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The Hurlers Stone Circles – Golitha Falls loop from Cornwall National Landscape

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The Hurlers Stone Circles – Golitha Falls loop from Cornwall National Landscape

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The Hurlers Stone Circles – Golitha Falls loop from Cornwall National Landscape

03:19

44.2km

760m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 17.1 km for 122 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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8.65 km

St Nonna's Church

Highlight • Historical Site

St Nonna's Church is an impressive sight and known locally as the 'Cathedral of the Moors'. The church was built in the 15th century with local granite from the moors.

St Nonna was the mother of St David, who travelled through Cornwall as a Celtic missionary on her way to Europe around the year 527.

It is well worth a visit inside the church to see the carved bench ends, the square Norman font and the timber beams.

Tip by

17.2 km

Barnpark Plantation

Forest

25.2 km

The Hurlers Stone Circles

Highlight • Natural Monument

Britain has tens of thousands of stone circles (the largest being Avebury, which encircles an entire Wiltshire village), but the trio of circles known as the Hurlers is one of our favourites to walk to. High on Bodmin Moor, near the village of Minions, the three circles are thought to be all that remains of a group of boys who went out to play the traditional game of hurling one Sunday, instead of going to church – and were turned to stone for their sacrilege. According to local legend, it’s impossible to count the same number of stones twice.

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29.0 km

King Doniert's Stone

Highlight • Monument

King Doniert's Stone - a decorated granite base for a Celtic Memorial cross that dates to the late 9th Century. It is thought to have been built to commemorate Doniert, the last recorded king of Cornwall.

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30.4 km

Golitha Falls

Highlight • Natural Monument

A short distance from the road is Golitha Falls, where the river Fowey drops through Drakes Wood.

Golitha Falls is a National Nature Reserve (NNR) and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). In the spring it is blanketed with bluebells.

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38.4 km

Colliford Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

Colliford is the largest lake in Cornwall and the road passing by it provides superb views.

There are plentiful picnic spots alongside the lake, but watch out for ponies roaming free who might steal a sandwich.

Watersports aren't allowed here which makes for a peaceful area, but you may spot a fly fisher seeking out an elusive brown trout.

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42.0 km

View of Brown Willy from Colliford Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

Brown Willy (Bronn Wennili) meaning 'Hill of Swallows', the highest hill in Cornwall! Enjoy great views of it from across the water here at Colliford Lake.

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44.1 km

Jamaica Inn

Highlight • Pub

Surely Cornwall's most famous inn, this is the setting of Daphne Du Maurier's novel 'Jamaica Inn'. The pub is a Grade II-listed building and was built in the mid-18th century. It was a well known smugglers inn and is today quite a tourist destination. In the heart of Bodmin Moor, it certainly occupies an impressive position.

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44.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

36.1 km

6.42 km

1.46 km

237 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

25.9 km

10.5 km

7.36 km

343 m

127 m

Elevation

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Highest point (360 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

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The Hurlers Stone Circles – Golitha Falls loop from Cornwall National Landscape

St Nonna's Church

The Hurlers Stone Circles

King Doniert's Stone

Golitha Falls

Colliford Lake

View of Brown Willy from Colliford Lake

Jamaica Inn

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