Lighthouse · 0.3 km off the route
St Ives Light
Lighthouse in Cornwall, England.
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0Penwith coast to the Lizard
The B3306 coast road from St Ives round to Land's End, then across to Penzance and down to Lizard Point, the most southerly point in mainland Britain.
- Distance
- 58 miles (94 km)
- Type
- Point to point
- Where
- Cornwall
Plotted by us, not yet ridden
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 14 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 12
- Curvature
- 185 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 60
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 12 to mile 26. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 3 to mile 22, at 250 degrees of turning a mile.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- The B3306 is narrow and twisting with stone walls tight to the road.
- Very busy in the school holidays.
On the way
- St Ives
- Zennor
- St Just
- Land's End
- Penzance
- Marazion
- Helston
- Lizard
Ready to ride it?
Plan it with dates in the tour plannerBook this trip
1Places to stay
- Find a bed in St IvesWhere the route starts
- Find a bed in LizardWhere the route ends
2Cover
Check your breakdown cover recovers a motorcycle, and from where. Some policies only cover you from home, or not at all on single track roads.
What to check before you buy coverPlaces to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
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Lighthouse · 0.4 km off the route
St Ives Old Light
Lighthouse in in St Ives, Cornwall, England.
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Castle · 0.5 km off the route
Watermill near Bosigran Castle
Castle in Zennor, Cornwall, England, UK.
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Lighthouse · 1 km off the route
Pendeen Lighthouse
Lighthouse in Cornwall, England.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 3.0
Monastery · 1 km off the route
Madron Monastery
Lighthouse · 0.4 km off the route
Penzance South Pier Light
Lighthouse in Cornwall, England.
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0
Castle · 0.8 km off the route
St Michael's Mount Castle
Castle in Cornwall, England, UK.
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Castle · 1 km off the route
Acton Castle
Cornish historic building.
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Castle · On the route
Helston Castle
Castle in England.
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Lighthouse · 0.3 km off the route
Lizard Lighthouse
Lighthouse in Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Sanil Photography, CC BY-SA 3.0
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.