Walk along the harbourfront towards Smeaton’s Pier. Just before the pier entrance, turn left, signposted to St Ives Museum. Where the road bends left, keep straight on into Wheal Dream. Turn right past St Ives Museum, then follow a walkway to Porthgwidden Beach.

Cross the car park above the beach and climb to the National Coastwatch Institution lookout. Go down steps behind the building at the back of the lookout, and then follow a footway to Porthmeor Beach. Go along the beach. Part way along the beach, steps lead up to the road and the Tate St Ives Gallery. At the beach end, go up to the car park. (Dogs are banned by day on Porthmeor Beach, between Easter and September. To avoid the beach, go inland and walk along the road, past the Tate St Ives Gallery, to the car park.)

Go up steps beside the public toilets, then turn right along a surfaced track. Continue to the rocky headlands of Carrick Du and Clodgy Point, keeping left at a junction just past a kissing gate.

Walk uphill and follow the path round to the right. Continue along a very rocky path. In about 0.5 miles (800m) go left at a junction by a big boulder streaked with yellow and green lichen.

At a T-junction with a track just past a National Trust sign, ‘Hellesveor Cliff’, turn left off the coast path and follow a track inland. Reach a bend by two field gates, with stone stiles to either side.

Cross the left-hand stile and follow a well-defined path between blackthorn bushes. Go over a high stile and keep to the left edges of small fields. Go through a field gap and in a few paces turn left at a signpost. Follow a path between bushes and go through a metal gate.

Go over a stile and through a gate into a field, then bear round left  to cross another stile and walk down steps. Continue between high hedges to a stile onto a surfaced lane. Turn right (Burthallan Lane). Turn left at a junction with a road. Follow the road downhill and round left, at Barnoon Cemetery, and then down a steep hill. Keep round right to the Tate St Ives Gallery. Follow the road back to the harbourfront.