Holiday cottages in Cornwall's Med

Boswinger: hamlet (seasonal shop) 2 miles from Gorran Haven and ½ via fields or road from a sandy beach and the coastal path leading in 2 miles to Porthluney Cove and Caerhays Castle (renowned shrub gardens). Nearest shops and pub in Gorran village, 1 mile. Mevagissey, 3½ miles; St Austell, 10.

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Devoran: pretty village (good food real ale pub) near the head of Restronguet Creek halfway between Perranwell and Feock with pretty quay interesting waterside walks (excellent birdwatching) and the coast to coast cycle path nearby. Lots of good gardens around (Trelissick, 3 miles); Falmouth and Truro, both 5 miles. Excellent beaches, 20 minute drive.

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Falmouth: Cornwall's largest town (but still relatively small), port and resort, marvellously sited beside one of the world's best, biggest and most beautiful natural harbours, Carrick Roads - the heart of wooded-creek Cornwall. Brilliant place for sailing/boating, beaches, sight-seeing or garden-visiting holidays. Sheltered sandy beaches (with good parking), rock pool beaches, masses of yachts/other boats (ferries, creek cruises), a castle built by Henry VIII, National Maritime Museum, lots of shops, restaurants; lively. The last working sailing fleet in Western Europe dredges oysters. Golf, tennis; many pretty villages and sub-tropical gardens (Glendurgan, Trebah) nearby. Port Navas and the beautiful Helford River, 5 miles; Penzance, 25. This is one of Cornwall’s mildest, most luxuriant and varied parts.

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Feock: here is Cornwall at its softest: little village (church) almost hidden in its trees, houses in their gardens of often exotic shrubs, all eyeing lazily an almost landlocked sea (Carrick Roads). Boats/yachts on sheltered water, shingle beach for launching dinghies; sailing/windsurfing/canoeing lessons. Nearby, reservoir fishing, riding, golf. Trelissick Gardens (Nat. Trust) and the King Harry Ferry to the Roseland Peninsula. Creek-side walks. Truro (cathedral city), 3 miles. Falmouth, 7.

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Flushing: exceptionally pretty, unspoilt and peaceful village (colour-washed cottages, church, PO, shop, two pubs, quay restaurant, beside the Penryn River estuary, looking across boat-busy water to Falmouth. 17th cent. Dutch people founded it. Slipway. Pedestrian ferry to Falmouth (by car, about 3½ miles); famous Pandora Inn, 2½ miles.

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Fowey: ancient, very historic port beautifully sited at the mouth of the River Fowey. Has stayed small; lovely old centre with narrow streets, smart shops, craft galleries, excellent restaurants and waterfront pubs, yachts and big cargo ships anchored out. Sandy beach with esplanade, and smaller beach with pool cut in rocks. Large cove with pub (Polkerris), 3 miles; Daphne du Maurier lived and set 'Rebecca' nearby; glorious cliff-top and headland walks; cross-river ferries and boat trips, boat and canoe hire; train station at Par, 3 miles (buses into village). The Eden Project, 7 miles.

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Gorran Haven: unspoilt fishing village, very pretty, a tight cluster of cottages on the hillside around the harbour, still with good practical shops (baker/grocer, hairdresser, PO) as well as restaurant and pub. 2 miles south of much bigger Mevagissey. Sandy beach in the harbour; others more secluded within 1½ miles; St Mawes, 10 miles; Truro, 15 miles; nearest town: St Austell, 10 miles. Lost Gardens of Heligan, 5 miles. The Eden Project, about 12 miles.

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Halvosso: hamlet of cottages and farms 4 miles west of Falmouth. Gweek and its famous seal sanctuary, 5 miles. Port Navas and the stunningly beautiful Helford Passage, 6 miles. Nat. Trust Trebah and Glendurgan Gardens and golf, 4 miles. Helston, 7 miles.

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Maenporth: romantic, spectacular cove beach with wooded cliffs managed by the Maenporth Estate with scuba school, beachside café and bar/restaurant. Mawnan Smith (pub, shops), 1 mile. Falmouth, 2¼ miles. Watersports, golf, riding and fishing available locally; many beautiful gardens within easy reach.

