Cornwall Recommendations

[neonwilderness]

I'm vaguely considering a trip to Cornwall in the summer, mainly to do some walking and photography. Has anyone got any recommendations for places to go/things to see?

Tintagel and Lizard Point are already on my list. Maybe Mousehole too, to see if it's actually a real place

Paging Voley.

 

[killer b]

Are you planning on staying somewhere, camping? I can recommend some amazing beaches...

 

[Geri]

Crantock, just south of Newquay, is a really quaint village with a lovely thatched pub and a beautiful beach.

St Ives.

Mullion Cove (not that far from the Lizard).

Somewhere near Penzance is a little stone circle called Men An Tol. If you are in that area you should also go to St Michael's Mount.

 

[killer b]

Go to Kynance Cove, which is the most beautiful place.

 

[danny la rouge]

I love West Cornwall.

You should definitely go to Aunty May’s Pasty Shop in Newlyn, the Minack Theatre, and Zennor Church.

 

[neonwilderness]

Are you planning on staying somewhere, camping? I can recommend some amazing beaches...

Not sure yet, depends on logistics of getting there and what I’m planning to do.

Camping is fairly likely though, so amazing beach recommendations are welcome

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Ask fizzerbird to give you a guided tour. I think she lives in Devon but that's near enough.

How about going to the Scilly Isles (not sure of the spelling).

Best take a radiation dose meter with you to be on the safe side.

 

[killer b]

My favourite beach is Pedn Vounder, which is a short walk from the Minack Theatre (the Minack is an open air theatre on the cliffs - they host amateur dramatic societies from around the country and the productions are... variable in quality, but the setting is incredible) Pedn Vounder is a nudist beach, but you get used to it quickly enough - plus the nudism keeps it fairly quiet even at busy times. My second favourite beach is Porthcurno, which is just under the cliffs the Minack sits on.

There's a great campsite at Treen Farm just above Pedn Vounder which would be a good place to base yourself - there's lots of spectacular coastal walks easily accessible, you can get to anywhere in west cornwall fairly quickly... We got a bus to Lamorna Cove one day and walked along the coastal path back to the campsite, which is gorgeous (also a walk George Smiley talks of going on in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy).

 

[marty21]

Rectory Farm & Tearooms - North Cornwall

Have a cream tea here !

 

[Voley]

Place is a fucking dump. Avoid.

Here's a couple of photos I took last Summer. Never again.

Pedn Vounder / Porthcurno. Hellish.



Lands End. Appalling.



Cape Cornwall. Vile.

 

[marty21]

Place is a fucking dump. Avoid.

Here's a couple of photos I took last Summer. Never again.

Pedn Vounder / Porthcurno. Hellish.

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Lands End. Appalling.

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Cape Cornwall. Vile.

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#looksshit

 

[Voley]

#looksshit

#wellfuckingshitmate

 

[farmerbarleymow]

#looksshit

And radioactive. Explains a lot.

 

[neonwilderness]

Rectory Farm & Tearooms - North Cornwall

Have a cream tea here !

I’ll ask them for the Marty discount

Place is a fucking dump. Avoid.

Here's a couple of photos I took last Summer. Never again.

Pedn Vounder / Porthcurno. Hellish.

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Lands End. Appalling.

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Cape Cornwall. Vile.

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Looks awful, I think I’ll stay up north instead.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Looks awful, I think I’ll stay up north instead.

Remember - no stotties available in the barren wasteland of Cornwall.

Spend a week in Seaton Carew instead.

 

[Ground Elder]

A trip to Camborne on damp Tuesday is a must.

 

[killer b]

Mrs B's brother directed me to this great secret beach, Portheras Cove - it's a walk to get to, but deserted and glorious.

 

[killer b]

Also, if you aren't a national trust member, consider joining - you can't move for national trust shit in cornwall.

We had a really nice time at Glendurgan Gardens, a victorian quaker family's botanical gardens - beautifully landscaped, lots of nice plants and a great beach with clear water to swim in at the bottom of the valley.

 

[Ground Elder]

 

[killer b]

oh yeah, drive in and out overnight.

