Barrier and modal filter to avoid it.
Modal filter by the boating lake, Helston
A dropped kerb and a bit of widening would allow cyclists to escape the A394 and go up Grange Road instead.
Link to the A394 - but most cyclists will do better to turn left up Grange Road.
This lane allows cyclists to avoid the A394 roundabout - but the slalom in the middle is too awkward.
This lane allows cyclists to avoid the A394 roundabout - but the slalom in the middle is too awkward.
This lane allows cyclists to avoid the A394 roundabout - but the slalom in the middle is too awkward.
Start of rather odd U-shaped byway, with link towards Camborne
Start of rather odd U-shaped byway, with link towards Camborne
This is definitely signed as a bridleway (south to the Godolphin road), even if it doesn't appear on online mapping.
Barriers on new link from Helston Business Park
Barriers on new link to Helston Business Park
Start of new link from Helston Business Park
Modal filter - designed for pedestrians rather than cycles - on the edge of Helston
End of Cycle Route sign in a future development
Start of shared-use route around the Falmouth Road roundabout, Helston
Path with steps to the B3297, Helston
Cut-through in the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Cut-through in the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Cut-through in the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Cut-through in the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Cut-through in the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Cut-through in the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Paved footpath through the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Paved footpath through the Tremenheere estate, Helston, with other paths starting to left and right
Paved footpath through the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Junction on 'cycleway' to Forth Gwedhen, Helston
Barriers on 'cycleway' to Forth Gwedhen, Helston
Gate to Tremenheere Avenue and 'cycleway' right to Forth Gwedhen, Helston
End of the 'cycleway' (according to OpenCycleMap) through the Tremenheere estate, Helston
At least there's been some strimming on the 'cycleway' (according to OpenCycleMap) through the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Link from the 'cycleway' (according to OpenCycleMap) through the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Link from the 'cycleway' (according to OpenCycleMap) through the Tremenheere estate, Helston
The 'cycleway' (according to OpenCycleMap) through the Tremenheere estate, Helston
The 'cycleway' (according to OpenCycleMap) through the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Start of the 'cycleway' (according to OpenCycleMap) through the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Puddles on the link from the so-called cycleway through the Tremenheere estate, Helston
To the left, Trenethick Barton (listed Grade I, but no-one knows it's here), to the right the link to the so-called cycleway through the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Start of link to Tremenheere Avenue, Helston
Start of link to the so-called cycleway through the Tremenheere estate, Helston
Cut-through to Seneschall Park, Helston
Barriers on cut-through to Trenethick Park, Helston
Cycleway or shared-use route needed here
Dropped kerb and barriers on the cut-through to Gwealdues Green, Helston
Barriers on Winns Row, Helston
Future link to the Gwealdues estate, Helston
Barriers on link from the B3297 to new housing, Helston
End of shared-use route on the former course of the Helston-Falmouth road.
Decent link from new housing to the B3297, Helston
Helston's main street closed all day for Flora Day.
The A394 in Helston briefly closed for Flora Day - only the 7am dance comes this way, the others stay closer to the town centre.
Start of bridleway onto the National Trust's Penrose Estate - first on a farm track, then alongside
Bridleway beside a farm track on the National Trust's Penrose Estate
Route signs (kilometres, not miles) at the end of the new bridleway onto the National Trust's Penrose Estate
End of the new bridleway onto the National Trust's Penrose Estate
New bridleway on the National Trust's Penrose Estate
Access to the new bridleway onto the National Trust's Penrose Estate
The new bridleway onto the National Trust's Penrose Estate
The only gate on the new bridleway onto the National Trust's Penrose Estate
Start of new bridleway onto the National Trust's Penrose Estate (not yet on any online mapping or satellite imagery)
Cross the A394 here for a quiet route down into Helston
A slightly more direct back lane taking cyclists off the A394 for a couple of miles (signed as a dead-end to the right, though you could reach the A394 and Porthleven if you wanted)
A slightly more direct back lane taking cyclists off the A394 for a couple of miles
This could be a useful link to Tesco and the north side of Helston.
This cut-through is the only route into Helston that doesn't require using the A394 bypass, and should have been built for cycling from the start.
Dropped kerb, but barriers too - this cut-through is the only route into Helston that doesn't require using the A394 bypass, and should have been built for cycling from the start.
New housing off the Helston bypass - car-dominated, of course, but with traffic-calming and the roads are relatively narrow and don't encourage fast driving.
Mobile bike-repair service based somewhere here - thebikefairy.co.uk.
Mobile bike-repair service based somewhere here - thebikefairy.co.uk.
Cycleway crossing exit road from RNAS Culdrose
Flyover within RNAS Culdrose - there's no need for people cycling to work here to cross the A3083 on the level here.
The cycleway alongside the A3083 past RNAS Culdrose - with a memorial for someone probably killed in a car crash.
The cycleway alongside the A3083 past RNAS Culdrose, arriving at Helston
Cyclist on the route north from Loe Bar
Bridleway south from Loe Bar
Shared-use path by the A394, Helston
Three cycle stands at the foot of Castle Hill, Helston
The old road is actually still viable for cyclists as an alternative to slogging up the hill on the A394.
It's not a cycle route, but the bridge from Lidl to the boating lake in Helston keeps cyclists off the A394 for a little bit more.
Segregated route from the boating lake, Helston
Cycle rental by the boating lake in Helston
Cycle route around Helston boating lake to avoid the A394 roundabouts.
Gate on the National Trust's Penrose Estate.
Gate on the National Trust's Penrose Estate.
Bridleway on the National Trust's Penrose Estate.
Bridleway towards Helston (in the distance) on the National Trust's Penrose Estate.
Bridleway on the National Trust's Penrose Estate.
Link to the coast path north of Porthleven.
Cycle/wheelchair route created by the National Trust on its Penrose Estate, meeting the coast path to Porthleven.
Cycle/wheelchair route created by the National Trust on its Penrose Estate, meeting the coastal path to Porthleven in the distance.
Bridleways created by the National Trust on its Penrose Estate - left to Porthleven, on to Helston.
Bridleway to Loe Bar, created by the National Trust on its Penrose Estate.
No unauthorised bike trails!
Route sign - diverted footpath to Porthleven to the left, bridleway created by the National Trust on its Penrose Estate to the right.
Route sign - the diverted coastal path to the left, bridleway created by the National Trust to the right.
Route sign for bridleways on the National Trust's Penrose Estate, with the bridleway to Berepper visible beyond Loe Bar (and the coast path to the right).
Cycle parking at the lodge above Loe Bar, on the National Trust's Penrose Estate.
Access to Loe Bar, on the National Trust's Penrose Estate.
Closure of the coast path from Loe Bar to Porthleven.
Start of a cycle/wheelchair alternative to the coast path to Porthleven, created by the National Trust on its Penrose Estate.
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