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LUXURY HOLIDAY HOMES at REASONABLE RATES SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION for 2/3PEOPLE |
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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, PLACES OF INTEREST AND ACTIVITIES .
Locally and within a short drive.
There is a large collection of information leaflets
in each cottage: these give directions and opening times to even more places of
interest than are listed below. The
following are just a selection of what is on offer in this area.
PLACES OF INTEREST.
The
Eden Project. Fantastic
Biomes, a jungle complete with 100Ft waterfall in the heart of Cornwall.
Even if you are not interested in gardens, this is a “must” visit.
27 miles.
National Trust Properties.
Cotehele
{8miles} is a unique mediaeval manor house in a time warp also Lanhydrock
House, {17 miles}, Anthony
House {15 miles}, nr Torpoint. Saltram
House {about 12 miles} and Buckland
Abbey {about 15 miles}. All
these houses have magnificent gardens, lovely to visit all year round but at
their best in springtime.
The famous Garden
House at Buckland Monachorum, featured so often on television, is only
a short drive. Close by is the
Glass Paperweight
Factory and Museum at Yelverton.
Morwellham
Quay, near the picturesque old town of Tavistock, is a living museum
of the Tamar Valley’s industrial
past of the 1800’s. Tavistock itself
boasts a pannier market and antique shops.
Mount Edgecumbe House, gardens and Country Park
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There are beautiful views along the Cornish Coastal Path;
walk from Mt Egdecumbe around the Rame Peninsula and beyond, see the pretty,
unspoilt smuggling villages of Kingsand and Cawsand, and a little further afield,
Looe and Polperro.
For what must be the most spectacular views in Cornwall,
drive up to the top of Kit
Hill near Callington and see from Exeter to St Austell, and from Plymouth
to Brown Willy.
Plymouth has many historical places to visit –the
Barbican and Mayflower steps, the Hoe and Smeaton’s Tower,
the Elizabethan House and Merchants House.
Plymouth
Dome tells the story of Plymouth from Elizabethan times to through the
Blitz. See glass being blown at
the Dartington Crystal shop, browse the antique shops .
A visit to the new National
Marine Aquarium is
memorable, or take a boat trip round Plymouth Sound and the Eddystone lighthouse,
or up the River Tamar.
At Saltash, the famous railway bridge built by Brunel runs alongside the newer road bridge, and Mary Newman’s cottage is worth a visit.{Sir Francis Drake’s wife}.
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THE MOORS. Both
Dartmoor
and Bodmin Moor are close; Bodmin Moor is especially fascinating with
ancient standing stones {the Hurlers at Minnions}, Bronze Age barrows and the
remains of 18th and 19th century mines.
THEATRES AND CINEMAS
In Plymouth, there is the Theatre Royal and Drum theatres,
also Plymouth
Pavilions theatre, and on Bodmin Moor there is Sterts
Theatre.
There is a 15 screen Warner Village Cinema near the Barbican in Plymouth.
ACTIVITIES.
GOLF. St
Mellion Golf and Country Club has 2 highly rated golf courses, and is only
2.5 miles away, also a short drive away are China
Fleet Club{6 miles} Whitsand Bay {11miles} Lanhydrock {17 miles} Looe Binn
Downs {15 miles}.
FISHING Course fishing at Bush Farm Lakes {1.5 miles}, Bake Lakes {6 miles} and Siblyback Lake and Crafthole reservoir to mention only a few.
River fishing in the River Lynher.
Sea fishing at Looe.
HORSE RIDING. There are several Riding Stables
locally, the nearest less than a mile
WATER SPORTS Siblyback
Lake
ICE SKATING. Plymouth Pavilions.
SKI
SLOPE Near Marsh Mills close to the A38 Plymouth
GYMNASIUM and SWIMMING POOL. St Mellion and China Fleet Country Clubs. There are also a swimming pool in Saltash and a Sports Centre in Liskeard.
Of course, you are not obliged to visit any of the above, or rush around madly in swimming pools or on golf courses. You are welcome to chill out in a deckchair on the lawn and listen to the birds!
© Ann Barnicoat March 2004
