The North Cornwall section of the path has wonderful beaches, Atlantic Breakers and some rugged and beautiful scenery. From the very north of the coast near Bude, past the famous Tintagel Castle, the camel estuary near Padstow, the popular resorts of Newquay and St. Ives to Lands End, the very south west corner of England.

This is perhaps the longest, toughest and most spectacular walk along the South West Coast Path. It begins from the remote Hartland Quay and follows the coast south for around 16 miles to the popular resort of Bude. On the way you will climb to the top of the cliffs and then back down to sea level many times, but this makes for some spectacular scenery and numerous waterfalls. The walk passes through no villages or towns on the way and so is very remote.

This walk begins by following the cliff top path along the high cliffs between Crackington Haven and Widemouth Bay. Widemouth Bay itself is a beautiful wide sandy beach, backed by low cliffs. From Widemouth north the walk is realtively flat all the way into the resort town of Bude, with several excellent sandy beaches and the interesting Bude canal.

This is a stunning walk starting from the spectacular location of Tintagel with it's castle and heading north along one of the most beautiful parts of the coast, passing Rocky Valley to the beautiful harbour village of Boscastle, a welcome refuge for boats on this rugged part of the coast. North of Boscastle the path becomes steeper and the cliffs higher, offering some stunning views. The walk ends at the small village of Crackington Haven with it's narrow sandy beach. Note - this walk replaces the former Boscastle to Tinagel walk on this site.

This walk begins in the beautiful village of Port Isaac and heads north east along the coast to Tintagel, legendary bith place of King Arthur and home to a spectacular castle. The walk takes in some fairly remote and rocky parts of the coast and also passes two sandy beaches, at Tregardock and Trebarwith Strand, although at high tide both beaches are covered.

This walk shows the huge variety of scenery along the coast path. From Rock the walk head north through extensive sand dunes beside the Camel estuary to the popular beach of Polzeath. Continuing east the walk rounds Pentire Point, rather like moorland beside the sea with it's rock outcrops and roaming sheep. Continuing east the walk passes the remote harbour at Port Quinn and round the coast to Port Isaac, a beautiful little port crammed into a steep valley and used as the location for many TV series.

The pretty town of Padstow is the starting point for this walk. The walk runs next to the River Camel, giving views of Rock and Polzeath before coming out onto the coast. There are some of the best beaches in North Cornwall along this part of the coast. Rounding Trevose Head gives excellent views around the coast before arriving at Constantine Bay, another excellent beach.

This walks starts in the popular holiday resort of Newquay. This area is famous for it's beaches and on this walk you'll be passing excellent beaches the whole way. This walk passes through the many bays of Newquay and on past the popular surfers beach at Watergate Bay to the smaller beach at Mawgan Porth.

The popular resort of Perranporth is the start point of this walk. Perranporth has an excellent sandy beach, backed by sand dunes and cliffs further North. This walk takes an interesting area, littered with the remains of many years of mining, there are many old mine shafts and buildings visible. There is another good beach at Trevaunance Cove - the village of St Agnes is a short walk inland from here.

The most westerly point of the coast path, Lands End, is the start point for this short walk to Sennen Cove. Although short, this walk takes in some spectacular scenery with rocky headlands at Lands End, down to the glorious beach of Whitesand Bay at Sennen Cove.

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