Caerhays Castle and Gardens
A 140-acre hillside garden above the Cornish coast. One of the world's most important magnolia collections, plus camellias and rhododendrons. Dogs on leads welcome throughout.
Charlestown harbour
A late-Georgian harbour and UNESCO World Heritage site with tall ships at the quay, used as a filming location for Poldark and over a hundred other productions.
Coleton Fishacre
A National Trust Arts and Crafts garden cut into a coastal valley above the sea, three-pawprint rated for dogs and with a coast-path link out to a wartime…
Cornish Seal Sanctuary
A charity-run seal rescue and rehabilitation centre on the Helford River. Resident seals, sea lions and puffins, plus a woodland walk. Dogs on leads welcome throughout most of…
Dartmouth Castle & Castle Cove
A 14th-century coastal fortress at the mouth of the Dart, with a Tudor gun tower, Victorian batteries and Second World War defences cut into the rocks.
Eden Project
Twenty acres of outdoor gardens in a former china clay pit, with planting drawn from climates around the world and miles of walkable trails outside the biomes.
Golitha Falls and Draynes Wood
A National Nature Reserve on Bodmin Moor where the River Fowey cascades through ancient oak woodland, with a free car park and a 9th-century memorial stone nearby.
Greenway
Agatha Christie's holiday home above the Dart, with a Georgian house, a 30-acre woodland garden running down to the river and a pet cemetery to the family's own…
Hurst Castle
Henry VIII coastal fort at the end of Hurst Spit, a 40-minute shingle walk from Milford on Sea. Dogs welcome on leads throughout.
Lanhydrock estate
A 900-acre National Trust estate above the River Fowey, with parkland, ancient woodland, six miles of cycle trails and the four-mile Respryn Ramble.
Lost Gardens of Heligan
Two hundred acres of restored Victorian gardens near Mevagissey, lost after the First World War and brought back from brambles by Tim Smit's team from 1990.
Perrywood and New Copse Loop
A 3.8-mile flat circular walk from The Pig at Brockenhurst through mixed forest and open heath. Map provided by the hotel.
Photographs include beautiful, sweet Violet who passed away in 2021.
