Rame Head Circular Walk

5.6 miles (9 km)

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
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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.

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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

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