Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward

A rough walk to Cornwall's Highest Point


Route outline for walk co168:

St Breward  -  Churchtown  -  Lady Down  -  West Candra  -  Lower Candra  -  King Arthur's Hall  -  Bodmin Moor  -  Garrow Tor  -  Butter's Tor  -  Brown Willy  -  Little Rough Tor  -  Rough Tor  -  Louden Hill  -  Alex Tor  -  Treswallock  -  St Breward



Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The name 'Brown Willy' is thought to come from the Cornish for High Hill - 'Brone Whella'

The odd shaped lumps of rock strewn across so many of the South West's tors are collectively known as 'clitter'.


Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
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English
Mountains
Wainwright
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Wainwrights
 English Nuttalls
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English
Nuttalls
Dewey
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English
Deweys
Wainwright Outlying Fell
0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
1
Marilyn
Bridget
0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Brown Willy at 420m (1378ft). Brown Willy is classified as an English Marilyn (95th highest in England, 1166th highest in the UK). The summit of Brown Willy is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Brown Willy is the highest point in the county of Cornwall.


You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)


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

109 Bodmin Moor


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

200 Newquay & Bodmin, Camelford & St Austell


201 Plymouth & Launceston, Tavistock & Looe


Some Photos and Pictures from Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward

In no particular order . . .

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Brown Willy Summit cairn and Trig Point

Brown Willy Summit cairn and Trig Point

Photo: Craig Roberts (1)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Brown Willy

Brown Willy

Photo: Liz Slater (2)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - On Rough Tor

On Rough Tor

Photo: Chris Sinclair (5)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - On the summit of Brown Willy

On the summit of Brown Willy

Photo: Patrick Fludder (1)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Brown Willy from Garrow Tor

Brown Willy from Garrow Tor

Photo: Liz Slater (1)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Rough Tor

Rough Tor

Photo: Chris Sinclair (3)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Rough Tor from King Arthur's Hall

Rough Tor from King Arthur's Hall

Photo: Fiona Winnington (2)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - More ponies on Bodmin Moor

More ponies on Bodmin Moor

Photo: Liz Slater (8)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - On Little Rough Tor

On Little Rough Tor

Photo: Chris Sinclair (1)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Little Rough Tor from Rough Tor

Little Rough Tor from Rough Tor

Photo: Chris Sinclair (4)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Little Rough Tor from Brown Willy

Little Rough Tor from Brown Willy

Photo: Craig Roberts (2)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - More ponies on Bodmin Moor

More ponies on Bodmin Moor

Photo: Liz Slater (7)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Woodland Stream

Woodland Stream

Photo: Fiona Winnington (3)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Brown Willy Summit Trig Point

Brown Willy Summit Trig Point

Photo: Liz Slater (4)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Bodmin Moor from Brown Willy

Bodmin Moor from Brown Willy

Photo: Craig Roberts (3)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Rough Tor from Brown Willy

Rough Tor from Brown Willy

Photo: Liz Slater (3)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Rough Tor

Rough Tor

Photo: Chris Sinclair (2)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - On Brown Willy

On Brown Willy

Photo: Craig Roberts (4)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - West Candra (or Lower Candra)

West Candra (or Lower Candra)

Photo: Fiona Winnington (1)

Walk co168 Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor from St Breward - Descending Rough Tor

Descending Rough Tor

Photo: Chris Sinclair (6)


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