Route: Flushing and Mylor Churchtown
Area: Cornwall
Date of walk: 17th October 2025
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 5.0 miles
Ascent: 500 feet
Weather: Mostly sunny
On the final day of our walking holiday in Cornwall, we awoke to blue skies for a change. We were staying in the small fishing village of Flushing and today’s walk started from the doorstep of our rented holiday cottage. Parking in Flushing is very limited and it’s best not to clog up the narrow streets, so I recommend that the walk is started in Mylor Churchtown, where there are two public car parks
Flushing was named after a town in Holland when Dutch engineers built the quays and, to this day, some of the houses have Dutch features. The village looks out over the Penryn River to Falmouth on the other bank. We walked out of Flushing, making a brief detour to its small beach. The road ends here and we followed a path beside Carrick Roads, which is not a road but an estuary of the River Fal, reputedly the third largest natural harbour in the world
Further around the headland we passed around Penarrow Point and the marina at Mylor Churchtown came in to view. The marina and boatyard are bustling places and the place is full of leisure craft. We continued through the village, leaving the road to walk through the grounds of St Mylor Church. A short distance later we joined a quiet lane beside Mylor Creek. Unfortunately views of the creek are obscured by houses and tall hedges. We left the lane at a public footpath sign where we started the inland section of the walk. This was a pleasant if unspectacular amble along a wooded lonning and then across the fields back into Flushing
We’d enjoyed a wonderful week’s walking in Cornwall and will take back many memories of its beautiful landscape
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The start of today's walk from Flushing. As mentioned in the introduction we were staying here, but parking is limited, so anyone following this walk is recommended to start in Mylor Churchtown
Looking across the Penryn River to Falmouth
Flushing quayside
A view back to Falmouth as we follow the road out of Flushing. The road ends a little further along, so there is no through traffic in the village
We make a short there and back diversion to the small beach
At the end of the road we join a path which leads around Trefusis Point
Carrick Roads, an estuary of the River Fal, is on our right
St Just in Roseland on the far side of Carrick Roads
Further along the easy path
Autumn colours along the way...
A traditional Cornish lugger sails by
As we round Penarrow Point, Mylor Churchtown Marina comes into view
We walk by the Marina...
A liitle egret, which was being followed around by a cormorant intent on snatching its meal
We walk through the grounds of St Mylor Church. Its site is one of the oldest in the land
The church bells are housed in a separate tower, pictured on the left
Looking back to St Mylor Church
We leave Mylor Churchtown, with Mylor Creek on our right
Looking back along Mylor Creek as we head up the lane to Trelew, where we turn inland
The inland section is pleasant enough, but lacking in interest compared to the coastal section...
We arrive back in Flushing and its brightly painted houses
Flushing Stores
Looking along the Penryn River
A final look across to Falmouth at the end of our last day in Cornwall and a wonderful walking holiday
