Saint's Way - a trail from Padstow to Fowey

Saint's Way, Fingerpost
Saint's Way, Padstow
Saints Way, St Benets Abbey, Lanivet
Saints Way, Gunwen Methodist Chapel, Lowertown
Saint's Way, Helman Tor, Cornwall
Saints Way, ancient stone stile
Saints Way, Golant
Saints Way, Fowey
Padstow - Fowey
Cornwall
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This 27 mile route is well signed with Celtic cross markers and takes you across Cornwall from Padstow in the north to Fowey on the south coast.

It follows the probable route of early Christian pilgrims making their way from Ireland and Wales to Brittany or Santiago de Compostella in Galicia, Spain. The route starts at the picturesque harbour in Padstow and heads along Little Petherick Creek, over St Breock Downs and onto Lanivet. The second part of the walk visits the rocky Helman Tor before heading south following the edge of the Fowey River skirting the ancient town of Lostwithiel.  The river is finally reached at Golant before the last few miles to Fowey, where the pilgrims would set sail across the sea. 

An alternative route (covering the last 11 miles) passes through Tywardreath, site of a medieval monastic settlement.

Most people choose to do the walk in two days, stopping in the Bodmin area. For more information, Bodmin Tourist Information Centre.


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