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Port town
Fowey
Port town at the mouth of the River Fowey, with a church first founded in the 7th century.
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Fowey, Polperro & the south-east coast: things to do
Places worth your time in Fowey, Polperro & the south-east coast
Top places
Things to do in Fowey, Polperro & the south-east coast
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Castle
St Catherine's Castle
Small artillery fort of the 1530s built by Henry VIII to defend Fowey Harbour; English Heritage lists free entry.
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Beach
Readymoney Cove
Sandy beach south of Fowey harbour, sheltered by cliffs near the mouth of the estuary.
Village
Polruan
Steep village across the River Fowey from Fowey, bounded by water on three sides.
Beach and village
Polkerris
Small village and beach on St Austell Bay, part of the Menabilly estate.
Fishing village
Polperro
Large village and fishing harbour on the south coast, about seven miles east of Fowey.
Beach
Talland Bay
Bay west of Looe with two sheltered shingle beaches, Talland Sand and Rotterdam Beach.
Seaside town
Looe
Coastal town in south-east Cornwall, 20 miles west of Plymouth.
Pier
Banjo Pier
Banjo-shaped pier at Looe, the first of its kind and a model for others.
Nature reserve
Looe Island
Small island and nature reserve a mile off Looe, also called St George’s Island.
Town
Lostwithiel
Town at the head of the River Fowey estuary.
Castle
Restormel Castle
Almost perfectly circular Norman castle above the River Fowey near Lostwithiel, one of the four chief Norman castles of Cornwall.
Visitor attraction
Eden Project
Visitor attraction in a reclaimed china clay pit, dominated by two large Biomes housing thousands of plant species.
Harbour
Charlestown Harbour
Port on the south coast developed in the late 18th century from the fishing village of West Polmear.
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Falmouth & the Helford
A deep-water port, two Tudor castles and the creeks of the Helford
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- Fowey, Polperro & the south-east coast (area photo): Marika Reinholds, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fowey: Mutney, CC0, source
- St Catherine's Castle: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0, source
- Readymoney Cove: Len Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Polruan: Oliver Mills, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Polkerris: Jowaninpensans, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Polperro: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Talland Bay: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Looe: User:Tigershrike, Public domain, source
- Banjo Pier: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Looe Island: Pyrotek at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Lostwithiel: Matnkat, CC BY 3.0, source
- Restormel Castle: Zaian at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Eden Project: Jürgen Matern, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Charlestown Harbour: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Ives & West Penwith: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Penzance, Mousehole & Land’s End: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Falmouth & the Helford: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0, source
- Newquay & the North Coast: Otto Domes, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Padstow & the Camel Estuary: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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