Distance: 1.75 miles Duration: approx 1hr
The public footpath starts a short distance up Redvale Road
nearby. Turn right at the “T” junction and pass along the boundary wall to
the school until you see the public footpath running up the side of the cottage
on your left.
The cottage is well known locally for it’s large population of cats which make a picturesque sight sitting on the five bar gate at dusk. So keep your eyes peeled as you walk in a westerly direction down the end wall of the cottage. Follow the hedge, cattle permitting, until you can cross the stone stile at the end of the field on your left contains a fine level football pitch used for local league matches. Keep heading west across the next field until you reach the stile, from where you will see Tremeer House beautifully framed by it’s spectacular grounds.
The path now heads steeply down the hill
following the hedge. On those rare occasions when it snows heavily the field
becomes the local Cresta Run. At the bottom you discover a wooden walkway which
you cross to the vertical slate stile. Caution is needed as this area can be
quite boggy. From here the path steeply ascends in a north westerly direction
past hedges on the left and right to a wooden stile in the fence ahead.
Sometimes you can see buzzards gliding above.
Continue up the field following the hedge and through the
rickety gate to the next field. With every step upwards the view gradually
becomes more picturesque until near the top you can see a great distance. To the
north east you can see Roughtor (Cornwall’s second highest point), to the
south east, the China clay workings near St. Austell. (the “Cornish Alps”),
and St. Tudy nestling amongst the trees.
At the top of the hill a stile takes you onto the top lane from where it is possible to see the North Coast. Turn right and proceed single file along the lane which runs along the ridge of Head Hill. Please take care to watch for traffic because this road is used for a short cut between the Camelford/ Bodmin main road. There are numerous gateways along side this stretch overlooking St. Tudy village and the rear of Tremeer House. The original Tremeer House was destroyed by fire at the turn of the century and rebuilt with a stone façade and an ashlar render on the rear to resemble stone courses. At this distance you won’t see this unless you happen to have 10 x 50 binoculars handy.
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As one approaches the junction a commanding view of Roughtor easily recognised by it’s craggy outline constructed of perfectly balanced boulders emerges behind the wooden fence. It is possible to rock some of these boulders emerges behind the wooden fence. It is possible to rock these some of these boulders providing you are not blown off the hill by the strong south westerly prevailing winds. |
Turn right at the junction heading down the hill and follow this road back to St. Tudy past the farm outbuildings and the front entrance to Tremeer House. In the spring or summer the grounds are open to the public in aid of charity and well worth a visit. A donation box is situated on the end of the drive.
| Keep following Wadebridge road into St. Tudy and you pass
the village hall on your right, built and maintained by fund raising within the
village. Still further up the road you pass the former cobbler’s shop, which
used to be a green tin building on the left. At one time St. Tudy was largely
self sufficient, having many shops and services such as a tailor, a grocery
shops (one combined with a post office), a garage filling station, a builder, a
stone mason, two carpentry shops and a doctor’s surgery. |
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