Start: Newham Road, Truro w3w///ends.behind.grapes
(Meet on the riverside walk adjacent to the vehicular entrance to Tesco’s car park in time for a 2.30 start on the walk.)

Parking, for those who need it, is available at the Garras Wharf P&D car park close by. (It is suggested you don’t park in Tesco’s car park which is for customers in the shop and has a 2 hour limit).

The walk will follow the riverside along Newham Quays then up the Newham Trail following the line of the old railway to the conclusion of the trail at the back of Lys Kernow / New County Hall, then down the hill to Truro’s present railway station.

Martin Wright, the Truro OCS Recorder, will lead the walk. The history of the Quays and the industries previously based there will be described, and then the history of the railway itself, the various stages in its construction, and the neighbouring features.

The walk is either on pavements at the roadside or on a well made-up footpath on the old rail-bed. A short stretch of the route is fairly steep; most of the route is either flat or gently climbing. The main walk is just under 3 miles, but for those parked at Garras wharf there is then another mile or so down through the city streets from the station back to the carpark, or you could choose to repeat the original route in reverse.

Finish: Station Road, Truro