Walk co100 Tintagel Castle and Trebarwith Sands from Tintagel

This 4¾ mile, Grade 3 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Tintagel & will take about 2½ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:4¾mls (7.5km)
Ascent:807ft (246m)
Time:2½hrs
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Route outline for walk co100:

Tintagel  -  Tintagel Castle  -  Tintagel Haven  -  Tintagel Head  -  Glebe Cliff  -  Dunderhole Point  -  Penhallic Point  -  Hole Beach  -  Trebarwith Sands  -  Trelake  -  Treknow  -  Two Acre Farm  -  Tintagel

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The owners of Tintagel Head suggest the ruined monastery on the island was the location of King Arthur's Camelot. Sadly there is no proof that King Arthur ever visited the area(but no proof that he didn't!)

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Wainwrights
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Nuttalls
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Deweys
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Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Explorer 111 Bude, Boscastle & Tintagel is not currently available


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Landranger 200 Newquay & Bodmin, Camelford & St Austell is not currently available



Some Photos and Pictures from Walk co100 Tintagel Castle and Trebarwith Sands from Tintagel

In no particular order . . .

The South West Coast Path between Tintagel and Port Issac

The South West Coast Path between Tintagel and Port Issac

Photo: Patrick Plant (2)

Tintagel Church

Tintagel Church

Photo: Kat Rimmington (1)

Tintagel Bay

Tintagel Bay

Photo: Melissa Tuttle (8)

Tintagel Head from near Merlin Caves

Tintagel Head from near Merlin Caves

Photo: Zoe Corbin (1)

My son at Tintagel Castle

My son at Tintagel Castle

Photo: Vicky Cockett (1)

My dog and hubby after a steep cliff climb near Tintagel

My dog and hubby after a steep cliff climb near Tintagel

Photo: Georgia Mills (1)


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