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Rame Head Circular Walk

5.6 miles (9 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap This circular walk explores the beautiful Rame Peninsula on the Cornish Coast. It's a fantastic place for a walk with wonderful views across Cawsand Bay to Plymouth Sound and the city of Plymouth. There's some nice coastal woodland and a visit to the mediaevel Rame Chapel. It's a great place for wildlife spotting with lots of sea birds and Dartmoor Ponies to look out for. The entire area of the peninsula is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The walk starts from the car park at Kingsand and follows the South West Coast Path to Penlee Point, before heading to Rame Head and the mediaevel chapel. You then head north along the coast before crossing the peninsula to return to Kingsand.

Postcode

PL10 1NA - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

Rame Head OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Rame Head Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Further Information and Other Local Ideas

To continue your walking in the area head east along the coast path to Mount Edgcumbe Country Park on the circular Cawsand Walk.
Near the park you can catch the Cremyl Ferry to Plymouth and pick up Plymouth's Waterfront Walkway.
Rame Head marks the eastern end of the beautiful Whitsand Bay. You can walk the whole length of the bay on the Portwrinkle and Whitsand Bay Walk which will take you west to the pretty little village of Portwrinkle.
For more walking ideas in the area see the Cornwall Walks page.

Photos

Maker with Rame, St Michael's Chapel, Rame Head - geograph.org.uk - 742291

Maker with Rame, St Michael's Chapel, Rame Head

Rame Head chapel (2759)

Rame Head chapel. The ancient chapel was first licensed for Mass in 1397 and is on the site of a much earlier Celtic hermitage. It remains as an intact shell and was originally lime-washed so that it stood out on the headland.

Ramechapel

Rame chapel

Dartmoor Pony at Rame Head

Dartmoor Pony at Rame Head

Kingsand from Cawsand - geograph.org.uk - 150315

Kingsand from Cawsand. The clock tower in Kingsand taken from Garrett Street in Cawsand. The Devon/Cornwall border used to run through this double village such that Kingsand was in Devon while Cawsand was in Cornwall. Nowadays both are firmly in Cornwall.

Beach at Kingsand - geograph.org.uk - 1978680

Beach at Kingsand

Across Western Gear - geograph.org.uk - 2636051

Across Western Gear

The Coast beyond Bull Cove from Rame Head - geograph.org.uk - 100507

The Coast beyond Bull Cove from Rame Head

Video

GPS Files

GPX File

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

Memory Map Route

Rame Head.mmo (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold >Download Linked File)