Crantock and Pentire Point West Loop

35 min – 55 min · Crantock, village car park → Crantock, village car park

Desk-researched

Desk-researched — not yet run on the ground

Elevation profile

151 m gain · high 41 m

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0 m – 41 m

Line mapped on a filtered walking graph that keeps to paths and quiet lanes and treats fast or classified roads as cross-only (scripts/walk-graph.mjs); elevation from EU-DEM 25 m. Not from a recorded run.

Mapped from OpenStreetMap footpaths on the OpenTopoMap contour map — a planning line, not a recorded run.

Distance: 6.5 km
Climb: 151 m
Per km: 23 m
On foot: 35 min – 55 min
Line: Mapped

A short loop from Crantock village over Pentire Point West to the quiet cove at Porth Joke, coming back through West Pentire's fields. Across the Gannel, Newquay is loud and close; on this side it might as well be another county.

Getting there and back

Buses connect Crantock with Newquay in season. The tidal Gannel shortcuts on foot need local tide knowledge — default to the bus.

Parking

The village car park is the safe choice; the beach car park at Crantock can gridlock on surf days.

Conditions

Dune grass, field-edge path and firm headland turf, with one sandy pull off the beach if you add the shore variant.

Navigation

Keep seaward around the headland and take the signed field path back from Porth Joke. Fifteen minutes of concentration, total.

Season

Year-round and quick-draining. June brings the famous wildflower fields and the photographers that follow them.

Dogs

Good, with leads for the stock fields at West Pentire. Porth Joke is one of the few dog-friendly beaches all year — check current rules.

Good for

A first taste of headland running
Evening loops when the light goes gold over the Gannel
Poppies and corn marigolds at West Pentire in June

Watch for

The Gannel estuary crossings to Newquay are tidal and not part of this route — treat them as a separate project
Rabbit holes in the dune grass
Unfenced edges above Porth Joke

On the ground

Village car park, pub and shop in Crantock
Nothing at Porth Joke, which is the point of Porth Joke

GPX download

The line on this page is mapped from OpenStreetMap paths, not a recorded run. Treat the file as a planning aid and check it against conditions on the ground.

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