Stretch your budget, not your sense of adventure.
Travel further. Spend less. Adventure more.
South West Coast Path, on a shoestring and under big skies.
Travel further. Spend less. Adventure more.
Seven days of wild Cornish coast on a backpacker budget.
Travel further. Spend less. Adventure more.
South West Coast Path Itinerary
Travel further. Spend less. Adventure more.
This South West Coast Path plan is built for a flexible road trip with big cliff views, budget stays, and time for detours — not a rushed through-hike.
Day 1 — St Agnes → Perranporth
- Trevaunance Cove
- St Agnes Head
- Hanover Cove
- Chapel Porth
- Holywell Bay
- Perranporth Beach
Day 2 — Perranporth → Portreath
- Dramatic cliffs
- Old mining landscapes
- Porthtowan Beach
- Chapel Coombe
- Portreath Harbour
Day 3 — Portreath → St Ives
✦ My personal favourite 🙂
- Godrevy
- Godrevy Lighthouse
- Gwithian Beach
- Hayle Estuary
- St Ives Harbour
Day 4 — St Ives → Zennor
✦ My second favourite 🙂
- Clodgy Point
- Zennor Head
- Dramatic Atlantic views
Day 5 — Zennor → St Just
- Cape Cornwall
- Old tin mines
- Botallack
- Levant Mine
- Pendeen Watch
Day 6 — St Just → Land’s End → Porthcurno
- Land’s End
- Sennen Cove
- Pedn Vounder
- Porthcurno Beach
- Minack Theatre
Day 7 — Porthcurno → Lizard Peninsula
- Walk part of the coast around Porthcurno
- Visit Kynance Cove
- Walk around Lizard Point
- Finish at the southernmost point of mainland Britain
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