GentleLoop
Land’s End to Sennen and back
Cornwall
The best short introduction to Cornish coast running. Big views, a clear path and a beach and a café at the end of it.
- Distance
- 9.5K
- Ascent
- 210m
- Time
- 1h 10m – 2h
Where to run
Coastal routes, starting in Cornwall
Real notes from people who run these in February as well as August. What the ground is like, where to park, where the water is, and where it stops being a nice jog.
5 routes
Cornwall
HardPoint to point
St Ives to Zennor
Cornwall
Famously the most technical stretch of the South West Coast Path. Slow, brilliant and not a place to chase a time.
- Distance
- 11K
- Ascent
- 520m
- Time
- 1h 45m – 3h
GentleLoop
Mount’s Bay: Penzance to Marazion
Cornwall
Flat, obvious and beautiful. The route the club runs when the weather is filthy and everyone still wants to be outside.
- Distance
- 12K
- Ascent
- 70m
- Time
- 1h – 1h 30m
ModerateLoop
Cape Cornwall & the Tin Coast loop
Cornwall
Engine houses, cliffs and old mine workings on a stretch of coast that looks like nowhere else in England.
- Distance
- 17K
- Ascent
- 640m
- Time
- 2h – 3h 15m
ModerateLoop
Lizard Point & Kynance Cove loop
Cornwall
The southern tip of England, plus the best-looking cove on this coast. Short, steep steps and no shade.
- Distance
- 13K
- Ascent
- 380m
- Time
- 1h 30m – 2h 30m
1 route
Sussex, Kent & the South East
ModerateLoop
Seven Sisters & Cuckmere Haven
Sussex, Kent & the South East
The first route outside Cornwall on the site, on the stretch of coast where the King Charles III England Coast Path was inaugurated.
- Distance
- 16K
- Ascent
- 480m
- Time
- 1h 40m – 2h 45m
Know a stretch of coast properly?
We are adding routes around the English coast as we find people who genuinely know them — the parking, the tides, where the water is, which bit is horrible in February. That is the bar. If that is you, get in touch and we will help you write it up.