Cornwall in the south of England is rich in scenic beauty. There are walking trails including coastal paths with stunning sea views, cliffs and coves. Cornish history and heritage are part of its uniqueness with tin mines dotted all over the rugged landscape.
A place for tranquil walks, hikes and cycling, combined with local mining history, our writers have been inspired to share their experiences along the beautiful coast and further inland where some locations have UNESCO protected status.
Cornwall is renowned for many things such as the Cornish pasty. Did you know that the oldest Cornish pasty bakery in the world, Warrens bakery, is in Penzance? The Pirates of Penzance, smugglers, legends and myths such as Tintagel Castle and the legend of King Arthur also originate in Cornwall.
Here you’ll also find the well-known Land’s End or Peal Point, which is the most westerly mainland point of Cornwall and England.
There are lots of rugged trails with picture perfect views, and fans of Poldark will have no difficulty imagining themselves in the midst of a gorgeous scene.
Parts of the coast are very popular with surfers and even on a winter’s day you will find them catching a wave. St Ives is a popular destination for artists with its many art galleries and retreats. The streets and houses are picturesque and the beaches are stunning.
The sea food is a delight, and you’ll find much of it throughout Cornwall. The fishing industry is a tradition dating back into the 1700s. Fowey, pronounced Joy, is a harbour town where fishing was an integral part of life and some of the merchants were also privateers and did a bit of smuggling too.
Hoburne Holidays offers sites all across the South West of the country. Hoburne St Mabyn is set just outside the village of St Mabyn in the heart of Cornwall, and provides a quiet, luxury retreat…
If you are in the mood for some island hopping adventures, with soft white sand, deserted beaches, scenery to blow your socks off and miles of smiles guaranteed, you really can’t do much better than…
Don’t know about you, but when I’m planning the perfect Cornish getaway, gingerly drawing up a wishlist, there are certain boxes that just have to be ticked. Sun, sea and sand, obviously. Cream teas and…
Probably Cornwall’s most famous smugglers Inn on Bodmin Moor. Set in the middle of the moors it is located just off of the A30, close to the hamlet of Bolventor. The current building was built…
The ruggedness of Cornwall has tempted me to return on countless occasions, there’s an almost magnetic draw to this stunning land. My family and I love to visit Cornwall whenever we have an opportunity, and…
A whistle-stop tour of Fowey. For us this meant a wander through steep meandering lanes, some gorgeous harbour views looking across the Fowey estuary to the historic, Polruan, and of course a delicious Cornish ice cream was inevitable. Fowey, pronounced Foy…
Summer had arrived in Cornwall and just in time for a family weekend stay in Carlyon Bay, temperatures were hitting the 30-degree mark and a coastal walk was already planned, we hadn’t decided on the finer details…
Coastal walking, with gorgeous beaches and coves along the way makes for some truly memorable journeys. Our route started from the beautiful Carlyon Bay, near St Austel and continued alongside the golf course, we then…
The Luxulyan Valley is, to my mind, a true Cornish treasure, a place for tranquil walks through the woodland and natural beauty, combined with local mining history, remnants of which can be easily noted on a relaxed wander in this deep-set valley, north of St Austel,…
Cliff walks are fantastic, especially when discovering a new walk where the views surprise and delight at every turn. Our clifftop walks took us from the lovely Carlyon Bay and around a very scenic route to Charlestown near St Austel. Charlestown itself is a quaint and unspoiled historic…
The Isles of Scilly: famous for white sandy beaches, turquoise seas, fields of flowers and delicious cream teas… but how about stargazing? 28 miles away from the bright lights of the mainland, this offshore archipelago has some of the darkest skies in England; yet the…
It was August bank holiday and my family and I decided on a spontaneous getaway in Cornwall. We packed up our camping gear and drove down towards Penzance, Cornwall. A weekend of camping, gorgeous beaches,…