The
Trelowarren Woodland Walk is
justly famous. In the course
of it, you can visit a
Victorian folly, the highest
point on The Lizard, an Iron
Age Hill Fort, a river
formed by the Ice Age and an
18th century garden.
The
walk is open year-round to
timesharers and
self-caterers staying with
us, and to the visiting
public between 1st April and
30th September. A leaflet is
available from the Estate
Office setting out the
options. The main walk is
about four miles (6.5km)
long, but there are also
shorter, circular walks of
one and two miles (1.6 -
3.2km) and an "extension" to
Tremayne Quay, on the
Helford, which is 2.5 miles
(4km) each way.
All the walks are varied
and provide a wonderful
mixed landscape of views,
historic features, natural
variety and more ordered
planting - with the
occasional bonus of rare
wildlife. Specific points of
interest include:
The Turret: A clever
Victorian reworking of old
stones to resemble part of a
medieval fortification.
The Mount: Built with
earth cleared to build a
drive, again in the 19th
century. The highest point
on the peninsula.
The
Fogou: A Cornish mystery. A
large underground chamber
with a single, narrow entry
beneath an Iron Age Hill
Fort.
Ilex Avenue: So-called
because it is the botanical
name for the ancient
Mediterranean oaks planted
here in the 19th century.
Long Valley: Glorious
views and an extraordinary
collection of trees, foreign
and native: Douglas Fir,
Sitka Spruce, Lawson
Cypress, Hemlock, Redwood
and Radiata as well as Ash,
Beech and Oak.
Tremayne Quay: Reached
through beautiful National
Trust woods and overlooking
the sailing and fishing
paradise of the Helford
River.
The
Pleasure Garden: Dionysus
Williams' clever use of
contour and greenery to
create a contemplative
masterpiece. Now being
restored on his original
18th century plan.
The Restoration Gates:
The Vyvyans were staunch
royalists in the Civil War
and erected these Grade
1-listed gates to mark the
Restoration of the Monarchy
in 1660.
The walks all end where
they begin, at the Stable
Yard, where you will find a
plant nursery, pottery and
weaving, the Cornwall Crafts
Association gallery and of
course, the New Yard
Restaurant.
Having walked up an
appetite, where better to
satisfy it?
Trelowarren
has its own superb
restaurant, the New Yard,
which uses fresh local
ingredients for all its
dishes. Breakfast
patisseries are available
from 10:30 am and wonderful
lunches are served alfresco,
with cream teas to follow an
afternoon walk, a day on the
beach or a voyage of
exploration round the
National Maritime Museum in
Falmouth, The Tate Gallery
St Ives or further afield to
The Eden Project.