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EXPLORING THE LIZARD AND BEYOND

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

  The stunning Lizard Peninsula is one of only 46 designated UK Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This beautiful part of Cornwall offers ocean views and spectacular scenery. The most southerly place in Britain, Lizard Point, boasts dramatic cliffs and turquoise seas. Kynance Cove, with its white beaches and rock stacks, stretches from Lizard Point to Gwennap Head. The Land’s End peninsula, with its steep, cliff faces, is the most westerly point of Cornwall.

Days Out to Remember

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

  Local attractions include Poldark Mine, the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Flambards Theme Park, and the National Trust’s Godolphin Estate with its medieval garden and historic house. The Museum of Cornish Life displays thousands of objects over three floors within Helston’s historic market buildings, providing a fascinating insight into local traditions.

Harbours and Sheltered Coves

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Harbours and Sheltered Coves

The fishing ports of Porthleven and Cadgwith provide picturesque, romantic harbours, with interesting old buildings. During winter storms, Porthleven attracts visitors to watch waves crashing over the sea defences.

 A little further afield is the National Maritime Museum, Falmouth and St Michael’s Mount, a striking tidal island linked to Marazion by a man-made causeway.

Water Sports

Drama and Romance

Harbours and Sheltered Coves

 Poldhu Beach is a perfect spot for surfing with its surf school providing lessons from qualified tutors. Its beach cafe is open 363 days a year.

Porthkerris Divers offer shore diving from the nearby secluded cove of Porthkerris, as well as boat diving to numerous diving sites around the Lizard. A popular spot is the Manacles Marine Conservation Zone, with its colourful reefs and plentiful shipwrecks, which offer an amazing range of scenic diving.

In the summer months, basking sharks can be seen in Falmouth Bay, as well as visiting pods of dolphins and the occasional seal.

Music and Theatre

Drama and Romance

Drama and Romance

  The open-air Minack Theatre at Porthcurno, with its stunning cliff-side location, is one of the world’s most spectacular theatres, with the sea providing a dramatic backdrop.

Well-known locally for their unique, full-blooded style, the Cadgwith Singers are a group of friends who will lift your spirits with traditional songs. Catch them if you can at local venues, including the Five Pilchards Inn.

Drama and Romance

Drama and Romance

Drama and Romance

  Romantic novelist Daphne du Maurier lived locally and wrote Frenchman’s Creek about an English Lady and her French pirate lover, based in a secluded Helford creek. Bestselling writer Rosamunde Pilcher, author of The Shell Seekers, is one of Cornwall’s literary greats. The TV adaptations of her books include stunning scenic Cornish settings.

Cornwall is Poldark county, and smuggling scenes for the popular BBC period drama are shot at the sandy cove of Gunwalloe. Kynance Cove with its white sand and sea caves is ideal for Nampara beach scenes, while Predannack Wollas, The Lizard, provides the stunning backdrop for Poldark’s legendary horseback shots. 

Useful websites

Useful Websites to visit

Coastal Walking

https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/


Walk the Trial

https://www.walkthetrail.co.uk/


Tate St. Ives

https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-st-ives

A Sculpture Garden and Cafe
http://www.tremenheere.co.uk


Gardens and houses and mounts
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk


Cornish Tin Mining Museum
http://www.geevor.com


Theatre under the Stars
http://www.minack.com


Stones and bones
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk


Beaches in West Cornwall
http://www.cornwall-beaches.co.uk


A Gallery in St. Just
http://www.jacksonfoundationgallery.com



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The Five Pilchards Inn

Porthallow

St Keverne 

Helston

Cornwall  

TR12 6PP 

01326 280256 

info@thefivepilchards.co.uk

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Bar Open for drinks and snacks, renovations mean kitchen will open soon. We are now open for accommodation from April 2023. Book direct for best rates.

Room stays are a minimum two nights, however walkers on South West Coast Path please contract us directly on info@thefivepilchards.co.uk or call us for rates for one night stays.