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Fowey via Gribbin Head, Cornwall – 8 Mile Circular Walk

8 mile circular walking route starting from Fowey following  South West Coastal path via Saint Catherines Castle, the Gribbin Head and then Saints Way back in Fowey Cornwall.

Distance: 8 miles
Time: 3 hour
Elevation: 820 foot
Terrain: Coast path, footpath
Map: OS Explorer 107 – St Austell, Liskeard, Fowey, Looe and Lostwithiel
Start Point: Fowey Car Park
End Point: Fowey Car Park

 8 mile walking route from Fowey in Cornwall along the South-West coastal path and back inland along public footpaths back to Fowey.

Map - Fowey via Gribbin Head, Cornwall - 8 Mile Circular Walk
Map – Fowey via Gribbin Head, Cornwall – 8 Mile Circular Walk

From the bottom end of the car park walk down Saint Catherine’s parade, then turn right towards the inlet of ready money go. Continue to the end of the road, above the beach and for the initial rocky the of lane uphill on the Saints way. Carry on past the first junction, ignoring the options by the National Trust signpost for coughing turn woods. Turn left at the next junction and then climb wooden steps to reach all days field follow the right hand field edge. I field gap follow an obvious grassy route ahead to Elaine and Akim from. For the delay in ahead.At a road turn right and continue to like the farm. Past junction on the right and follow prickly price Lane for a few places. Turn left onto a gravel drive, then keep left an alarm on our fence and path.After the barn conversions at Tranent, Prosser surfaced Lane then a style. Keep your head alongside the field edge then follow the path to a kissing gate in a field below something from. Go up the field to the gate, continue between the buildings then turn right and then left to reach a T junction with the road by the entrance gate to the little church of trade. Turn right I need 91 m go left into the field. Richard junction on the edge of some words. On the main route keep left along the field edge and for the well-defined coastal path for 1.25 miles to ribbon head.Into the wooded National Trust property at the Gribben keep left at the junction. Go for a gate and cross to the grave in Daymark. There is left and down a fair faint grassy track, then for the coastal path along to Paul Read mouthFor the coastal path at the open ground, follow the seaward field edge. Ghostly into and out of Jim horn enter coughing coughing timbered keep left at the image intermediate junction and pass the rashly much sure the monster they am actually master them Marcia them.Turn right at the junction to reach Saint Catherine’s Castle. Return along the path and go down steps at at the first junction on the right. Go down wooden steps to reach ready money page return to the car park five Saint Catherine’s parade.