A cache located at Warleigh Point, a nature reserve overlooking the
confluence of the rivers Tamar & Tavy, with views up the Tamar
past Cargreen to Kit Hill on the skyline & up the Tavy past the
Tavy viaduct where you may catch the Gunnislake train if you time
it right. You can make a circular walk clockwise around the woods.
Warleigh point can only be accessed via one road which can be
found from the junction at N50 25.692 W004 09.367 which is
signposted nature reserve. Parking can be found at the very end of
the road before The Old Railway station, then the path to the point
is to the right of this old station.
Warleigh Point has two types of Woodland.
Young & lively - Stems of hazel & sweet chestnut are cut
so the stumps spurt with new growth.
Old & wise - A tall canopy of twisted oaks casts a deep
shade over the floor. The trees overhanging the river are western
sessile oaks which can withstand the harsher, exposed maritime
climate.
Wading birds like redshanks probe the energy rich mud for unseen
marine animals.