This is a circular walk of just over 3 miles, ending a short distance from the pub. The majority of the walk is on the level but half-way through there is a climb up the hill to Porthcollum so we've graded it at moderate, which should be adequate to work up a thirst.
The walk starts at the church and follows the path alongside the River Hayle to Trennack Mill. Until less than half a century ago the river was polluted from the mining activity in the area. Today it's full of wildlife including water plants, fish and riverside insects such as dsmselflies./p>
From here, the route follows a lane to Porthcollum then farm tracks and footpaths across fields and through woods to Tremeling Farm. There are some cracking wildflowers along the tracks in early summer.
The route follows a footpath across the fields to Tremeling cottage then joins Green Lane which forms the return route to the church.
The walk is available as a guided walk app for Android and also available in the iWalk app for iPhone.
There are also a few other circular walks in the St Ives area on the iwalknorthcornwall website.