St Ives Cornwall - A Guide

Walks Around St Ives

This section has details of walks in the countryside and along the coastline around St Ives.

There is some great walking around here with beautiful countryside, the coastline and many historic and prehistoric features to visit.

The South West Coast Path runs along the St Ives seafront, heading westwards you enter the town at Porthminster Beach and head out again from Porthmeor Beach. You can follow this either way, east towards Hayle or west towards Lands End. This offers some spectacular walking, especially to the west.

Inland the Tinners Way runs from here across Penwith to St Just and offers slightly easier walking than the coast path. This known locally as the Coffin Path - upon your demise, depending which parish you had lived in, you'd be carried along here west to St Just Parish Church or east to St Ives Parish Church.

Some good walks start a short drive or bus journey from town.
The walk Mên-an-Tol stone circle starts a few miles away but gets you out into the wild and beautiful countryside and moorland to the west.

Future walks will include the Great Flat Lode trail which takes you through the historic tin mining country around Camborne. Also, closer to home, some walks around the back lanes of St Ives.

If you need a map, the best is Ordnance Survey Explorer 102 - Land's End, Penzance and St Ives.

We aim to include a variety of walks for all tastes and abilities, ranging from an afternoon stroll to a full day out.

If you want to submit some of your own walks or photos for this website please get in touch.

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Walk 1 - Tinners Way and Coast Path
This circular walk takes you up the hill, out of St Ives into the countryside along The Tinners Way , down to the Coast Path then back into town.

Total Distance: 2.8 miles, 4.7 km

Total Time: 2 hours at a fairly relaxed pace.

Grade: Moderate

Walk 1 Details - Tinners Way and Coast Path

Walk 2 - Ding Dong Mine and Men-an-Tol
This circular walk starts and ends at the small car park near Mên-an-Tol stone circle, about 15 minutes drive from St Ives.

It takes you to the ancient stone circle, on to the atmospheric Ding Dong Mine, then back across the moors and down the track to the car park.

Total Distance: 2.8 miles, 4.7 km

Total Time: 1.5 hours at a fairly relaxed pace.

Grade: Moderate

Walk 2 Details - Ding Dong Mine and Men an Tol

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Ancestral Realm Tours
Journey around Cornwall's ancient archaeological sites with someone who is passionate about our ancestral history and the spirituality of the Celts and Bronze Age peoples. Discover our rich heritage of folklore, legends and their origins.

Tours are led by Nigel Breen, guide and scholar of Western Esoteric traditions and the Ancient Mysteries

Ancestral Realm Tours Website

Baggage Transfers For Walkers - DJ Cars
If you are walking the South West Coast Path or other trail, naturally you want to minimise what you need to carry with you.

Local taxi company, DJ Cars, can sort that out for you. They can pick up, your bags from your accommodation and deliver them to your next destination in good time for your arrival at the end of the day.

Contact them and they will be happy to give you a fixed price quote. DJs are used and trusted by a number of local holiday companies, simply the most reliable taxi company in the area. Call them on:
01736 796633 or visit their website - link below.

DJ Cars Website

St Just Heritage Area
A wealth of information about the area to the west of St Ives including the "mining coast". This is great walking country, especially the stretch of the coast path leading up to St Just, with dozens of old mine workings and buildings.

There is a general guide to walks in the area, in the Landscape and Environment section of the website. On the main page (link below) you can download guides to trails around Levant Mine and Botallack Mine.

St Just Heritage Area Website

Video - Coast Path Walk
From Porthmeor to Clodgy Point along the Coastal Footpath.
Filmed, edited and beautifully produced by Anna Chen.

Anna Chen Website

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