Cornwall · Linear (one way)

Penzance to Marazion

A wide, level coast path along Mount's Bay with St Michael's Mount ahead.

Official trail page (opens in new tab)Visit Cornwall: The South West Coast Path

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Near the start, along the way and at the finish

Morrab Gardens, Penzance, Mousehole & Land’s End
Near the start: Morrab Gardens (under 1 km away)Photo: Palickap, CC BY-SA 3.0
Marazion, Penzance, Mousehole & Land’s End
Near the finish: Marazion (under 1 km away)Photo: The original uploader was Shropman at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5
Jubilee Pool, Penzance, Mousehole & Land’s End
Jubilee Pool (under 1 km from the start)Photo: Tom Corser, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk
Penlee House Gallery and Museum, Penzance, Mousehole & Land’s End
Penlee House Gallery and Museum (under 1 km from the start)Photo: Purely Penzance, CC BY 2.0

Photos of named places from our guides closest to each point of the walk, with the straight-line distance. They show the area, not the path itself: follow the waymarks and the official page.

The route

A one-way stretch of the South West Coast Path along the seafront from Penzance station to Marazion. Visit Cornwall describes it as mostly level terrain along the seawall, with direct buses back.

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Along the way

  1. Start: Penzance railway station
  2. Finish: Marazion

The line is drawn from OpenStreetMap data and simplified to 130 points. It can differ from what is on the ground: waymarks and the official page take priority.

Route and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), saved 2026-10-25. Spotted a mistake? Fix the map.

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Before you go

Safety and access notes come from official pages. Conditions change, so read the linked page for the day you walk.

Getting there

  • Nearest station or stop to the start in our dataPenzance (station), about 0.1 km in a straight line.
  • Nearest to the finishPenzance (station), about 4.0 km in a straight line.
  • Visit Cornwall notes direct buses between Penzance and Marazion for the return. Source (opens in new tab)

Straight-line distances from our station list, not walking distances. Check timetables and the route to the start before you travel. Getting between regions

Step-free and pushchair access

Safety

How these figures were worked out

  • Distance: route length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry. The official page gives no distance. It is a straight-segment sum along mapped paths, so it can differ from a waymarked figure.
  • Grade: our rule, because the official page gives no grade. Easy: up to 8 km and up to 150 m of ascent. Hard: over 16 km or over 600 m of ascent. Moderate: everything else. No ascent figure is available for this walk, so the rule used distance only and the real grade may be higher.
  • Time: only shown when an official page states it.

Sources

  1. Visit Cornwall: The South West Coast Path (opens in new tab). Marazion to Penzance described as two miles, mostly level along the seawall, direct buses; general coast safety. Checked on 2026-10-25.
  2. Visit Cornwall: Five to try, buggy-friendly walks (opens in new tab). Penzance to Marazion level and wide, starts at Penzance station. Checked on 2026-10-25.
  3. OpenStreetMap relation 2374632 (South West Coast Path section 24) (opens in new tab). route geometry clipped to Penzance-Marazion (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL; measured 4.50 km, so the build uses the OSM length rather than the rounded 'two miles'. Checked on 2026-10-25.
  4. OpenStreetMap contributors (opens in new tab) (ODbL). Route geometry. Saved 2026-10-25.

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