Gorran Haven has a thriving village shop with its own bakery and Post office. A few minutes walk from us is a pub with restaurant, a cafe, and a fish and chip shop.
We are 200 yards from the coastal path (see Activities).
The historic fishing village of Mevagissey is 10 minutes by car and has a wide choice of restaurants.
To the west is the lovely Roseland Peninsula going down to St. Mawes, which is a short ferry ride from Falmouth. There is also a regular ferry from Mvagissey to Fwey and back. A convenient way to travel and to see some of the coast line from the sea. In the other direction the Lost Gardens of Heligan are about 10 minutes away and an added 10 minutes takes you into St. Austell, and the world famous Eden Project. In St. Austell are the less well-known 30 acres of Pine Lodge Gardens, well worth a visit. National Trust gardens of Lanhydrock, Trelissick and Trerice are within easy reach.
Our central position is ideal for exploring the rest of Cornwall.
Based in Fowey, the festival runs from 8-17 May, phone 01726 833619
Cornwall has 67 gardens open to the public, a wonderful variety, to suit all tastes, and different in every season.
Caerhayes Castle, 5 miles from us,has gardens open to the public from February 18th -1st. June, and the Castle tours begin Friday 10th. March until Monday 30th May, - well worth doing both of these.
Well-travelled walkers have told us that the coast around us is some of the most beautiful they have seen, so walking here is a joy.
Mevagissey can be reached along the cliff path and is about 3 miles away. You can walk on to Heligan, going through Mevagissey and up the wooded valley, and then get a bus back here.
To the west is the long south-facing Vault beach and then Dodman Point with its iron age ramparts. Walk on and you reach Hemmick beach, and on again to Porth Luney and Caerhayes Castle. The path continues uninterrupted to St. Anthony Head, close to Falmouth.
We can transport walkers by arrangement.
Gorran Haven beach is particularly safe for swimmers. Vault is a quieter beach which can be accessed with a short walk round the cliff.
There is easy launching for boats on trailers from the beach. The adjoining harbour has safe moorings except in severe easterly weather.
Boats can be hired in Mevagissey, and there are boating trips in season and a regular ferry from Mevagissey to Fowey.
The Square Sail Shipyard Ltd. (01726 70241) based in Charlestown organises trips for three or six hour trips from May to mid September on their three tall ships.
Shore fishing is popular from the harbour and around the coast and beaches. Sea trips for fishing can be booked from Mevagissey.
We have two stable kayak canoes which guests are welcome to use at no charge but at their own risk. Canoes can also be hired on the beach in July and August.
Cycles can be hired at Pentewan. You can explore the Pentewan Valley and the other cycle trails around St. Austell.
Our neighbour, Mike Dyer, an experienced conservationist, runs courses for one day or longer, on the fascinating world around us. These include sea shore, Cornish hedges, landscape and bird watching.
Advance booking is essential.
E-mail:- coastland@dsl.pipex.co.uk
Telephone:- 01726 843122
One week in May, Fowey hosts the Daphne du Maurier festival, which has an international appeal.
And, not to be forgotten,
For those who can't resist the lure, near St Austell there is a weekend market on a permanent site, the largest covered market in the country. Between Gorran Haven and Liskeard is Trago Mills, a department store like no other, situated in the woods. Truro is the county town, and Falmouth houses the new maritime museum.
To download a Word document from Visit Cornwall with details of more activities in 2008, click here.