The St Michael’s Way is an ancient pilgrimage route across West Cornwall, running from Lelant on the north coast to Marazion and St Michael’s Mount on the south. 

The route follows an ancient crossing point at the narrowest part of Cornwall, long used by traders, travellers, and pilgrims. You can discover more about the history of the way here. Today, St Michael’s Way is both a walking route and a living connection to Cornwall’s wider European pilgrimage history. 

In recent years, a group of people with a shared interest in the route came together to form the Friends of St Michael’s Way. They help care for the path, promote the route locally and further afield, and support ongoing research into its cultural, spiritual, economic, and historical significance — past and present. Together, they published two booklets; St Michael’s Way A Guide to the Walk, and St Michael’s Way A Walk Through Time, History and Mystery, a comprehensive insight into the history and context of the way, written by leading historian Michelle Brown.

This site brings together information about the route, and ongoing work by the Friends of St Michael’s Way. 

If you would like to walk the route, look at a map, or collect a St Michael’s Way Passport to gain stamps on the route, visit Walk The Way.