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Country house
Prideaux Place
Grade I listed Elizabethan house built in 1592 above Padstow, home of the Prideaux family for over 400 years.
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Padstow & the Camel Estuary: things to do
Places worth your time in Padstow & the Camel Estuary
Top places
Things to do in Padstow & the Camel Estuary
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Visitor centre
National Lobster Hatchery
Marine conservation charity on the South Quay that rears lobsters for release into the sea.
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Museum
Padstow Museum
Small local museum with artefacts and documents about Padstow and its docks.
Cycling and walking trail
Camel Trail
Shared path for walkers, cyclists and wheelchair users along a former railway, running from Padstow to Wenford Bridge.
Village
Rock
Coastal village opposite Padstow on the north-east bank of the Camel estuary.
Church
St Enodoc's Church
Chapel at Trebetherick in the parish of St Minver, near the Camel estuary.
Beach
Daymer Bay
Bay and beach on the east side of the Camel estuary.
Beach and village
Polzeath
Small seaside village with a sandy beach popular with holiday-makers and surfers.
Headland
Pentire Head
Headland and peninsula about a mile square on the north Cornwall coast, with Pentire Point and The Rumps at its tips.
Headland
Stepper Point
Headland at the south-west side of the mouth of the River Camel, facing Pentire Point.
Beach and village
Trevone
Seaside village and bay near Padstow.
Beach
Harlyn Bay
Bay on the north coast, about three miles from Padstow.
Beach and village
Constantine Bay
Village and beach on the Atlantic coast, about three miles west of Padstow.
Headland
Trevose Head
Headland on the Atlantic coast about five miles west of Padstow, with a lighthouse.
Town
Wadebridge
Town on the River Camel, five miles upstream from Padstow, at the junction of the Camel Trail routes.
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A sailing harbour, fishing villages and the clay-pit gardens of Eden
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St Ives & West Penwith
Galleries, harbour beaches and the granite moors of Penwith
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Penzance, Mousehole & Land’s End
A market town, fishing ports and Britain’s south-western tip
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- Padstow & the Camel Estuary (area photo): Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Prideaux Place: Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0, source
- National Lobster Hatchery: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Padstow Museum: LavaLampBamboo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Camel Trail: Paul Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rock: Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0, source
- St Enodoc's Church: Matthew Lemin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Daymer Bay: Roger Lombard, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Polzeath: Wayland Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pentire Head: Paste at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Stepper Point: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Trevone: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Harlyn Bay: Harlynbay, CC0, source
- Trevose Head: Amanda King, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Wadebridge: en:User:Benjaminevans82, Public domain, source
- Fowey, Polperro & the south-east coast: Marika Reinholds, 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
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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