Out and About

Walking through South East Cornwall's fishing villages you can easily imagine yourself back in times where a prosperous trade of fishing, copper and tin was supplemented by smuggling exploits.

Looe. Being Cornwall's second largest fishing port there is always an abbundance of freshly caught fish on the menus of the many quality restaurants. Enjoy the sandy beach or wander the narrow streets. Take a boat trip to Looe Island or find out what lies beneath the ocean waves in the glass bottom boat trip.

Polperro. A picture postcard fishing village with its picturesque harbour, narrow streets and jumble of cottages.and boats trips along the coast which give you a totally different perspective. There are a good selection of Pubs, many with live music, good food and a lively atmosphere. Polperro is one of those little gems which gives the illusion of being unspoilt by time.

Polruan. Famous for its boat building heritage. The Fowey estuary: is a thriving centre for fishing, seafaring, shipbuilding and agriculture, and there is a passenger ferry running daily to Fowey taking about 5- 10 minites.

Fowey. Fowey Harbour, rated as number one in the top ten harbours around the world is truely beautiful it has many famous residents and visitors.

Kingsand & Cawsand in Cornwall's forgotten corner on the Rame Peninsula - these two historical fishing villages are unspoilt by time. Set in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Cawsand Bay offers a popular spot for swimming, windsurfing and water skiing. There is a daily passenger ferry from Cawsand to Plymouth taking approximately 30 minutes.

Whenever the ocean meets the monumental Cornish cliffs there is landscape of panoramic beauty where you can touch nature. And don't believe that its only the turquoise calmness of summer that can move you. As the skies soften and shadows lengthen, the winter seasons present a very different but awesome palette of raw drama with crashing seas and stormy skies. You can relax on safe accessible and clean bathing beaches with good facilities or an isolated cove all to yourself, there's something for everyone on South East Cornwall's beautiful coast.

For centuries, artists have been attracted by the uniqie light, reflecting and refracting across panoramic landscapes with old mine houses silhouetted by dramatic skies. Equally, the haunting moorland atmosphere and secluded river inlets have evoked thoughts of legends and mysteries for poets and writers. So why not discover Golitha Falls:- A moorland stream cascades down a beautiful woodland valley with a choice of country walks.

Cotehele. A riverside National Trust country house, where you can experience what it was like to live in times gone by, you can try on the costumes of olden days and take away a photographic memory of yourself dressed in traditional costume.

Mount Edgecumbe. A stately house and park where the Tamar flows into Plymount Sound.

There is a feeling in Cornwalll that you are sharing the environment with the natural world around us. Walk on the mooors and wxperience a harsh yet beautiful landscape where the ponies and buzzards are completely at home. Dive below the waves and you're in yet another amazing and bizzarre world. Take a midnight stroll in the countryside and quietly share the moonlight with foxes, badgers, bats and owls. With such a mild climate you'll find species of animals, insects and plants rarely found elsewhere in the UK.

Links to Attractions or sites of interest
The Eden Project
Lanhydrock House
The Monkey Sanctuary
Porfell Animal Land
Walking in Cornwall