St Agnes 07 Practicalities
Getting there By car, St Agnes is easily accessible from the A30 via the B3277, and is roughly nine miles from Truro. By bus, the Truronian T1 runs from Truro every half an hour during the week. See
www.cornwallpublictransport.info for the latest information.
Suggested map Ordnance Survey map 104: Redruth & St Agnes (Explorer Maps).
Dog friendliness Trevaunance Cove and Trevellas Porth both allow dogs all year round. All dogs (except guide dogs) are banned from Chapel Porth and Porthtowan beaches from Easter Day to 1st October.
Parking The main car park is in the village centre (next to the library), and there are also car parks at Wheal Kitty and the four main beaches.
Public toilets There are public toilets in the car parks of Chapel Porth, Porthtowan and Trevaunance Cove, as well as in the main village car park.
Eating & drinking The St Agnes Hotel, The Tap House, and The Driftwood Spars all offer great food and drink and a warm welcome, or grab a freshly-made sandwich or pasty from the fantastic St Agnes Bakery and head for the great outdoors. At Porthtowan, Blue is a café-bar right on the beach that is popular with surfers.
Picnic spots Too many to mention! The coastal path that runs all along this Area has hundreds of spectacular spots to sit and take it all in.
Walk: Perranporth to St Agnes
Length: 3.5 miles Difficulty: Moderate Terrain: Generally flat with one steep valley climb
Most of this walk is fairly level and provides excellent cliff top walking. From start to finish you can experience the mining heritage, and keep your eye out for the birdlife and wild flowers. This walk passes beaches and pubs where dogs are welcome.
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Walk around the stunning cliff-top engine house at Wheal Coates: pictured on hundreds of postcards, but must be seen for real. Visit the site of the old harbour at Trevaunance Cove, now in ruins, with a lovely beach and some great eateries. You can also walk the stark coastline around Cligga Head, world famous for its outstanding mineralogy.
After lunch, walk the coast path into St Agnes, full of fascinating artifacts and information about the Parish of St Agnes. There are lots about its rich mining and maritime history with a detailed model of the former harbour and its fabulous Lady Agnes figurehead.
Finally, housed in a listed chapel, the St Agnes Museum is well worth a visit. The social and economic legacy of tin and copper mining in St Agnes is reflected in the Museum’s fascinating collection. Mining artifacts, photographs, maps, films and family histories bring the story to life.
Walk: Beacon on the Coast
Length: 6.3 miles Difficulty: Moderate Terrain: Generally good paths plus some tracks and surfaced lanes; a couple of climbs but no exceptionally steep gradients.
The walk is based in the old mining village of St Agnes. It climbs to the top of St Agnes Beacon, a prominent landmark with outstanding views, and then descends to the coast at the little cove of Chapel Porth. It then follows the Coast Path around the promontory of St Agnes Head to the beach at Trevaunance Cove, from where it returns inland to St Agnes.
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