The Camel Trail CODE OF CONDUCT Walkers have right of way The Trail has many different users including older people & people with mobility problems who find the level surface suitable for their use. THE CAMEL TRAIL is managed through a Please keep your dogs Partnership involving the County, District,Town and under close control Parish Councils through whose area the Trail passes. Dogs that leave the Trail can cause damage to adjoining private land, The Partnership also includes the Chambers of the river & its wildlife. Commerce of Padstow,Wadebridge and Bodmin, the Cyclists, please keep your Padstow Harbour Commissioners, Natural England, the speed down Environment Agency and the Forestry Commission. High speed makes it harder to avoid other users & thus causes accidents. Try to warn people of your approach. Day to day running is undertaken by the County and District Councils. Horse riders, please keep to a walking pace Tel:(01208) 893333 This reduces damage to the If you have a query, wish to report a surface & the likelihood of an problem on the Trail or require accident involving other users. other information on cycling in The CAMEL TRAIL is an 18 mile multi-use route Please clean up after your Cornwall, please phone... available for walkers, cyclists and horse riders. It dog & do not drop litter HELP LINE: (01872) 222000 is flat and is mostly suitable for disabled access. Litter is unsightly, takes years to bio- Please note: Mobile phone reception degrade & can be very dangerous. Dog faeces are a particular nuisance. along the Camel Trail is variable. Please use the Trail safely The Camel Trail Cyclists are advised to wear a safety Take care where the Trail crosses public roads! CODE OF CONDUCT helmet & to carry a puncture repair When in the towns, please park your bike kit. Cycling with your dog on or off is also displayed in this leaflet. a lead is very dangerous. considerately. All hire bikes must display a license disc. Please respect the privacy of adjoining Please ensure that yours does. PLEASE FOLLOW THE CODE properties & landowners so that everyone who uses this wonderful Trail can The Trail is a predominately permissive route by There is no public access to any adjoining land, or to consent of the landowners. enjoy the experience to the full. the river, except on signed paths. Please be considerate to all other users of the Trail Published by Inconsiderate behaviour whilst using the Trail can The Camel Trail Partnership spoil people's enjoyment of it. Designed by Ginny Lewis 01208 873501 & Heulyn Lewis, NCDC 03:2007 The Camel Trail is an 18 mile mainly traffic free route based on an historic railway track.The Padstow to Wadebridge line was opened in 1899 providing access from Waterloo via Okehampton and Launceston, but the section from Wadebridge to Poley's Bridge is one of the oldest in the world and was opened in 1834. Initially it was intended to bring sea sand from the estuary to farms inland. Bodmin through to Wadebridge was connected to the mainline system and operated until 1967, whilst the line between Bodmin and Poley's Bridge, which was only ever used for freight, closed in 1984. DISTANCES: Padstow to Wadebridge.... 5 miles Wadebridge to Bodmin.... 5.8 miles Bodmin to Wenfordbridge.... 7.5 miles INCREDIBLE COASTLINE WONDERFUL WOODS MAGNIFICENT MOORS The Camel Trail runs to Padstow, still From Wadebridge to Poley's Bridge, the The Trail skirts Bodmin Moor, a superb granite some distance from the sea. However, route passes through some magnificent landscape with typical features such as tors, bogs, leaving your bike secured in the town, you can woodland. Much is looked after by the commons and streams. Easily accessed are attractive follow the coast path beyond Padstow to Forestry Commission, including mixed hamlets like Blisland, which has a bucolic charm Stepper Point, from where magnificent views woodland managed on a long term epitomised by its beautiful church near the green. can be enjoyed.The coast path continues basis. Other woods contain native trees ST BREWARD around the headland and joins another such as oak, ash and beech with an St Breward grew from the path leading back to Padstow. understorey of hazel, holly or spindle, St Tudy (2 miles from Trail) granite quarrying (2 miles from Trail) PADSTOW also seen in the luxurious hedgerows industry which left ROCK A leaflet on this walk is available P i on each side of the Trail.Access into Wenfordbridge a legacy of solidly from the Tourist Information Blisland Prideaux Place M Ferry some of the woods is allowed. built cottages and Centre in Padstow. (1 mile from Trail) Poley’s Bridge P (1 mile from Trail) small, granite- P CAMEL Merry hedged fields. PADSTOW ESTUARY Meeting is one of the most St Mabyn attractive seaside Tresarrett Old (2 miles from Trail) towns in Cornwall, Old Slate Town Cove Quarry Shell lying hidden up the Pinkson Tredethy Woods Camel Estuary, Little Petherick Creek P P BODMIN EGLOSHAYLE Pencarrow House away from the Creek (2 miles from Trail) was founded in 530AD WADEBRIDGE P harsh Atlantic. M Hellandbridge by St Petroc and St Guron. i A389 Once the fourth most The town’s name comes from ’Bod important port in the country, today Padstow’s economy relies P M Pottery Meneghi’ meaning ‘dwelling of the Pendavey B3266 heavily on tourism. Situated at one end of the Camel Trail, it is a monks’. Bodmin was an administrative gateway to some superb estuary and cliff top walks.The local centre, and the County Assize Courts now Tourist Information Centre is full of information about the area’s house the Bodmin Visitor Information Centre, and Gaff Wood attractions, including Prideaux Place, one of the country's most ‘Murder on the Moor’, a re-creation of an infamous beautiful Elizabethan mansions. C19 murder trial. Bodmin has a wide range of Polbrock WADEBRIDGE attractions including a steam railway, old Gaol and THE CAMEL ESTUARY was a pivotal settlement in North town museum. Lanhydrock House (N.T.) and is a bird-watchers’ paradise. From Wadebridge Cornwall, providing the first crossing of the Grogley Halt the famous Eden Project can be reached Nanstallon Halt to Padstow there are wonderful views of River Camel. Reputedly the much altered Boscarne M Gaol by linking to the Cornish Way creeks, sandbanks and rocky shores.Wintering medieval bridge was built on foundations of P multi-use route. P wildfowl include wigeon, long-tailed duck and large sacks of wool. Now Wadebridge is a A389 Dunmere BODMIN M goldeneye. Divers, grebe and many waders can bustling rural town with a wide range of Nanstallon also be seen. Spring and autumn bring many shops and is the ‘centre’ for accessing the i Shire Hall migrants to the estuary, while in summer it Camel Trail. It has a good Tourist Information M plays host to little egret, heron, cormorant, Centre and information on local wildlife Bodmin & Wenford oystercatcher and many gulls. sightings are often posted nearby. Steam Railway Camel On road Car Tourist Cycle Hire Road KEY Toilets Cafe Pub Shop M Attraction Trail section P Park i Information & Bike Park Crossing!.