Tregardock beach - Port Isaac Harbor

Delabole

Delabole is a large working village, famous for its slate quarry which has been operational since the early 17th Century. The village boasts two pubs (both of which serve a limited variety of food), a very well stocked grocery shop, a bakery/cake shop, post office, hairdressers, garage and fish & chip shop. Trebarwith Strand, a beautiful sandy beach at low tide and popular with surfers, is about 1¼ miles away by road (nearer if you are willing to walk), where the Port William pub has good fresh food and fine views, providing a perfect spot for lunch. The spectacular Tregardock Beach is a little further and, as the last mile or so is only accessible by foot, it guarantees a quiet spot even in the height of the summer. Both beaches are dog friendly, as is Daymer Bay about seven miles away. Other beaches and seaside villages nearby are only a short drive. Within the village, there are the Ferndale farm coarse fishing lakes. If the weather is not ideal, there is an indoor swimming pool in nearby Camelford.

North Cornwall

The area from the River Camel north to Bude covers a mixture of great cliffs and beaches with a walking trail along the entire coast providing exhilarating views and bird-friendly cliffs. Polzeath, Trebarwith, Widemouth Bay, Bude, and Sandy Mouth offer great sand/surf beaches (lessons available at Polzeath and Trebarwith) and at Port Gaverne, Bossiney and Crackington Haven, there are charming sandy coves. Rock, also sandy, is an ideal place for water sports, including sailing on the Camel estuary and a very fine golf course (St Enodoc) – in the summer you can take the ferry across to the picturesque fishing village of Padstow where celebrity chef, Rick Stein has a choice of restaurants. Another celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver has his "Fifteen" restaurant at Watergate Bay. Other golf courses can be found at Bowood House and St Kew. There are tiny fjords at Port Quin and Boscastle and Port Isaac is probably the prettiest fishing village in the area with its cliff-enclosed harbour (backdrop to “Doc Martin”).

The Camel Trail offers a cycleway (bikes for hire) from Bodmin Moor beside the Camel to Padstow. Nearby Pencarrow is a beautiful house with wonderful garden where you can pick you own fruit in summer. Tintagel has a ruined castle said to be that of King Arthur's on a wild headland. Bodmin Moor with its two peaks Rough Tor and Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall , provides open moor land walking with visible evidence of prehistoric settlements and stone circles.

Lanhydrock House and Tintagel Post Office are the two nearest National Trust Buildings and both well worth a visit.

You can also visit the Heritage Centre at Minions detailing the local mining industry and its history. Blisland, on the moor's northern edge, is one of Cornwall 's prettiest villages. A day out to the restored “ Lost Gardens of Heligan” and/or the Eden Project make a change from the coast.

Useful links:
www.delabole.com
www.northcornwall-live.com
www.shimbo.co.uk
www.intocornwall.com
www.rswsc.co.uk
www.gardensofcornwall.com

Trebarwith -Trebarwith at Sunset

Lanhydrock House - Lost Gaden of Heligan

Old Post Office - Tintagel Castle

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Daymer Bay - Polzeath beach