Gillan Creek


This narrow river inlet is near the village of St-Anthony-in-Meneage. Locals can sometimes be spotted trigging (cockle-picking) in the nearby mudflats – it’s an annual tradition on Good Friday. To the east is the isolated headland of Nare Point, from where there are views all the way to Pendennis Point. Trails wind all the way round the headland.


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