Routes by terrain
Trail running routes
Bridleways, field edges, moorland track and old mining ground: off the coast path but still off-road. Footing swings from compacted and fast to cattle-churned and slow, and the navigation is less obvious without the coast path's acorn waymarks.
6 routes, shortest first. Every page carries its own verification status, so you can see what has been run and what is still desk-researched.
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Trail
Minions and The Cheesewring Loop
Stone circles, a balanced granite tor and quarry tramways from Cornwall's highest village.
- Distance
- 3.5 km
- Gain
- 48 m
Desk-researched
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Trail
Lanhydrock and Respryn Loop
Beech avenues, parkland tracks and a medieval river bridge, sheltered from whatever the coast is doing.
- Distance
- 6.2 km
- Gain
- 155 m
Desk-researched
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Trail
Falmouth Pendennis and Swanpool Loop
Castle headland, two beaches and the working docks: Falmouth's edges in one easy lap.
- Distance
- 7.3 km
- Gain
- 102 m
Desk-researched
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St Ives Island and Knill's Monument Loop
Town streets, chapel headland and a granite obelisk on the hill: St Ives condensed into one climbing loop.
- Distance
- 8.5 km
- Gain
- 254 m
Desk-researched
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Loe Bar and Penrose Loop
Estate tracks around Cornwall's largest freshwater pool, down to the shingle bar that splits it from the sea.
- Distance
- 11.1 km
- Gain
- 201 m
Desk-researched
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Bude Canal and Compass Point Loop
Towpath calm out to Helebridge, then sea cliffs and the eight-sided tower home: Bude's two speeds in one loop.
- Distance
- 11.1 km
- Gain
- 176 m
Desk-researched