Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: open countryside.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a gate.
- This entrance is to the left from the Lantic Bay car park.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: access to the countryside area.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: parking.
- Parking is free for National Trust members but chargeable for all other visitors.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Par.
- Par train station is approximately 5 miles from Fowey car park.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking (Lantic Bay)
- This site has a car park.
- This is an open air car park with a compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: loose chippings and a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Parking (Fowey Public Car Park)
- This property does not have a car park.
- Nearby parking includes: an open air public car park.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Outdoor Spaces
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- The access points to the area are located across the road from Lantic Bay car park and also in the Fowey Public car park.
- There is a gate at the surveyed access point which opens away from you (push).
- The gate is not self-closing.
- The gate has a latch lock.
- The width of the gap is 103cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, grass, gravel and compact earth.
- Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no step-free level access around the area.
- There are steep ramps/slopes without handrails and more than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas.
- There are steep slopes along the entirety of the walk.
There are steps without handrails on the start of the walk from Pencarrow Head. - There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- The paths have gates which may create obstacles for some users.
Hikes and Trails
- The walk is approximately 3 miles long.
- The route from Lantic Bay car park heads out to Pencarrow Head and then along the coastal path to the Fowey Ferry.
- The walk is open 24 hours.
- None of the paths are lit at night.
- The route includes the following surfaces: tarmac, grass and gravel.
- Some of the route contains steep gradients and steps.
- These are found in the following areas: along the coastal path and from the Fowey car park.
- There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
- The route is not clearly signposted.
- The route travels through areas which are busy with traffic and pedestrians.
- Seating is available on the route.
- There are no toilet facilities along the route.