The South West Coast Path website had information on walks, including these two walks that we did in Falmouth. The South West Coast Path itself follows the coast from Poole to Minehead; the website also covers other area walks.
Pendennis Castle Walk
We did a portion of this walk, picking it up at the point closest to where we were staying in Falmouth. The first stretch through town went past some colorful houses before heading over to the opposite coast.
Once at the coast you can see the peninsula in one direction and down the coast to the beach in the other direction.
Sometimes you can catch a glimpse of the castle on the point. We walked over to the castle but didn’t go inside. We weren’t interested enough to pay the entrance fee. They did let us stand inside the covered entrance while a rain shower passed by. We had rain off and on all day.
Many signs in Cornwall were in both English and Cornish.
We thought this car trailer was a creative take on mobile signage.
The old stone wall and gate contrasts with the modern beach housing behind it.
We got a good look and some good photos of magpies and realize they aren’t just black and white.
Falmouth Town Walk
This walk — which we also picked up at a spot close to where we were staying — took us through residential neighborhoods and the university over to the opposite coast. We saw lots of older houses along the way.
At Swanpool Beach we saw colorful beach huts and colorful kayakers heading out. It looked like a school group. We enjoyed watching and sympathizing with them as they launched. We know how hard getting into a kayak can be.
The last stretch down to the beach is an actual footpath rather than city street. There’s a good view of the coast from the beach.
After leaving the beach you follow a series of footpaths along and around Swanpool, which you can’t see from the path. Somewhere in this network of paths we took a wrong turn but once we rejoined civilization we found our location on Google maps and carried on from there. It’s a narrow peninsula; you can’t get too lost. The remainder of the walk was again through town.
