Degibna and Higher Pentire walk
This circular, 2.5 mile trail makes its way through Higher Pentire farm and then along one side of Loe Pool.
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PenroseStart point
Degibna chapel car park (NT), postcode: TR12 7PRTrail information
No swimming
No swimming, boating, watersports or fishing are allowed in Loe Pool, and no swimming is permitted at Loe Bar due to dangerous currents and tides. Loe Pool and River Cober are prone to seasonal flooding.
Total stages: 5
Total stages: 5
Start point
Degibna chapel car park (NT), postcode: TR12 7PR
Stage 1
Start at the National Trust car park opposite Degibna methodist chapel. Leave the car park at the far end, and follow the track down through Degibna farm. At the lakeside path, turn left and follow the path along the lakeside to Degibna Wood, Lower Pentire and Carminowe Creek.
Degibna Wood lakeside at Loe Pool | © Matilda Harding Stage 2
You'll emerge onto a grassy slope. Continue around the headland and join the track to Lower Pentire, passing an 18th-century farm with its pigsty, swill kitchen and orchard.
Degibna Wood with view to Loe Pool | © Matilda Harding Stage 3
Ignore the boardwalk, go straight ahead, across a field, with the river on the right.
Stage 4
At the far side, go through the gate and turn left, up the stony track known as Dark Lane. At the fork, bear left and continue uphill, past an old quarry.
Stage 5
Turn left at the gate, and follow the waymarked path as it skirts Higher Pentire. At the track, turn right to reach the car park.
End point
Degibna chapel car park (NT), postcode: TR12 7PR
Trail map
Degibna and Higher Pentire walk map | © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 ordinance survey
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