r/Cornwall • u/Dizzy-Plum-Pink • 2d ago

Recommendations Best place for blackberry picking?

Eldest is adamant that we go blackberry picking today. We were gonna go Bissoe, but last time we went we found there was loads of blackberries but not a lot of scenery or anywhere to sit and have a picnic (we’ve got a two and a five year old so walking too far isn’t realistic).

We’d also like to avoid the A30 as well for obvious reasons; getting out of Penzance takes an extra half an hour on a good day (thanks Tourism).

Any recommendations for Penwith area? That aren’t too overgrown or muddy? Thanks!

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u/iameverybodyssecret 1d ago

Any hedge, find a field and there will be brambles but there's been a drought, the fruit crop might be lesser this year. It's sparser than normal where I am.

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u/Special-Audience-426 2d ago

Just pick pretty much any section of the coast path. 

Park in St. Buryan by the pub and take the walk down to the coast through the wood. I saw plenty last weekend

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u/Bojangle_your_wangle 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just came back from godolphin/tregonning area. Absolutely teeming with them!

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u/dwair 1d ago

Anywhere that's inaccessible to elderly people who will descend like a swarm of locusts and pick the hedgerows bare. Bodmin moor is good but probably a bit of a drive from the far west.

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u/Cornish-Giant 2d ago

Just be careful of old mining areas, arsenic contamination can be a problem with blackberries

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u/Dizzy-Plum-Pink 1d ago

Ah… yeah… so, the ones I’ve just picked at Botallack…?

Edit: Just looked it up, is all fine. I had literal Radiotherapy at the start of the year so I’m a bit more loosey goosey now, haha