Hayle Towans

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

0.1 km SE · spans 4 counties

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.1 km SW · spans 24 counties

The best of Cornwall's coast and moor, gathered into a dozen protected stretches around the county

3.4 km NE

The white tower off St Ives that Virginia Woolf watched as a child and turned into the distant beacon of her novel To the Lighthouse.

4.4 km N

Light-filled seaside town of galleries and white-sand beaches, home to Tate St Ives above its old fishing harbour.

4.5 km W · Cornwall

Modern-art gallery overlooking Porthmeor Beach, showing the work of St Ives' celebrated 20th-century artists.

4.8 km W