Marazion to Perranuthnoe Coast Path
West Cornwall · Coast path · Out and back · Easy
40 min – 1 hr 5 min · Marazion, Kings Road car park → Marazion, Kings Road car park
Desk-researched — not yet run on the ground
Elevation profile
95 m gain · high 70 m
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28 m – 70 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
- 6.8 km
- Climb
- 95 m
- Per km
- 14 m
- On foot
- 40 min – 1 hr 5 min
- Line
- Mapped
An out-and-back on the low coast path east of Marazion, along field edges and modest cliffs to the beach cafe at Perranuthnoe. One of the gentlest pieces of coast path in the west, with the Mount doing the scenery for you.
Getting there and back
Regular buses between Penzance and Helston stop in Marazion. Check current times.
Parking
Long-stay car parks at the Marazion end fill late morning in summer; arrive early for an easy start.
Conditions
Field-edge path and low cliff top, muddy in the hedged cuts after rain, with a short lane drop into Perranuthnoe.
Navigation
Coast path acorns the whole way. The only decision is where to stop for the view.
Season
Runs all year. The causeway to the Mount is a spectacle at low tide but not part of the route — leave the crossing to the walkers.
Dogs
Good on a lead through the fields. The Perranuthnoe end has summer beach restrictions.
Good for
- First coast path miles for visiting runners
- Sunrise runs with the Mount in frame
- An easy leg-stretcher between bigger days
Watch for
- Cattle grazing the field sections
- Low cliff edges nibbled by winter storms, with diversions signed where it's worst
- Hedged sections that hold mud well after rain
On the ground
- Car parks, toilets and cafes in Marazion
- Seasonal beach cafe at Perranuthnoe
GPX download
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