Padstow makes an excellent base for exploring the varied delights of the Cornish coast and countryside. The best known route is the South West Coast Path, originally used by coastguards for spotting smugglers. Completed in 1978, it was designated for…
Born on a farm near Falmouth, writer Elizabeth Dale can trace her Cornish ancestry all the way back to 1550. But it wasn’t until she returned home after nearly a decade travelling the world that she came to fully appreciate…
The rugged north coast of Cornwall was once considered a smuggler’s paradise. Millions of years of erosion by those unstoppable Atlantic rollers have created a coastline of countless craggy inlets, secluded coves and hidden caves – and the men that…
Fascinating episodes in the history of Cornwall can be traced through a handful of its marvellous buildings. Embedded in the bricks and mortar are centuries of the intrigues, wars and exploits of the Cornish people. The Old Duchy Palace in…
In less than an hour you can go from the bustling sophistication of Padstow to the heart of Bodmin Moor, one of Cornwall’s most ancient and varied landscapes. Much of its 80 square miles are pure wilderness and remain open…
Carn Brea Castle is easily one of Cornwall’s most recognisable landmarks and one of its most unusual buildings. Standing on the heights of Carn Brea Hill it is visibly from miles around. Over the centuries the castle has had many…
While we’d love to guarantee fine weather for all our guests, even infrequent visitors to Cornwall know that this is wishful thinking. In reality it pays to have a few ideas up your sleeves for those days when rain clouds…
Guides to Cornwall generally fall into one of two categories. They’re either rapturous reviews of its dramatic landscape and characterful towns. Or rants about traffic jams and ever increasing hordes of visitors. Fortunately there is a third way – one…
Summer in Cornwall is all about making the most of our wonderful outdoor spaces! And luckily we have been blessed with a tradition of wonderfully creative theatre groups just waiting to take advantage of our many open-air theatres, or creating…
The view of the white tower of Godrevy lighthouse on its little rocky island on the eastern edge of St Ives Bay has to be one of the most beautiful and iconic in Cornwall. It marks where the notorious Stones…