Saints Trails Project

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The Routes

The project aims to create new trails to enable safe journeys for commuters, families and visitors. The trails will provide approximately 13km of off-road and on-road trails. This will be across public and private land. This involves many landowners and working within strict ecological parameters.

Map of the route

Latest News

Progress on the design and construction remains positive

Location	Design	Construction
Perranporth to Cocks Village	Detailed design being finalised. Public inquiry took place on 05/04/22 and order was confirmed.	Due to start in Summer 2022 (dependent on land deals/CPO)
Cocks Village to Goonhavern	Detailed design complete	Construction in progress (until Autumn 2022)
St Agnes to Sevenmilestone	Detailed design complete	Construction in progress (until Winter 2022)
Sevenmilestone to Chiverton	Concept design complete and Detailed design about to start	Due to start in Summer 2022
Crossing of A30	Currently out for tender for design and build of bridge. This will inform a decision on whether the bridge is taken forward. Construction needs to be complete by December 2023.	To be confirmed upon receipt of tenders
Chiverton to West Langarth	Surveys of A390 currently in progress to inform concept design.	Due to start in Autumn 2022 but dependent on survey findings

Trail Construction Cocks Village To Goonhavern

Trail Construction St Agnes

Piling For Rose Reen Bridge

Piling For Reen Rose Bridge

Reen Rose Fabrication

Reen Rose Bridge Fabrication

Route plans and design

The route plans and design route for each trail are below. Some of these files may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. If you require a document in an accessible format please email saintstrails@cornwall.gov.uk.

Perranporth to Goonhavern

Perranporth to Goonhavern Overview

St Agnes to Threemilestone

The project is funded as follows –

Perranporth to Goonhavern Trail - Entire route funded by National Highways and Cornwall Council
St Agnes to West Langarth Trail - St Agnes to Sevenmilestone, Chiverton Bridge and Chiverton Bridge to West Langarth sections are funded by ERDF.
The Sevenmilestone to Chiverton Bridge - National Highways.
West Langarth to Threemilestone section will be delivered by adjacent Northern Access Road scheme

The funding is split as follows:

The National Highways funding is £11.9M
The ERDF funding is £5.158M plus Cornwall Council match funding of £1.289M
The Cornwall Council funding is £2M

The St Agnes to Threemilestone Saints Trail project is receiving up to £5,158,456 of funding from the England European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

This is part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020. 

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is the Managing Authority for the ERDF.

Established by the EU, the ERDF helps local areas stimulate their economic development. They invest in projects which will support businesses and create jobs.

England 2014-2020 European Structural & Investment Fund