Cornwall
The Saints Way, including Mevagissey

The Saints Way splits just beyond Hellman Tor to provide two endings at Fowey.  This short walk links the two between Lanlivery & Luxulyan

 
Completed:  23 September 2003
Distance: 7 miles approx
Weather: Sunny spells, one heavy shower, turning brighter
Time: 5 hours - all photographs taken between 10:40 & 15:40
Terrain: Good path to Hellman Tor, road walking, ancient path through marshland and woods
Stiles: 6
Grade: Easy
Parking: Limited roadside parking in Lanlivery adjacent to The Crown Inn (GR: SX 079-591)
Nearest Towns: St Austell
Refreshments: The Crown Inn, Lanlivery
Toilets: No public toilets
Transport: Car
Other Walks: Pathfinder Guide No 5 -  Cornwall by Jarrold
Maps: OS Landranger No. 200
 
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Photographs
 
 

 
 
 


View from the start of the track looking in the general direction of Red Moor
 


The view across Red Moor with Bodmin on the right
 


Looking west to the china clay works north of St Austell
 


Hellman Tor from the narrow hedged path
 


Hellman Tor
 


Hellman Tor
 


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The extensive china clay workings north of St Austell with Goonbarrow on the right
 


The sculptured granite rocks at Hellman Tor
 


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Panorama from Hellman Tor looking west to the china clay works
 


These giants are twelve to fifteen feet high
 


Hellman Tor
 


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Different shapes and sizes
 


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The triangulation point perched on the top
 


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This boulder perched in a fissure
 


Saints Way marker post
 


Looking back to Hellman Tor
 


The start of the dual finish
 


Plenty of these plants on the branches of trees in the marshy conditions of Breney Common
 


Property at Lowertown
 


These look like barn conversions
 


Unusual sign at the entrance to Gunwen Farm
 


Holiday accommodation at Corgee Farm
 


The church tower at Luxulyan
 


A Cornish cross gravestone
 

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The church interior looking towards the altar
 


Stained glass window above the altar
 


Stained glass window
 


The church at Luxulyan
 


Entrance porch & tower
 


Lanlivery from Trethew
 


Direction sign just to make sure you find amongst the undergrowth
 


The Holy Well of St Brevita
 


The church at Lanlivery
 


Stained glass window above the altar
 


Stained glass window
 


A granite stone to mark the millennium
 


The Crown Inn
 


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Our accommodation at Crift
 


Looking across the inner harbour at Mevagissey
 


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Looking across the inner harbour at Mevagissey
 


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Both inner & outer harbours with properties high up on either side
 


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Looking down on the inner harbour
 


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The inner harbour
 


The coastline looking northeast from the edge of the outer harbour
 


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Looking northeast across the outer harbour
 


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Looking northeast across the outer harbour
 


Fishing boats moored alongside
 


Smaller craft moored in front of the maritime museum
 


Youngsters in their boats silhouetted against the sparkling water
 


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The inner harbour with houses stacked together on the hillside
 
 

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