Tracks Tours of North Cornwall
Walking Guided Tours in North Cornwall by local Guides
Full-Day
Polzeath - Port Quin
Length: 8 miles
Time: 7 Hours
Difficulty: Strenuous
Half-Day
Tintagel - Boscastle
Length: 5 miles
Time: 4 hours
Difficulty: Steep Slopes
Most of the walks and times are planned to allow plenty of breaks to be taken and the chance to take photo's and catch your breath, and quite often at the end of the walk a local Inn or Cafe where you can sit and rest your aching feet.
Two of the walks available showing approx lengths and Times and degrees of Difficulty.
A fairly easy walk with dramatic cliff scenery and plenty of historical interests for everyone. The terrain is mainly coastal with some slopes and steps along the way. The route takes in Tintagel Castle and the Haven, admire the Architecture of the Castellated Camelot Castle Hotel and the stunning views along Bossiney and Rocky Valley keeping an eye out for dippers and wagtails before hearing about Cliff Quarrying at the California Quarry heading towards the Old Wreckers lookout towards Boscastle, our journey descends into the old harbour passing the famous "blowhole" and finishes in the village where there are plenty of shops and Cafe's to take refreshments.
.Starting out across one of the Countys most popular beaches towards Edwardian New Polzeath where the walk starts to climb the Pentire peninsula one of the remotest and highest points (257ft) in North Cornwall,lookout for Grey seals along this stretch also famous for the many types of volcanic rock quarried here, further along at The Rumps headland the remains of an Iron Age castle can be seen whilst further along signs of lead mining and a disused quarry are visible also the home of Greater Horseshoe Bats, before descending down to Lundy Bay passing the Pigeon Hole cliff feature before reaching Trevan Point an area rich in flowers during the summer, walking towards the folly of Doyden Castle once a place of much revelry and entertainment in the 1800's we finish at Port Quin once a thriving community and numerous houses now a shadow of itself.