Accommodation

TRANSPORT

If you are travelling by train it's best to use Bodmin Parkway railway station as your base. Bodmin Parkway is on the main line, and most trains stop there. From Bodmin Parkway there is a Western Greyhound bus service to/from Boscastle and a rail service to/from Looe.

If you are arriving by National Express you should alight at Bodmin and travel onward to Boscastle using the Western Greyhound services shown below. Returning from Looe, travel by train as far as Bodmin Parkway then take the Western Greyhound 555 back to Bodmin.

If you are using your own car - and you don't have a support driver - it's still a good idea to use Bodmin Parkway as the base, leaving your car in the station car park and using the coach/rail connections to/from Boscastle/Looe. Alternatively you can park in Boscastle Car Park or Looe's Millpool Car Park (longstay charges payable), and do the public transport journey back again after the walk.

Bodmin Parkway Station - Boscastle and vice versa

Western Greyhound operates services every day of the week (except Sundays out of season) with a change of bus at Wadebridge (Services 555 and 594).Frequency is every couple of hours, and the journey takes approximately 2 ¼ hours.For details call Western Greyhound on 01637 871871. Alternatively, timetables may be downloaded from the website www.westerngreyhound.com

Bodmin Parkway - Looe and vice versa via Liskeard Rail service

Monday to Saturday There is a frequent service at approximately hourly intervals between 07.00 and 19.00, changing at Liskeard.
Sunday A reduced service operates on Sundays, and no trains operate on the Looe branch on Sundays during the winter months.

For details call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50 or website www.nationalrail.co.uk

ACCOMMODATION

The Accommodation section has been completely updated (June 2009) to include for the first time B & B provision at the northern fringe of Bodmin Moor. Little Keasts B & B, on the southern edge of the Moor, added July 2010.
Grid references have now been included.

For details of accommodation at Boscastle and Looe, contacts are as follows:

Boscastle Contact the Boscastle Visitor Centre tel 01840 250010 or website http://www.visitboscastleandtintagel.com/boscastle-and-tintagel/default.asp

There is a Youth Hostel on the harbourside, open mid-March to the end of October. Tel 0870 770 5710

Looe Contact Looe Tourist Information Centre tel 01503 262072 or website http://www.looecornwall.com/

Bed & Breakfast
Two-day crossings

Walkers will find Jamaica Inn at Bolventor on the A30 the most convenient stopping-place, although its rates are more 'hotel' than 'b & b'. Bolventor has no other B & B.

Bolventor (GR 183767)

Jamaica Inn, Bolventor, PL15 7TS. Tel 01566 86250 or website http://www.jamaicainn.co.uk/

Three-day crossings

Days 1 and 3 will provide low-level walks predominantly along river valleys and lanes. The second day will be spent entirely on the Moor.

North of the Moor

The key to accommodation in this area is Rough Tor Car Park (GR 137819). Note that it’s not shown as a car park on the latest edition of the Explorer 109 map, but is easily located at the end of the road from Camelford. Referring to map page 15 in the guidebook, the car park lies approx 1 mile west of Gate A. For those travelling south a bearing of 263° from the gate will bring you to the ford just below the car park. For northbound travellers a bearing of 329° from the summit of Rough Tor will take you to the car park - simply follow the obvious track.

The following morning, northbound walkers should follow a bearing of 83° to rejoin the Way at gate A, while those heading south just follow the obvious track (bearing 149° if you need one) to rejoin the Way on the summit of Rough Tor.

The additional distance incurred by the detour to Rough Tor Car Park is a short mile. Available B & B accommodation is as follows:

Camelford (2 miles from Rough Tor car park) GR106837:
For taxis between Rough Tor Car Park and Camelford call Camel Taxis 01840 212963 or Shirley’s Taxis 01840 213867. There is no phone at the car park, so you’ll need to either use a mobile or make prior arrangements.

Shawn and Jo, Trenarth B &B, Victoria Road, Camelford, PL32 9XE. Tel 01840 213295 or email shawn_easybuild@btinternet.com. Tresinney (3 miles from Rough Tor car park) GR 102814
Janet Wood, Higher Trezion, Tresinney, Advent, Camelford, PL32 9QW. Tel 01840 213761 or website www.highertrezion.co.uk . Janet can provide transport between Rough Tor Car Park and Higher Trezion by prior arrangement. No evening meal, but taxis are available (phone numbers above) for the 2-mile journey to/from Camelford (pubs).

South of the Moor

Treverbyn Smithy (GR 203680)
Mike Dobey, Treverbyn Smithy, St Neot, PL14 6NW. Tel 01579 320008. 400 metres westward along the road beyond Trenant.

Little Keasts (GR 214691)
Karen and John Popperwell, Little Keasts, Draynes, Liskeard, PL14 6RY. Tel 01579 320008 or website www.littlekeasts.co.uk. Situated on the Way.

Redgate Smithy (GR 228685)
Clive and Julie ffitch, Redgate Smithy, Redgate, St Cleer, Cornwall, PL14 6RU. Tel 01579 321578 or website www.redgatesmithy.co.uk. Redgate is one mile east of the route (follow direction to Golitha Falls, map p 23 in the guidebook). An overnight stay at Redgate Smithy gives the opportunity for a visit to the Falls.

Lampen Farm (GR 186675)
Joan Bunt, Lampen Farm, St Neot, PL14 6PN. Tel 01579 320284 or website www.lampenfarm.fsnet.co.uk/ Downside: St Neot is 2 miles westward along the road beyond Trenant. Upside: the village has an excellent pub!

Camping

Two-day crossings

Field camping is available at Redmoor Farm on the shores of Dozmary Pool, exactly half-way along the Smugglers' Way. The farm is not named on the map, but is located adjacent to the gate shown on map p19 in the guidebook (GR 196740). There's no need to book but phone the farmer, Brian Reddicliff, on 07878 733556 shortly before you arrive for instructions on which field to use. Tap, but no toilet or showers.

Three-day crossings

Campsites at New Park Farm (GR 170837) and Trenant (GR 210683) provide convenient overnight stops, although the second day is entirely on the Moor and will be quite challenging.

New Park, on the Camelford - Altarnun road, page 13 in the guidebook (GR 170836)

Steven and Ellen Eversley, New Park Farm, St Clether, PL15 8PU. Tel 01840 261200. Toilets, no showers.

Trenant (GR210683)

Pete Parry, Trenant Campsite, St Neot, PL14 6RZ. Open Apr - Oct. Tel 01579 320896. Toilets and showers.

INCLUSIVE WALKING HOLIDAYS WITH ENCOUNTER CORNWALL

Encounter Cornwall is a local company specialising in inclusive holidays for walkers. Both The Smugglers' Way and Saints & Smugglers are to be included in their 2009 programme, and they provide tailor-made arrangements inclusive of accommodation and transport to and from convenient break points along the Way. Click the link www.encountercornwall.co.uk to visit their website.

PROVISIONS ALONG THE WAY

Jamaica Inn at Bolventor has a restaurant, and there are pubs in St Neot (2 miles off route) and Dobwalls. There is only one opportunity to replenish supplies along the Way - at the Spar shop in Dobwalls. Neither of the camp sites has a shop.