 

[nogojones]

My favourite beach is Pedn Vounder, which is a short walk from the Minack Theatre (the Minack is an open air theatre on the cliffs - they host amateur dramatic societies from around the country and the productions are... variable in quality, but the setting is incredible) Pedn Vounder is a nudist beach, but you get used to it quickly enough - plus the nudism keeps it fairly quiet even at busy times. My second favourite beach is Porthcurno, which is just under the cliffs the Minack sits on.

There's a great campsite at Treen Farm just above Pedn Vounder which would be a good place to base yourself - there's lots of spectacular coastal walks easily accessible, you can get to anywhere in west cornwall fairly quickly... We got a bus to Lamorna Cove one day and walked along the coastal path back to the campsite, which is gorgeous (also a walk George Smiley talks of going on in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy).

I was down there for a couple of weeks last summer and it is starting to get busier now. Apparently, some people were posting it on instagram and it got VERY popular very quickly and it all got a bit too much with the paths blocked with people too scared to climb down and all the roads blocked with traffic and crap parking.

I don't know how well you know the folks at Treen farm, but you may have heard about Kevin the owner who died late last year. I'm not sure how it will impact on the site, as he worked so hard there and in the local community. Gutted, such a sound fella.

TF campsite is constantly busy and you can't book in advance. You just have to turn up in the morning and hope there is space, or go on the waiting list and turn up every morning 'til you can get a pitch. Fine if you're in a van, but more of a pita if you're tenting it

 

[killer b]

We've only been to camp, don't know the people there at all.

 

[two sheds]

You should get in some of the industrial archaeology, fascinating mining history including this arsenic mine at the back of my place. Someone remarked that it's proper Agatha Christie country round here.

 

[2hats]

And radioactive. Explains a lot.

Some places down there exceed dose rates that you'll find in the Chernobyl exclusion zone or at various nuclear test sites.

One of the many reasons I love visiting.

 

[danny la rouge]

You should get in some of the industrial archaeology, fascinating mining history including this arsenic mine at the back of my place. Someone remarked that it's proper Agatha Christie country round here.

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And then there’s the old lace mines, of course.

 

[two sheds]

and treacle.

 

[neonwilderness]

TF campsite is constantly busy and you can't book in advance. You just have to turn up in the morning and hope there is space, or go on the waiting list and turn up every morning 'til you can get a pitch. Fine if you're in a van, but more of a pita if you're tenting it

This place looks good, but I think I'd stay somewhere else I could guarantee a space (for a tent) for the first night. Especially if I end up driving all the way.

I camped somewhere similar on Iona a couple of years ago, but there was only two other people staying there at the same time as me so no worries about getting a space

 

[twentythreedom]

Polperro

Loads of my ancestors in the churchyard there

Or should that be



Beautiful place, anyway

 

[danny la rouge]

This place looks good, but I think I'd stay somewhere else I could guarantee a space (for a tent) for the first night. Especially if I end up driving all the way.

I camped somewhere similar on Iona a couple of years ago, but there was only two other people staying there at the same time as me so no worries about getting a space

West Cornwall feels a lot like Iona in some ways. Much busier, but the same light, the same sea. If you find a quiet beach, it can be a lot like that small island, wild Hebridean feeling.

There’s some really great shore and cliff walks. I can’t remember names right now. But there’s one in particular that takes you past a lookout-lighthouse thing. I think it was near Porthcurno. And there’s a great coastal path at Zennor too.

 

[killer b]

This place looks good, but I think I'd stay somewhere else I could guarantee a space (for a tent) for the first night. Especially if I end up driving all the way.

I camped somewhere similar on Iona a couple of years ago, but there was only two other people staying there at the same time as me so no worries about getting a space

There was loads of cheap campsites near Portheras Cove with plenty of space - we paid an eyewatering amount of money for a cottage because I couldn't face camping in the rain with two kids (my best mate came home early in 2017 because it was raining so hard) - of course it was glorious all week. Every time I drove past a campsite offering space at £10 a night or whatever I ground my teeth...