18.5km) – This particularly beautiful section of Coast Path certainly feels like it begins at the very edge of the land, as the Path leads you along high cliffs and exposed windswept heath. There is much to see here, so do allow plenty of time. Birds such as fulmars, shags, rock pipits and occasional peregrine falcons can be seen along this stretch and the incredible geological formations, including offshore rock stacks and rippling cliffs, add to the sheer drama of the landscape, undoubtedly some of the best of the entire Coast Path. With some difficult ascents and descents which turns to easy walking on tarmac through Newlyn to Penzance. Mousehole, known for its tiny harbour and narrow streets of granite cottages, is a good place for a relatively quiet refreshment stop, before the walking the final few miles into Penzance.
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