Perranporth to St Agnes Coast Path

North Coast · Coast path · Point to point · Hard

45 min – 1 hr 15 min · Perranporth Beach → St Agnes, Trevaunance Cove

Desk-researched

Desk-researched — not yet run on the ground

Elevation profile

234 m gain · high 79 m

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0 m – 79 m

Line traced from the South West Coast Path route in OpenStreetMap; 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: 6.6 km
Climb: 234 m
Per km: 35 m
On foot: 45 min – 1 hr 15 min
Line: Mapped

A point-to-point on the roughest stretch of the mining coast, from Perranporth up over Cligga Head's honeycombed cliffs, across the airfield heath and through the Blue Hills tin valley to Trevaunance Cove at St Agnes. Short, but it extracts payment.

Getting there and back

Buses link St Agnes and Perranporth for the return leg — the timetable decides which end you start. Check it first.

Parking

Big beach car parks at Perranporth; Trevaunance Cove has a small one that fills early in summer.

Conditions

Heath path, mine-waste gravel and rock steps, with the loose Blue Hills valley sides the roughest ground on the route.

Navigation

Coast path acorns throughout, but paths braid around the old workings; when lines diverge, take the one closer to the sea.

Season

Best with dry ground for the Blue Hills descent. Winter storms make Cligga's edge sections genuinely wild.

Dogs

For sure-footed dogs on leads. The shaft fencing is there for everyone with fewer than two legs of common sense.

Good for

Hill reps disguised as a journey
Industrial-archaeology running
Race prep for the mining-coast events

Watch for

Capped and fenced mine shafts close to the path — stay on the worn line
The Blue Hills descent is loose and steep enough to demand full attention
Unfenced cliff edges around Cligga Head

On the ground

Everything in Perranporth
Seasonal cafe and toilets at Trevaunance Cove

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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