St Ives, Cornwall

Moorland meander

🕒 Breakfast, Mid morning, Lunchtime, Mid afternoon

Starting in St Ives, cycle through some of the most beautiful sights in Cornwall on your way to Zenor and back through the Cornish moorlands

Moorland meander

You'll start in St Ives and cycle to Zennor, passing Rosewall hill on the way. At Zennor, stop for some refreshments before carrying on, cycling past ancient ruins, old mines, and the beautiful moorland.

Itinerary

St Ives

Start your tour is St Ives and head up the Higher Stennack Road, passing the Fire Station and Leach Pottery. Keep going to the next strop 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 Moomaid in Zennor

The Moomaid in Zennor

Moomaid of Zennor make luxury Cornish ice cream on their family run dairy farm perched on the cliffs between Zennor Hill and the Atlantic Ocean. Their ice cream can be found across Cornwall but is best here

Stay for 20 minutes

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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

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Lanyon Quoit

Lanyon Quoit

Lanyon Quoit is a scheduled Neolithic chambered tomb near Madron. Re-erected after an 1815 collapse, it now gives visitors a compact prehistoric landmark within the wider West Penwith ritual landscape

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Ding Dong Mines

Ding Dong Mines

Ding Dong Mines are part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site, with a surviving engine house on open moorland near Madron

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Chysauster Ancient Village

Chysauster Ancient Village

Inhabited from about 100BC until the 3rd Century AD, Chysauster Ancient Village is currently under the care of English Heritage. It's one of the best preserved ancient villages in Britain. If you're visiting, you'll have to pay an admission fee to English Heritage

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Route map

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