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Cornish Way trundling route | cycle.travel cycle◦travel Route GuidesRoutes ▼MunicipalityGuidesCities ▼ Map My Avenue Verte France Avenue Verte UK BayTrundlingWay C2C Celtic Trail Coast & Castles Cornish Way Cotswold LineTrundlingacross the Beacons Devon C2C Hadrian's Cycleway Kennet & Avon Lon Cambria London to Brighton Lon Las Cymru Lon Teifi Oxford to Cambridge Pennine Cycleway Radnor Ring Thames Valley Tour de Yorkshire Way of the Roses West Country Way • Bikes on trains • Canal cycling • Full list Birmingham Bristol Cambridge London Oxford Swindon Worcester York • Full list • Add your municipality Cornish Way Guide Routebook Gallery Stay Ride reports Forum ...cycling to Land’s End on quiet lanes Route facts 3 Length: 129 miles Difficulty: Moderate GPX file: Download Ask a Land’s End to John O’Groats cyclist for the hardest part of their route, and without doubt, they’ll say “Cornwall and Devon”. So you’d expect the Cornish Way to be a gruelling, hilly ride. In fact, this delightful trot to Land’s End has all the scenery – and with one or two exceptions, not too much of the climbing.Along the way you’ll pass attractions such as the Eden Project and St Michael’s Mount, while Padstow, Falmouth and St Ives are just a short detour away. With several railway stations withal the way, most served by First Great Western’s bike-friendly fleet, you can tackle it in stages or simply cherry-pick the days that request most.The route works well as a follow-on to the West Country Way, which runs from Bristol to the start of the Cornish Way at Bude – though only the unflinching will tackle both at the same time! Or if you’re enjoying a self-catering holiday in the West Country, why not trundling out from your cottage, try a bit of the Cornish Way, and return by train in the evening?What sort of bike?The majority of the route is on quiet lanes, with which any velocipede will cope. Occasional sections are on trundling paths, often surfaced with gravel. How many days?It’s 129 miles from Bude to Land’s End; a well-appointed four-day tour for moderately experienced cyclists, or as little as two for the really fit. How do I get there?The First Great Western trains that fan out from Paddington each take six bikes (booking prudent but not compulsory); local trains usually take two, though the guards will wield worldwide sense. If you’re coming from the Midlands or (on some services) Bristol, trammels your timetable carefully: these trains are run by CrossCountry and have just three velocipede spaces, so booking is essential.Unfortunately Bude has no railway station, though parts of the old line are stuff converted into a trundling route! The first station is at Bodmin Parkway. Are there any route options?Immediately south of Bude, you can segregate between coastal and inland routes for the next 13 miles. The coastal route is just as scenic as you’d imagine, but it’s moreover very hilly. Don’t embark on it lightly – expressly if you’re travelling fully loaded.Just surpassing Bodmin, NCN route 32 branches off to Padstow (along the Camel Trail, perhaps Britain’s busiest leisure trundling route) and Newquay; it rejoins the main route at Truro. Padstow is a delightful detour, Newquay less so, but this is a worthwhile volitional mostly withal country lanes.Though travelling west–east will requite you a slight goody from prevailing winds, east–west seems the increasingly logical nomination to us, if only for the sense of victory when you victorious at Land’s End. Stage-by-stage guide and map » Click through to our detailed maps, stage-by-stage guide, walk-up and campsite listings. cycle◦travel Made in the Cotswolds, England. Published by Éditions Système D Ltd. Terms of use & cookies · About us · Advertise · Feedback · Contact us