Sennen Cove Beach – Cape Cornwall Chimney Monument loop from Sennen

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Sennen Cove Beach – Cape Cornwall Chimney Monument loop from Sennen

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Sennen Cove Beach – Cape Cornwall Chimney Monument loop from Sennen

04:44

16.9km

330m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Cornwall National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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148 m

View of Sennen Cove Beach from the Sennen Cove Café

Highlight • Viewpoint

In the Sennen Cove Café there are delicious cakes. Homemade, with seating on the wall to the beach.

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284 m

Sennen Cove Beach

Highlight • Beach

Sennen Cove is a popular surfing spot and with two surf schools. It’s the ideal place to give it a go. The beach is a wide expanse of golden sand …

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1.62 km

Escalls Cliff Coastal Path

Highlight • Natural

The coast path between Sennen and Gwynver Beach passes over Escalls Cliff and Trevedra Cliff. Give yourself extra time to do the walk so you have plenty of opportunities to stop and admire the views.

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2.22 km

View of Sennen Cove

Highlight • Beach

5.55 km

Mine Shaft

Ruins

8.64 km

Cape Cornwall Chimney Monument

Highlight • Monument

The distinctive headland of Cape Cornwall meets the ocean at the point where the Atlantic currents split and flow south up the English Channel or north into the Bristol Channel …

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10.2 km

Carn Clougy on the South West Coast Path

Highlight • Gorge

Carn Clougy is the steep valley on the coastal side of Nanjulian on the South West Coast Path. This is a wild section to walk north of Sennan, the trail …

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14.9 km

Gwynver Beach

Highlight • Viewpoint

As you emerge through the hedge lined avenue that leads down to Gwynver Beach the view is simply stunning. It's much quieter here than Sennen Cove and can be reached …

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16.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.99 km

4.32 km

2.49 km

996 m

150 m

Surfaces

12.1 km

1.52 km

1.27 km

1.19 km

523 m

356 m

Elevation

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Highest point (80 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Thursday 15 October

14°C

12°C

5 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 27.0 km/h

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Comments

July 11, 2023,Lands End & Cape Cornwall from Sennen Cove

Today we went to the west coast of Cornwall. We started from Sennen Cove to take the beautiful hiking trail to Lands End. Five of us hiked this part. I promised that after the 12km in Dartmoor there wouldn't be another 'crazy walk' like this. The way there was still quite gray, but with the meters that we covered, it …

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