A Choice of Walks in Looe, Cornwall

A quick post today. Looe has some lovely walks other than walking through the town or alongside the river.

Three such walks start in the Millpool car park, where most visitors usually park their cars.

The car park is next to the river, so has some lovely views taking in Kilminorth Woods. 

One of the walks includes a visit to the Giants Hedge, believed to be a 6th century earthwork. Probably built for defence purposes.

All of the walks begin at the far end of Millpool car park where there is a large wooden gate and a map / information board. There are a choice of three colour coded walks. The photo below is where the walks start out.

So everything is nice and easy and you shouldn't get lost! But, of course, there is a snag: you have to pay a car parking fee. On my last visit the charges were as follows.

~ Up to 1 hour - £0.70

~ 1 to 2 hours - £2.30

~ 2 to 3 hours - £3.60

~ 3 to 4 hours - £4.70

~ 24 hours - £5.70

Also see my recent post on Looe itself:

The Quaint Fishing Port of Looe, Cornwall - 14 Photos

The Fishing Port of Looe, Cornwall

The Quaint Fishing Port of Looe, Cornwall - 14 Photos

 

We were in the popular fishing port of Looe (12-Sep-20) for the first time since the coronavirus took hold of our lives.

The bridge separates the town into West and East. We headed across the bridge into East Looe but stayed away from the main shopping street - as it was packed with people. 

Though a fishing port tourism has taken over as the main business.

We walked alongside the river. This is the view looking across the river to West Looe.

The sun was shining and everything looked at its best.

River and fishing trips were on offer.

The weather gradually clouded over when we reached the Old Lifeboat Station.

Opposite is Looe beach. People seemed to be well spaced out.

We continued walking to the far end of the beach.

Looking at the beach and West Looe.

We retraced our steps. By then there were quite a few people wandering by the river.

We continued walking until back at the bridge. 

Many people were still heading towards the town.

Two more photos from the bridge. This is looking south at the River Looe.

And the view of the river looking north.

I mentioned at the beginning of the post how we avoided all of the people in the main shopping area. Below is a photo I snapped in the month of October. As you can see the road is very narrow, so it's easy to imagine how packed this can get when there are lots of tourists in the summer months. There's not much room for social distancing.

See also:

Looe Island and St. Michael of Lammana Chapel, Cornwall

Looe Town, River and Beach