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King Charles III England Coast Path: Newquay to Penzance

Waymarked Way · Cornwall

700

XP

about 7 h 30 min walking

Strenuous
33.61 km
Linear
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

479 m

Drop

544 m

Highest

88 m

Lowest

0 m

Walking time

about 7 h 30 min

Which way round

Downhill: Easy first 3.8 km, climbs 18% for 230 m midway, comes down 14% for 320 m early on.

Uphill: Easy first 18.0 km, climbs 14% for 320 m near the end, comes down 18% for 230 m midway.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main climb: km 3.8–4.4, from 19 m to 82 m.

How the 33.5 km splits

Flat

18.5 km

Climbing

6.4 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.2 km

Descending

8.1 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.3 km

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