Lady Vale Walk, Cardinham Woods
1.7 miles (2.7 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Cardinham Woods car park, Bodmin. Under an hour, easy.
Start: SX 100 667, and finish. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 42 m of climbing and 41 m of descent; highest point 75 m.
Facts
- Code
- SW 1348
- Distance
- 1.7 miles (2.7 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryengland.uk
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- South West
- County
- Cornwall
- Total ascent
- About 42 m. Highest point 75 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Car parks
- Car park (pay), 60 m from the start. Directions SX 100 667Car park (pay), 110 m from the start. Directions SX 099 666
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: Colesloggett Halt station (heritage railway), 1.2 km away (Directions); the bus stop at Roundabout, 1.4 km away (Directions).
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 17 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
- Café
- Woods Cafe, Fletchersbridge: at the start and finish.
As OpenStreetMap records them. Opening times change, so check before you set off.
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Connecting routes
- SW 1337Deviock Trail, Cardinham WoodsShares 1.6 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Cardinham Woods car park and Fletchersbridge. This route starts and finishes on it at Cardinham Woods car park.
- SW 1341Lidcutt Loop, Cardinham WoodsStarts and finishes on this route at Cardinham Woods car park.
- SW 1342Wheal Glynn Walk, Cardinham WoodsStarts and finishes on this route at Cardinham Woods car park.
- SW 1343Callywith Wood Walk, Cardinham WoodsStarts on this route at Cardinham Woods car park. This route finishes on it at Cardinham Woods car park.
Walks nearby
- SW 175North Cornwall TrailLong-distance route, 40.5 miles, one way. Starts 2 miles away
- SW 1197Lanhydrock Great Wood and Beech Avenue walk2.5 miles, circular. Starts 2.2 miles away
- SW 1152Lanhydrock Parkland walk3.1 miles, circular. Starts 2.2 miles away
- SW 1004Camel Trail18 miles, one way. Starts 2.5 miles away
- SW 1065Par Beach Trail4 miles, one way. Starts 8.1 miles away
- SW 1110Fowey Hall Walk, Lantic Bay4 miles, circular. Starts 9.6 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryengland.uk on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry England, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry England).
- Facts: forestryengland.uk
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