Mevagissey

A working harbour village on Cornwall’s south coast, with fishing boats unloading mackerel, crab and lobster on the inner quay through the day. A medieval quay was first built here in 1430, with the outer harbour added in the 1770s as pilchard fishing grew. The Mevagissey Museum sits on the harbour and the village also has a small aquarium in the old lifeboat house and a model railway exhibition. The streets are narrow, so the Willow Car & Coach Park on the edge of the village is the place to leave the car.

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Place to eat · 0.1 mi

Teacup Tearoom

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Teacup Tearoom sits on Church Street in the heart of Mevagissey village, husband-and-wife run by David and Lis. The tearoom holds Cornwall…

Place to visit · 1.4 mi

Lost Gardens of Heligan

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Two hundred acres of restored Victorian gardens near Mevagissey, lost after the First World War and brought back from brambles by Tim…

Place to eat · 1.4 mi

Heligan Kitchen and Steward’s House Cafe

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The Heligan Kitchen and the Steward's House Cafe are the two on-site eateries at the Lost Gardens of Heligan. The Heligan Kitchen…

Place to visit · 3.6 mi

Caerhays Castle and Gardens

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A 140-acre hillside garden above the Cornish coast. One of the world's most important magnolia collections, plus camellias and rhododendrons. Dogs on…

Place to visit · 3.7 mi

Porthluney Beach

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A wide south-facing cove of golden sand below Caerhays Castle. A small stream runs across the eastern edge of the beach year-round.…

Place to stay · 4.3 mi

Bosinver Farm Cottages

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No dogs during summer school holidays. No puppies under 1 year. Outside that window, dogs welcome in selected cottages.