Copper Trail
A 60-mile long-distance walk in Cornwall circling the boundary of Bodmin Moor, passing through sites of ancient and modern interest. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SX 260 711
Distance: 60 miles (96 km)
Time: 24–30 hours
Duration: 4–6 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
107 St Austell, Liskeard, Fowey, Looe and Lostwithiel
109 Bodmin Moor, Bodmin, Camelford and Liskeard
111 Bude, Boscastle and Tintagel
Summary
The Copper Trail is a 60-mile circular walking route in Cornwall that encircles Bodmin Moor, passing through varied landscapes ranging from ancient history through the industrial revolution to modern times. Towns and villages within the environs and on the fringes of the moor are also featured. Bodmin Moor is famous for the copper mines that brought wealth to the county, with Minions and Caradon Hill once the center of a great copper mining boom. From Minions, the walk visits Crow’s Nest, Tremar Coombe, Common Moor, Draynes Bridge, St Neot, Whitebarrow Downs, Colliford Lake, Mount, Old Cardinham Castle, Deviock Wood, Cooksland (Bodmin), Clerkenwater, the River Camel, Hellandbridge, Blisland, Pendrift Downs, St Breward, Churchtown, Harpur’s Downs, Watergate, Pencarrow, Camelford, Higher Parkwalls, Crowdy Reservoir, Davidstow Woods, Bowithick, West Carne, South Carne, Trewint, Five Lanes, Stonaford, Trebartha, North Hill, Kingbeare, and Henwood.