Places to go in Cornwall-suggestions please

[lemontop]

Me and Tommers are off to Cornwall on Friday. We're staying in a hotel in Newquay from Fri-Sun and are then planning on going camping and seeing a bit more of the area for the rest of the week but have no concrete plans yet. Any suggestions on places we should visit? Would also appreciate any recommendations of good places to camp, places to go at night etc. Thanking you.

 

[editor]

St Ives is well worth a visit, and St Michael's Mount by Marazion's a good day out too.

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[boohoo]

Mousehole is lovely. There is a campsite outside of Penzance which, if I remember right, wasn't too bad. There is a beautiful place called Madron's well nearby - ancient spring and ye olde chapel. And then there is a foot path to some of the various ancient monuments in the area - get an ordinance Survey. Lamorna Cove is pretty too.

And from Penzance you can catch a boat to the Scilly Isles!

 

[Jangla]

Crantock Bay, Watergate Bay, Gwithian Beach, St Ives, Porthtowan, Padstow, the list goes on and on mate

 

[lemontop]

Thanks v much for the advice. Really looking forward to it. I've never been to that bit of the country before so want to see as much as possible. We'll def take a visit to St Ives and try to pack in as many of the other suggestions as possible. Will get an OS map tomorrow to try to get my bearings. Any suggestions of any hostelries would go down a treat as well

 

[madzone]

Get yourself down to west cornwall - newquay is shit

It all depends on what kind of stuff you enjoy doing. Do you want a campsite with shiny clean super dooper facilities or one that's a bit more laid back? Do you have transport?

You could camp here http://www.cornwall-online.co.uk/trevedra/Welcome.html
go for a meal here http://www.thebeachrestaurant.com/

and then stroll accross the road for a drink in the Old Success http://www.oldsuccess.com/success01.html

 

[craigxcraig]

Coverack is a great place - very small, one or two pubs. Is right down on the Lizard Peninsula.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverack

 

[editor]

Any suggestions of any hostelries would go down a treat as well

The Sloop in St Ives is a good 'un, although the place will be knee deep in grommets right now.

A friend of mine runs this excellent St Ives site: http://www.spooky1.com/

 

[madzone]

The Sloop in St Ives is a good 'un, although the place will be knee deep in grommets right now.

A friend of mine runs this excellent St Ives site: http://www.spooky1.com/

Emmets

 

[lemontop]

Get yourself down to west cornwall - newquay is shit

It all depends on what kind of stuff you enjoy doing. Do you want a campsite with shiny clean super dooper facilities or one that's a bit more laid back? Do you have transport?

You could camp here http://www.cornwall-online.co.uk/trevedra/Welcome.html
go for a meal here http://www.thebeachrestaurant.com/

and then stroll accross the road for a drink in the Old Success http://www.oldsuccess.com/success01.html

Damn that looked great but their campsite is fully booked. Going to have to get on the phone and look around. Tommers seemed to think we'd be ok if we just turned up somewhere. To answer your questions, yes we've got a car and I don't really care about super dooper facilities. Cheap and cheerful will do.

 

[madzone]

I think you'd be lucky to find somewhere you could just walk into in July tbh.

There's other campsites in sennen I think. I'll have a look. Or it's within driving distance of St Buryan, Porthcurno, Penzance etc so you could pick any of them.

eta - Kelynack's very pretty (pronounced kill - eye - nuck)
http://www.chycor.co.uk/camping/kelynack/index.htm

 

[editor]

Emmets

That's it! It was a bit early for me to remember the right name so I made one up instead.

It's a good site that Spooky St Ives one.

 

[madzone]

That's it! It was a bit early for me to remember the right name so I made one up instead.

It's a good site that Spooky St Ives one.

Grommets is what you get in your ears.

Re:Spooky - my 7 yr old downloaded some stuff from there the other day about the feast Of St Eia to take into school. I had to talk him out of it

 

[Fruitloop]

Grommits is also slang for novice surfers.

 

[madzone]

Grommits is also slang for novice surfers.

Is it really? I didn't know that

 

[lemontop]

The Sloop in St Ives is a good 'un, although the place will be knee deep in grommets right now.

A friend of mine runs this excellent St Ives site: http://www.spooky1.com/

Cheers for that. Love the pub reviews.

 

[maximilian ping]

Fowey's noice

 

[2 Hardcore]

I remember going to a gorgeous place called Kynance Cove
(we went to Cornwall on travelling/self-catering holidays just about every year when I was a child - parents wanted to travel round the whole coast)

 

[lemontop]

I think you'd be lucky to find somewhere you could just walk into in July tbh.

There's other campsites in sennen I think. I'll have a look. Or it's within driving distance of St Buryan, Porthcurno, Penzance etc so you could pick any of them.

eta - Kelynack's very pretty (pronounced kill - eye - nuck)
http://www.chycor.co.uk/camping/kelynack/index.htm

That looks gorgeous as well. Thanks so much for all these suggestions. I've rang a couple of campsites that should have some availablity next week. I think it's the week after when they're going to be packed. I know it's tourist season heaven but I'm a teacher so can only go away when everyone else does. I'm off to buy myself a map now to sit down and work out what order to visit all these places in

 

[Fruitloop]

Is it really? I didn't know that

Indeed it is. Although it's kind of Aussie/US surfer slang, so anyone using it for real in Cornwall is probably a hopeless poser...

 

[tommers]

blimey. that's a lot of replies. nice one.

I'm sure when I went cycling round cornwall before we didn't have any trouble getting campsites... but I am willing to bow down to local knowledge.

should be good!

 

[djbombscare]

Emmets

grommets is Debun innit

 

[Ground Elder]

grommets is Debun innit

grockles, shurely

 

[aqua]

Me and Tommers are off to Cornwall on Friday. We're staying in a hotel in Newquay from Fri-Sun and are then planning on going camping and seeing a bit more of the area for the rest of the week but have no concrete plans yet. Any suggestions on places we should visit? Would also appreciate any recommendations of good places to camp, places to go at night etc. Thanking you.

www.noongallas.com

 

[secretsquirrel]

Can I recommend a trip here...

http://www.trebahgarden.co.uk/

Tis stunning - great for wandering around for a few hours

Bloody love Cornwall me. We're down for a week next month...

 

[secretsquirrel]

Fuck me. I've become someone who pays to go visit gardens

*subscribes to National Trust*

*sobs*

 

[Miscellaneous]

I'm quite suprised no one has said Devon yet.

 

[Idaho]

The north coast is generally great. I love the area round Boscastle, Crackington Haven and Tintagel.

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

Men - an - Tol is worth a visit if you like that sort of stuff, passed my son ethrough it as 6 week old.

 

[boskysquelch]

Indeed it is. Although it's kind of Aussie/US surfer slang, so anyone using it for real in Cornwall is probably a hopeless poser...

poseur it's more generally used down here by the skateboarders h'actuarsey...surfers here generally refer to themselves, young and old, as Locals.