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St Ives Bay – Godrevy Lighthouse loop from Red River

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St Ives Bay – Godrevy Lighthouse loop from Red River

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St Ives Bay – Godrevy Lighthouse loop from Red River

00:52

3.22km

40m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: July 17, 2026

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422 m

View of Godrevy Lighthouse

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful old lighthouse on an offshore island

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494 m

Gwithian Beach

Highlight • Viewpoint

Nice Beach for surfing

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782 m

The seals at Mutton Cove are easiest to spot at low tide when they're out of the water on the beach. But even at high tide you are likely to be able to see their heads bobbing in the water. Look for grey, buoy-like objects in the water.

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1.48 km

Godrevy Lighthouse and St Ives Bay

Highlight • Monument

1.58 km

Godrevy Cove

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Godrevy Head at the eastern end of St Ives Bay, overlooking Godrevy Island and its lighthouse, offers one of Cornwall's most beautiful sunsets. The lighthouse on Godrevy Iceland is said to have inspired the writer Virginia Woolf to her novel "To the Lighthouse". West of Godrevy Head is a series of breathtaking beaches such as Gwithian Beach, where Atlantic waves meet at full speed.

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1.97 km

Godrevy Towans

Highlight • Natural

1.99 km

St Ives Bay

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St Ives Bay is a large and crescent-shaped bay that stretches 6 miles (10 km) from the centre of Saint Ives around Godrevy Head to Godrevy Lighthouse. The River Hayle flows into St Ives Bay via the broad tidal estuary, which is a good place for birdwatching as the RSPB runs a reserve nearby.

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2.23 km

Godrevy Lighthouse

Highlight • Monument

Godrevy Lighthouse is perched on Godrevy Island. Its light has been warning seafarers of Stone Reef which reaches across St Ives Bay since 1859.

Such is the power of the sea that builders were left stuck on the island during its construction. Before the 1930s when the light became automatic, the lighthouse keepers lived in the cottages on the island. You can now also see the solar panels that power the light.

Godrevy Lighthouse was the inspiration for Virginia Woolf's novel, 'To the Lighthouse'. Although the book was set in the Isle of Skye, Woolf spent her childhood summers in St Ives at Talland House, right across the Bay from Godrevy.

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.33 km

1.22 km

628 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.43 km

1.33 km

420 m

< 100 m

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Friday 17 July

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St Ives Bay – Godrevy Lighthouse loop from Red River

View of Godrevy Lighthouse

Gwithian Beach

Seals at Mutton Cove

Godrevy Lighthouse and St Ives Bay

Godrevy Cove

Godrevy Towans

St Ives Bay

Godrevy Lighthouse

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