Penzance to Mousehole: The Walk and the Bus 6

Short answer: It's 3.4 miles (5.5km) from Penzance station to Mousehole on an easy, flat route along the promenade, round Newlyn harbour and along the cycleway past Penlee Point: allow about 1 hour 15. Or take bus 6 from Penzance bus station: every 30 minutes from 6:30am to 6:30pm, then hourly until about 10:30pm, taking about 20 minutes.

The best way to arrive in Mousehole is on foot, along the sea. The second best is the bus, which saves you the parking.

How far is it from Penzance to Mousehole?

3.4 miles (5.5km) from Penzance station, on the South West Coast Path's route; it's graded easy, all on pavement and cycleway. At a normal pace allow about an hour and a quarter.

The route

1. From Penzance station, past the Jubilee Pool and along the Promenade to Wherry Town.
2. Round Newlyn harbour, the biggest fishing port in Cornwall, and along The Strand and Fore Street.
3. Onto the cycleway beside the sea, past the old Penlee lifeboat station and the memorial garden at Penlee Point.
4. Into Mousehole along the seafront to the harbour.

Stops on the way

• Tolcarne beach in Newlyn, small and quiet.
• S. Jelbert's in Newlyn, famous for selling just one flavour of ice cream: vanilla, with clotted cream.
• Aunty May's for a pasty (Monday to Saturday).

The bus 6

• Penzance bus station – Newlyn – Mousehole, run by Go Cornwall Bus.
• Every 30 minutes from 6:30am to 6:30pm, then hourly until about 10:30pm (timetable from 31 August 2026). Check Sundays on the Transport for Cornwall website.
• About 16–22 minutes.
• Since the 2026 change of operator, buses terminate at The Parade by the Old Coastguard, at the east end of the village, rather than at the harbour.

Walk one way, bus back

Walk out in daylight, eat in Mousehole, and bus back. In December, this is the way to see the lights. Mousehole lights 2026.

Cycling

The Newlyn to Mousehole stretch is on a cycleway, so it's a gentle ride, but the last bit into the village is on narrow streets.

Going further? Mousehole to Lamorna. Everything else: the Mousehole guide.

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