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Mawnan Smith: village (good food pub, useful shops/PO) a mile from the sea at the mouth of the beautiful Helford River. Falmouth, 31/2 miles. Wonderful walks; beautiful Trebah and Glendurgan Gardens, about 1 mile.

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Mevagissey: a very famous fishing village and, despite the gift shops, still among Cornwall's most magical, the most Mediterranean of all around its big busy harbour in the sunshine. Boat trips (fishing); fishing also from the pier or, way out, for sharks. Sandy beaches ½ mile, beyond the headlands. Cliff/headland walks: plenty of shops, pubs, restaurants. The Lost Gardens of Heligan (very special), 2 miles. St Austell (town), 6 miles (golf, tennis). The Eden Project, about 9 miles.

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Perranarworthal: village built around the 18th cent. copper and iron ore trade when the Perran Foundry was in full swing. A mid-Victorian handbook described it as ‘a village romantically situated in a deep bottom or dell at the head of Restronguet Creek’. Now by-passed by the Truro (5 miles) to Falmouth (4 miles) stretch of the A39. Good award-winning pub and farm shop for fresh fruit/veg.

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Perranwell: village (PO/shop, excellent food pub) tucked quietly in country lanes between Falmouth and Truro, 5 miles from each, with the coast to coast cycle path running nearby. Branch line railway station (trains to Truro and Falmouth). Sailing schools and good golf nearby. Sandy beaches, 5 miles; Trelissick Gardens and King Harry Ferry to the Roseland Peninsula, 3 miles.

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Philleigh: little village on the Roseland Peninsula (church, pub) dating from pre-conquest when Earl Harold paid 10 shillings tax for the whole parish. It is on one of the little lanes leading to the King Harry ferry (2 miles) over the River Fal to Trelissick Gardens (Nat. Trust), Truro and Falmouth. St Mawes, 6 miles.

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Port Navas: creek-side hamlet wrapped warmly in trees and facing the sun, completely unspoilt; beautiful, in a beautiful area. Oyster farm where you can buy oysters and mussels. The tidal river-wide creek leads into the Helford River, and beside it a lane to lovely Glendurgan and Trebah Gardens and Helford Passage (sandy beach, good pub, boat hire) where pedestrian ferry to exquisite Helford village (nice pub). Many other cove beaches nearby. Nearest shops/good food pubs, Constantine (large village), 1½ miles; Falmouth, about 6 miles.

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Porthpean: tiny village (pretty church), by the sea (St Austell Bay), 1 mile south of St Austell (busy town, china clay ‘capital’): small sand/rock pool cove beach between cliffs. Golf, ½ mile. Attractive little working port at Charlestown, 2½ miles (less by coast path). Mevagissey and Lost Gardens of Heligan, both 4 miles. Fowey, 7 miles. The Eden Project, about 5 miles.

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Portscatho: small fishing village (good pub, some shops) at the entrance to the beautiful Roseland Peninsula. Beach with rocks and some sand (dog free): bigger sandy beach, ½ mile; super cliff walks/scenery; tremendous views. St Mawes, 5 miles.

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Rame:  village (shop, PO, pub) of granite cottages about 6 miles from the sea at Falmouth and about 7 from the beautiful Helford River.  Truro (Cornwall’s capital, cathedral, good shops), about 10 miles.

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Rosevine: little hamlet on the Roseland Peninsula just minutes away from sandy Porthcurnick Beach (bathing waters and interesting rock pools) and coastal paths; two hotels serve lunch/dinner to non-residents. Portscatho (fishing village, shops, galleries), 2 miles or 20 minutes by coastal path; St Mawes, 6 miles; Truro, 10 miles via King Harry Car Ferry. Lots of coastal paths and unspoilt beaches around.

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St Ewe: pretty little shopless village (nice pub, church) tucked away in farmland, 2½ miles inland from Mevagissey. The magical Lost Gardens of Heligan, 1 mile. St Austell (busy small town, the ‘china clay capital’; golf, tennis), 6 miles. The Eden Project, about 11 miles.

