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/pub in Gorran village, 1 mile. Mevagissey, 3½ miles; St Austell, 10.

Holiday cottages in Boswinger, Cornwall

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

Holiday cottages in Devoran, Cornwall

Falmouth: large town, port and resort, beside one of the world's most beautiful natural harbours, Carrick Roads - the heart of wooded-creek Cornwall. Brilliant place for sailing/boating, beaches, sightseeing or garden-visiting (Glendurgan, Trebah). Sheltered sandy and rock pool beaches, yachts/boats (ferries, creek cruises), National Maritime Museum, small shops, galleries, restaurants. Golf, tennis. Port Navas, 5 miles.

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Feock: little village (pub, church) almost hidden in trees, eyeing lazily an extensive estuary with open sea beyond. 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), 5 miles. Falmouth, 7.

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Flushing: exceptionally pretty, unspoilt and peaceful village (colour-washed cottages, church, small shops, 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, historic port (narrow streets, smart shops, galleries, restaurants, waterfront pubs, yachts). Sandy beach (esplanade), and smaller beach with pool cut in rocks. Glorious cliff-top/headland walks; cross-river ferries and boat trips; boat/canoe hire. Large cove with pub (Polkerris), 3 miles. Par (train station), 3 miles (buses into village). The Eden Project, 7.

Holiday cottages in Fowey, Cornwall

Gorran Haven: unspoilt, pretty fishing village (pub, restaurant, shop, PO) on a hillside around the harbour. Mevagissey, 2 miles. Sandy beach in the harbour; others more secluded within 1½ miles; St Mawes, 10 miles; Truro, 15; nearest town: St Austell, 10. 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, 3½ miles. Wonderful walks; beautiful Trebah and Glendurgan Gardens, about 1 mile.

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Mevagissey: one of Cornwall’s most magical fishing villages with big, busy harbour, shops, pubs, restaurants. Boat trips (fishing); fishing also from the pier or, way out, for sharks. Sandy beaches, ½ mile. Cliff/headland walks. The Lost Gardens of Heligan, 2 miles. St Austell (town, golf, tennis), 6. The Eden Project, 9.

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Mylor: creek-side village (shops, good food pub, PO, church) with historic harbour (sailing tuition/boat hire, restaurants/cafés on waterfront) in a network of creeks and rivers (fish, birds, sometimes seals and dolphins), 1 mile from Flushing. Last oyster fishing fleet under sail in Europe. Lovely walks. Falmouth, 4 miles. Truro, 8.

Holiday cottages in Mylor, Cornwall

Perranarworthal: village (award-winning pub, farm shop) built around the 18th cent. copper and iron ore trade. A mid-Victorian handbook described it as ‘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.

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

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Philleigh: little village on the Roseland Peninsula (church, pub) dating from pre-conquest. 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: beautiful creek-side hamlet, completely unspoilt. Oyster farm. The tidal creek leads into the Helford River, and beside it a lane to Glendurgan and Trebah Gardens and Helford Passage (sandy beach, good pub, boat hire) where pedestrian ferry to Helford village (nice pub). Many other beaches nearby. Constantine (nearest shops/good food pubs), 1½ miles; Falmouth, 6.

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Porthpean: tiny village (church) by the sea, a mile south of St Austell (busy town): 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, 4 miles. The Eden Project, 5. Fowey, 7.

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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.

Holiday cottages in Rame, Cornwall

Rosevine: little Roseland Peninsula hamlet just minutes from sandy Porthcurnick Beach (bathing waters, rock pools) and coastal paths; two hotels serve lunch/dinner to non-residents. Portscatho (shops, galleries), 2 miles or 20 minutes by coastal path; St Mawes, 6; Truro, 10 miles via King Harry Car Ferry. Lots of 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, golf, tennis), 6 miles. The Eden Project, about 11 miles.

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St Just in Roseland: tiny village, 2 miles from St Mawes, famous for its wonderful churchyard, with luxuriant flowers and shrubs, exquisite views and ancient tombstones, sloping down to 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: beautiful village (shops, pubs, restaurants, galleries) with harbour, two sandy beaches and Henry VIII castle, at the end of the lovely Roseland Peninsula, looking across to St Anthony Head (summer pedestrian ferry), and to Falmouth and the Helford River. Pedestrian ferry to Falmouth and cruises on Carrick Roads. Sailing school; canoeing; fishing trips; regattas. 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 beautiful countryside (good walking) around the Fal Estuary. Beautiful young cathedral (1910). Excellent small shops and cafés. Tennis courts. Farmers’ market every Saturday. Sandy beaches at St Agnes and Perranporth, 7 miles; Falmouth, 10; great gardens at Glendurgan and Trebah, 13.

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Veryan: little wooded-valley village (good pub) a mile from the sea in one of the loveliest parts of Cornwall. Nat. Trust cliffs, coves, sandy beaches, tiny fishing villages; close inland, the wooded Fal estuary creeks. St Mawes and Mevagissey, 7 miles. St Just in Roseland, 5. The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Eden Project and Truro, 10.

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