Walk 1031 - Polruan & Lanteglos Church

This walk combines coastal, estuary and rural walking in a short but enjoyable route. As an added bonus you visit the village of Polruan, which is situated across the River Fowey from Fowey village. Polruan unlike its opposite cousin has suffered little from commercialisation and retains much of the charm you would expect from a harbour village.

The start is the National Trust car park at Pencarrow (Grid ref. SX 149513). Exit the car park and make for the main road. Turn right along this road for 200 metres and go left over a stile. The path crosses a field heading towards Pencarrow Head. Reaching another stile you can either go straight ahead and enjoy the views from Pencarrow Head or turn right to continue on the main route. Note - should you decide to visit the headland then retrace your steps to this stile.

You are now on the South West Coast Path and like much of its route it switchbacks up and down making it much harder than the map might suggest! To your left, nearly 300 feet below, are Great Lantic Beach and Little Lantic Beach. These can be reached by a steep path, which requires plenty of energy for the climb back to the cliff tops. The coastal path leads on past Blackbottle Rock before joining a road on the southern outskirts of Polruan. Descend into the village to reach the quay where the ferry to Fowey departs.

The village has a few shops, pubs and restaurants and is a pleasant place to spend some time. From the ferry head east along the street running parallel with the shore. A signed footpath leads to "The Hills". At first it is a narrow lane but after climbing some steps on the right it leaves the houses behind and climbs steeply offering fine views of Fowey River to your left.

After entering some pleasant woodland, the path reaches a track. Turn right here for a few yards before picking up the continuation of the footpath on your left. Follow this, keeping to the upper path to reach a road. Turn left with the wall to your right and follow this path as it descends steeply down to the head of a creek to reach the road again. Turn left along the lane to locate a grassy track on your right. This climbs steeply to reach Lanteglos-by-Fowey church. Leave the churchyard and head east along the lane, which climbs gently and soon reaches the starting point of the walk.

OS Map showing start

Ordnance Survey Map showing starting point of walk - Click Here

Suggested Maps

It is recommended you take a map with you when following a walk route. The preferred scale is 1:25000 used by the Explorer series.

	OS Explorer	1:25,000	Sheet 107
	OS Landranger	1:50,000	Sheet 200
	OS Landranger	1:50,000	Sheet 201

Note : If two maps are listed at the same scale then either (a) both are required for full coverage of the route or (b) the route is covered on both maps.

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