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St Just in Roseland: tiny village (no shop) 2 miles from St Mawes. It is famous for its wonderful churchyard, begun by a 19th cent. vicar, which, luxuriant with flowers and shrubs beneath magnificent trees, winding paths, little lawns and pools, exquisite views and ancient tombstones, slopes down to the church and a silent creek. Nearby yachts rest on a shingle bar. Beyond, in the distance, are yachts racing and Falmouth. One of Cornwall's most exquisite places.

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St Mawes: one of the most beautifully, warmly situated seaside places in Cornwall; a good-sized village (shops, pubs, at least one good hotel), mainly of old, sea-facing cottages, with harbour, sandy beach, and well-preserved Henry VIII castle, at the end of one of the two prongs of the lovely Roseland Peninsula. It looks across the mouth of the Percuil River (a sheltered yacht anchorage) to the green fields round St Anthony Head, and over Falmouth Bay to Falmouth and the mouth of the Helford River. Pedestrian ferry to Falmouth and cruises on Carrick Roads, its great natural harbour. Sailing school (dinghies). Slipway. Fishing trips by arrangement. St Just in Roseland, 2 miles.

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Tregony: largish, rather handsome old village (nice shops, pub, restaurant) on the River Fal (fishing), conveniently central and within easy reach of a very beautiful coast. Pendower beach, 6 miles; Portloe and Portholland (tiny fishing villages) and the lovely wooded-creek area around St. Michael Penkevil, all about 4; Mevagissey and Truro (cathedral city), about 9; St. Mawes and the Roseland Peninsula, about 11.

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Trenarren: tiny hamlet scattered along a deeply wooded lane above the sea (¼ mile away), 2 miles south of St Austell. The Eden Project and the Lost Gardens of Heligan are about 5 and 6 miles away. Mevagissey, about 4 miles.

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Trenoweth: tiny hamlet of granite cottages deep in narrow lanes surrounded by meadows, about 2 miles from Falmouth. Footpaths radiate from the hamlet. Nearest pub/shop at Mabe, 2/3 mile. Nearest sandy beach at Swanpool, 3½ miles. Argal reservoir (picnicking, fishing), about 1 mile.

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Tresillian: small village (good food pub) about 2 miles from Truro following the route of the tidal Tresillian River. Lovely walks and good golf nearby. Excellent base for exploring Cornwall.

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Trewoon: village (pub/restaurant, a few shops) 1½ miles from St Austell (smallish town with indoor swimming pool, other sports facilities, cinema). Within a very few miles are a great variety of Cornwall’s greatest man-made attractions – The Eden Project, 5 miles; The Lost Gardens of Heligan, 6; the wonderful spring gardens of Caerhayes (National Magnolia Collection) and Trewithen; the excellent Wheal Martyn China Clay museum, 5. The sea/sandy beaches at Carlyon Bay or Pentewan are 4 ½ miles away, and Charlestown’s old port with ‘tall ships’, 1½. Mevagissey, 7 miles. Truro (Cornwall’s capital, cathedral, sophisticated shops, culture, but quite small), and the beginning of wooded creek Cornwall, 14 miles, while behind St Austell rise the extraordinary, spectacular china clay ‘mountains’, enclosing villages that produce some of Cornwall’s best brass bands. The north coast, Newquay and the surfing beaches, 15 miles.

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Truro: capital city of Cornwall and gateway to some of the most beautiful and good walking countryside in the West Country around the Fal Estuary. Beautiful, calm young cathedral (completed in 1910). Excellent range of small shops and cafés. Tennis courts for hire in the city. Farmers’ markets every Saturday. Sandy beaches at St Agnes and Perranporth, about 7 miles; Falmouth, 10; the great gardens of Glendurgan and Trebah, 13.

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Veryan: little wooded-valley village (pretty, good pub) a mile from the sea in one of the loveliest, most Mediterranean parts of Cornwall. Undamaged country all round and Nat. Trust protected coast of cliffs, headlands, coves, sandy beaches, tiny fishing villages; close inland, the wooded creeks of the Fal estuary. St Mawes (small resort, sailing, boat trips, castle, wonderful views to Falmouth) and Mevagissey, both 7 miles. St Just in Roseland’s wonderful churchyard, 5. The Lost Gardens of Heligan, the Eden Project and Truro, 10.

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