Godrevy to Portreath Coast Path
North Coast · Coast path · Point to point · Hard
1 hr 20 min – 2 hr 10 min · Godrevy, National Trust car park → Portreath, Beach car park
Recorded on the ground · 2026-06-27
Elevation profile
151 m gain · high 79 m
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7 m – 79 m
Line and elevation stitched from two runs recorded on the ground (30 May and 27 June 2026), condensed to the coast path.
The real line, recorded on the ground on 2026-06-27, drawn on the OpenTopoMap contour map.
- Distance
- 10.0 km
- Climb
- 151 m
- Per km
- 15 m
- On foot
- 1 hr 20 min – 2 hr 10 min
- Line
- Recorded
A point-to-point coast path run from Godrevy's lighthouse view north to Portreath, over Navax Point, Hell's Mouth and Reskajeage Downs. Open, exposed and rarely sheltered from whatever the Atlantic is doing that day.
Getting there and back
Limited. Seasonal bus services run near both ends; do not plan a same-day return without checking current routes first.
Parking
National Trust pay car park at Godrevy. Free-to-park street spaces near Portreath beach fill early in summer.
Conditions
Firm cliff-top grass in dry weather, greasy and slippery within a day of rain. Loose stone on the short, steep drops into the coves.
Navigation
Coast path waymarks throughout, but keep well back from the edge; the path runs close to unfenced drops in several places.
Season
Best attempted in settled weather. This is the stretch of coast where forecast wind speed actually changes whether the run is enjoyable or just an argument with the air.
Dogs
Fine on a lead in calm weather. In strong wind, an excitable dog near an unfenced cliff edge is a genuine problem, not a small one.
Good for
- Wind-hardened running
- Seals at Mutton Cove in season
- Race-prep exposure training
Watch for
- Fully exposed to westerly and northwesterly wind for the whole route
- Unfenced cliff edge at Hell's Mouth and Navax Point
- Loose, ankle-turning ground on the descents into Basset's Cove
- No realistic shelter or bail-out until Portreath
On the ground
- National Trust car park at Godrevy (charges apply)
- Toilets and cafe at Portreath
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