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A reasonably flat walk with 4 steep
sections, the views along the coastline are of headland after
headland stretching into the distance.
Once again, this walk was travelled
in the opposite way to the title: It's really Bassets Cove to
Porthtown!
For this walk, you need OS Landranger 203, Lands End.
Severity
of walk
Porthtowan has a deserved reputation as
a really nice holiday destination. With a lovely beach and miles
of local walking, it's a good spot for one end of this walk.
Portreath has a history connected with
tin mining: Its quay was a hive of activity in the 19th Century,
as it was one of the few ports on the North Coast able to take
the sailing ships. Now both resorts are a popular destination
for holiday-makers not wishing to indulge the frenetic pace of
the larger resorts.
Park the first car in the car park in Porthtowan, grid reference
SW 693 480
What 3 Words: spines.request.prospered
N 50°17'13.17" W 5°14'24.85"
Porthtowan is signposted from the A30 at Redruth, from St
Agnes or from Portreath. After turning off into the village,
just follow the road and pull into the car park over to the right:
Unless you can find another suitable spot!
Park the second car in the car park at Bassets Cove, grid
reference SW 639 441
What 3 Words: marmalade.highways.goods
N 50°14'57.33" W 5°18'48.79"
Drive back to the T Junction at the other end of the village,
turn right and follow the road until you reach another T Junction
with the B3300. Again turn right, after a few miles, drive through
Portreath (sharp left bend and up Battery Hill), keeping to the
right (you do NOT want Pool!). After several bends and a few
miles, you'll see a solitary square house on your right, followed
almost immediately by a lane on the right. Drive down this long,
contoured lane and you should see a large parking area in front
of you. If you miss the lane, you'll see the Tehidy Woods sign
on your left - then you'll know you've gone too far!
The lane to Bassets
Cove seen from the entrance to Tehidy Woods
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