St Ives, Cornwall

Land's End loop

🕒 Breakfast, Mid morning, Lunchtime

Taking you from St Ives to Penzance, this tour explores everything along the way - including Land's End

Land's End loop

Start your tour in St Ives and begin your journey towards Land's End. Pass through picturesque villages, National Trust sites, and old mines from the 19th and 20th centuries.

When you reach Land's End, take a picture, cycle east, and have a bite to eat at the Apple Tree Café.

On your way to Penzance, you'll pass through more beautiful villages, gawk at the Cornish coastline, and explore neolithic stone circles.

Itinerary

St Ives

Start your tour in St Ives and head up the Higher Stennack Road, passing the Fire Station and Leach Pottery. Keep going to the next stop and look for the ocean

Rosewall Hill

Rosewall Hill

A National Trust-managed hill near St Ives, with open moorland views towards Godrevy, St Ives Bay and the west Cornwall coast

Map for Rosewall Hill
The Gurnard's Head

The Gurnard's Head

Named after the rocky headland that resembles the head of an unusual looking fish, the Gurnard's Head is a lovely gastro pub surrounded by spectacular scenery. If it's safe to do so, look up when cycling. There's often buzzards, kestrels, and even red kites soaring in the skies above

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Carn Galver Mine

Carn Galver Mine

Carn Galver Mine is a 19th-century tin-mining complex beside the National Trust car park at Carn Galva. Its two main surviving engine houses reflect the tin and copper mining history of West Penwith

Stay for 5 minutes

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Geevor Tin Mine

Geevor Tin Mine

Operational between 1911 and 1990, Geevor Tin Mine now serves as a museum where visitors can explore the story of the Cornish tin and copper mining industry. If you're in the area for longer, it's well worth a visit to the museum

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Land's End

Land's End

Landmark headland at the western tip of Cornwall, with Atlantic views, cliff-top paths and visitor facilities around the famous signpost

Stay for 20 minutes

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Apple Tree Café

Apple Tree Café

Family-run, plant-based cafe near Land's End serving breakfasts, lunches, cakes, cream teas and Vood Coffee, with indoor/outdoor seating and local art

Stay for 20 minutes

Map for Apple Tree Café
Merry Maidens Stone Circle

Merry Maidens Stone Circle

Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age stone circle near St Buryan, with 19 graded stones and the local legend of dancers turned to stone

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Route map

Map for Land's End loop

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