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Gwithian Walk

6.03 miles (9.7 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap This walk explores the area around the village of Gwithian on the West Cornwall coast.
The circular route follows the South West Coast Path towards the Towans before returning along the lovely Gwithian Towans Beach. It's a lovely place for a walk with a wide surfers beach, sand dunes, wild grass, rock pools and Atlantic seals to look out for.
You can start the walk from the Gwithian Bridge car park on the western side of Godrevy Head. Then follow the paths south west along the beach. You can extend the walk by exploring the beautiful Hayle Estuary.
To extend the walk head east from the car park to explore Godrevy Head. The National Trust owned headland includes a lighthouse and some fine views over St Ives Bay.

Postcode

TR27 5ED - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

Gwithian OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Gwithian Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Cycle Routes and Walking Routes Nearby

Photos

The beach at Gwithian Towans - geograph.org.uk - 3233890

The beach at Gwithian Towans

Coastal Path marker on Upton Towans - geograph.org.uk - 1036972

Coastal Path marker

The car park at Gwithian Towans - geograph.org.uk - 3233573

The car park at Gwithian Towans

The lifeguard station at Gwithian Towans - geograph.org.uk - 3233882

The lifeguard station

The South West Coast Path at Gwithian Towans - geograph.org.uk - 3233576

The South West Coast Path

Old concrete machine base at Gwithian Towans - geograph.org.uk - 3233593

Old concrete machine base

Gwithian Beach and Sand Pit - geograph.org.uk - 35404

Gwithian Beach and Sand Pit. The beach is on the left and on the right is the area known as Gwithian Sand Pit, an area where sand has been extracted but is due to become a nature reserve. In the background beyond the grid square are the sand hills of Godrevy Towans.

Dunes and beach at Mexico Towans - geograph.org.uk - 1505602

Dunes and beach at Mexico Towans

Video

GPS Files

GPX File

Gwithian.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)