Did you know?

• That the main North coast main rivers are the Camel, Gannel and Hayle and the main South coast rivers are the Fal, Helford, Fowey and Tamar.

• Cornwall is so narrow that no river flows more than 40 miles to the sea.

• The river Tamar, which forms the boundary between Cornwall and Devon, has 22 road crossings including the Tamar Bridge.

• There are 7 creeks on the Helford River including Frenchman’s Creek made famous by Daphne du Maurier.

• Confusingly, the River Fal flows through the Carrick Roads.

• The word ‘Hayle’ or ‘Heyl’ means ‘estuary’ in Cornish.

• The River Gannel meets the sea at Newquay

• Fowey River is a deep-water harbour and one of the top twenty ports for non-oil exports in the UK.

• John Betjeman said ‘The next five and a half miles besides the broadening Camel to Padstow is the most beautiful train journey I know’.

• There is a Seal Sanctuary at Gweek on the Helford and a vineyard near Nanstallon on the Camel.

Admittedly better when the tide is in, a river walk provides some of the most scenic and sheltered sights in Cornwall, also they are pretty level and you don’t get lost!