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160 sT necTan’s kieve, TinTageL At the head of a wild glen a tall, slender waterfall falls into a high basin, flows through a circular hole and drops into a plunge pool (the kieve). This is a holy place with prayer flags, a shrine room above and lots of steps. Small tea room in hermitage. Entrance fee. , Find track with postbox, opposite telephone box, off B3263, in Trethevey, 2 miles E of Tintagel. Bear R and follow it for 1 mile, past St Piran’s Well, down into the woods, and up along the pretty stream, finally climbing the steps up to the shrine entrance. 20 mins, 50.6644, -4.7168 s 7 161 rocky vaLLey, TinTageL Downstream from St Nectan’ Kieve. Pretty stream path leading down to waterfall pools by sea. Look out carvings of labyrinths, possibly 3,500 years old, behind old mill. , Park on B3263, just E of Bossiney, at layby by turn off to Halgabron. Find footpath opposite. 20 mins, 50.6740, -4.7299 7
162 cornish Tipi hoLidays, sT kew The original tipi and wild-swimming campsite. 16 acres with its own beautiful, spring-fed quarry lake with canoes. , Tregeare, Pendoggett, St Kew, PL30 3LW, 01208 880781. 5 mins, 50.5813, -4.7705 q 1 2 163 coLLiford Lake A huge moorland reservoir, the highest and largest in Cornwall. Open access on the W side with beaches. Exposed. , Signed Colliford Lake Park/Warleggan, off A30, 2 miles SW of Jamaica Inn. Then continue ½ mile beyond the Lake Park. 2 mins, 50.5202, -4.5918 1 U 164 deLford Bridge, r de Lank Pretty moorland stream and bridge with a nice shallow, sandy pool for children. , On lanes 2 miles N of Blisland (pass South Penquite Farm camping). Or turn R off A30 3 miles SW of Jamaica Inn, continue past Bradford and turn next R. Also Carbilly quarry pool close by at 50.5492, -4.6460. 2 mins, 50.5524, -4.6632 q
165 carn marTh pooL, redruTh Old granite quarry amid heather, with smooth flat rocks and deep spring water, near summit of Carn Marth. Outdoor theatre. Great Flat Lode cycle route passes close by. , Near top of Lanner Hill (A393 between Lanner and Redruth) take Carn Marth lane (No Through Road) by the bus stop. Continue up, bearing R then L and park outside the old quarry/theatre. 10 mins, 50.2233, -5.2030 1 6 7 c 166 Baker’s piT, nancLedra Open moorland spring-fed lake (once a china clay pit) with ruins of old mining works. Walk on to find Chysauster ancient village. , Turn L off the B3311 from Penzance at Nancledra. After 1 mile turn L to Georgia and park at the road end and walk SW on track. 10 mins, 50.1667, -5.5295 1 7 h
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