New 150-mile Cornish cycle route to open in the autumn
Everywhere has a cycle route now! I hope there is some detailed evaluation of the actual impact of this latest initiative planned as I think it will be really helpful to map the outcomes arising from this sort of initiative and to begin a sharing process in terms of the emerging results.
A new Cornish cycling route that takes in some of the UK’s most spectacular coastal scenery as well as atmospheric old industrial works and bronze age monuments is due to open in the autumn.
Called the West Kernow Way, the 150-mile route begins and ends in Penzance and is designed to take four days to complete.
The charity Cycling UK has been working for more than a year on developing the project, plotting a route using bridleways, byways and quiet stretches of country road.
Highlights will include Land’s End, the most westerly place in mainland England, the Lizard Point, the most southerly spot of mainland Britain, and the island castle and gardens of St Michael’s Mount.
Other attractions include the tin mine engine houses that cling to the cliffs at Botallack and the open air Minack Theatre, which perches above the Atlantic.
Cyclists will also be able to visit the extraordinary standing stones Mên-an-Tol and Carn Brea, the hilltop castle and monument.
Sophie Gordon, Cycling UK’s campaigns officer, said: “The landscape has so much to offer, from the natural beauty of Lizard Point to the wilds of the north coast, but we want to dive into the culture and history of Cornwall too.