Best 2024 New Year's Day walks in Cornwall National Trust

We’ve picked ten of our favourite local National Trust walks to get you in the mood for 2024.

Carne Beach, Cornwall (Image: National Trust Images Hugh Mothersole)

Carne Beach to Nare Head circular walk

This walk takes in a wooded valley and offers views from the tip of Nare Head and from the South West Coast Path. Things to look out for on the way include a Bronze Age barrow, an Iron Age earthwork and a Second World War decoy bunker.

The lighthouse at Lizard Point, Cornwall (Image: National Trust Images David Sellman)

Lizard Point walk: the most southerly place in Britain

Take in dramatic views of the Atlantic, visit the lighthouse and look out for local wildlife on this enjoyable walk around the most southerly point in Britain.

A view of the Milky Way from Chapel Carn Brea, Cornwall (Image: Chris Colyer)

Chapel Carn Brea stargazing walk

Choose a clear night to take this short circular walk to the summit of the most south-westerly of the West Penwith hills and soak up the starry beauty of the dark skies. Please note this walk starts at Chapel Carn Brea car park, which is a 15-minute drive from Cape Cornwall.

Steep steps on the coast path leading past flowering blackthorn blossom (Image: National Trust Images Liz Abdey)

Medieval mills & a ruined Victorian factory walk near Lizard Point

Discover medieval mills and the ruins of the once prosperous Victorian polished stoneware factory tucked behind the cove, on this walk down to the sea through the picturesque Poltesco valley.

Sunset over Messack Point and the Carrick Roads, on Cornwall's Roseland peninsula (Image: National Trust Images Harry Davies)

Messack creek and woodland walk on the Roseland

Starting from the magical waterside churchyard at St Just in Roseland (Betjeman's 'most beautiful churchyard on earth'), explore the peninsula's winding wooded creeks, farmland and coast paths. From Messack Point, your reward for the climb will be far-reaching views across the Carrick Roads, including Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, Mylor and Restronguet.

St Anthony Head lighthouse at sundown (Image: National Trust Emma Shepherd)

St Anthony Head circular walk

At the tip of the Roseland peninsula, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, St Anthony Head commands panoramic views across Falmouth Bay.

The headland is now a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest, while the military fort has been of strategic importance for centuries, guarding the entrance to Falmouth harbour.

Looking through the oak trees towards Roundwood Quay, Trelissick (Image: National Trust Images Hilary Daniel)

Trelissick to Roundwood Quay secluded stroll

Walk through historic parkland, along an oak-fringed creek and over a timber bridge to reach the Iron Age promontory fort and 18th-century quay at Roundwood. You'll find wonderful views of the River Fal, a historic landscape and plenty of wildlife to spot.

Heather on St Agnes Head (Image: National Trust Images Hugh Mothersole)

St Agnes Head circular walk

This coastal walk passes the remains of a Second World War training camp, a National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) lookout, and acres of windswept heathland.

Views to the sea from Godolphin Hill (Image: National Trust Images James Dobson)

Godolphin Hill walk

Enjoy a gentle ramble up to the top of Godolphin Hill, which offers one of the most impressive views over West Cornwall you can find – on a clear day stretching to St Michael's Mount and St Ives bay.

Godrevy Lighthouse at sunset (Image: National Trust Images John Miller)

Godrevy to Hell's Mouth coastal walk

Taking you around Godrevy headland to the dramatic Hell's Mouth and back again via exhilarating clifftop pathways and glorious ocean views, this trail also takes in the wonderful heathland of the Knavocks.

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