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Created
and maintained by volunteers working with the British Horse Society
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Coast to Coast
The Coast to Coast Trail
(17.5km; 11 miles) links the historic mining harbours of Portreath in the
North and Devoran in the South, both so important in the transportation
of Cornish copper to Swansea for smelting, and Welsh coal, Scandinavian
timber and many other supplies for use in Cornish mines. Mostly traffic
free, the trail passes through ancient woodland, heathland important for
wildlife and historic mining sites now transformed by nature. The best places
to park with horse boxes is Bissoe Tramways Cycle Hire (grid reference SW76975
41500), or Twelveheads..
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Up until recently the Coast to Coast Trail Portreath to Devoran did not reach the coast. It deposited you onto the exceptionally busy Truro to Falmouth Road, the A39 by Carnon Downs and Devoran. A new bypass has now just been opened (September 2007) with a bridge over the coast to coast trail. So now there is a traffic free crossing right to the Devoran Estuary.
New distance post showing 10.25 miles Coast to Coast - a little longer for Horse Riders
Looking Towards Devoran and the Estuary.
Viaduct over Trail Below Bissoe
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New trail onto old A39 now more or less traffic free.
By-pass bridge over newly constructed section of trail just before Devoran. |
Poldice
Valley
