Mount’s Bay: Penzance to Marazion

Flat, obvious and beautiful. The route the club runs when the weather is filthy and everyone still wants to be outside.

GentleLoopPromenadeCompacted pathBeach at low water

Distance

12K

Ascent

70m

Difficulty

Gentle

Time

1h – 1h 30m

This is our home run. Out along the promenade past the Jubilee Pool, onto the path behind the beach, and all the way to Marazion with St Michael’s Mount sitting there being unreasonably photogenic the entire way.

It is the easiest route on the site and the one we send new runners to first. No navigation, no cliffs, a hard surface most of the way and a turnaround point with several places to buy a coffee.

On a spring tide at low water you can run a good part of the return on firm sand, which is a completely different and much better run.

The map

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Safety notes for this route

Check the tide before planning to run back along the sand; the bay covers quickly.
The promenade is shared with walkers, dogs and cyclists.

Seasonal considerations

Storm surges can put waves over the promenade in winter — the seafront is sometimes closed and it is closed for a reason.
The beach return is only there at lower states of the tide.