Cornwall unveils new walking route linking its north and south coasts

Viaduct at Calstock crossing the River Tamar. The new route broadly tracks the course of the river. Photograph: Roy Perring/Alamy

Following the banks of one of the UK’s great rivers, a new walking way has been unveiled linking the north and south coasts of Cornwall and for the first time creating a circular walk around the whole of the county.

The 87-mile (140km) Tamara Coast to Coast Way broadly tracks the River Tamar, which forms most of the border between Cornwall and Devon, taking in landscapes ranging from wooded valley to rolling farmland, heather-covered moors and areas shaped by the region’s mining history.