Guidebook for Porthtowan

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Guidebook for Porthtowan

Food Scene

This restaurant and bar serves delicious, hearty food and a lovely atmosphere by the beach. The mussels are especially good.
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Blue Bar
Beach Road
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This restaurant and bar serves delicious, hearty food and a lovely atmosphere by the beach. The mussels are especially good.
After a hearty walk along the coast path the Driftwood Spars will serve you a delicious meal and try their flight (three small glasses) of local beers.
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The Driftwood Spars
Trevaunance Road
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After a hearty walk along the coast path the Driftwood Spars will serve you a delicious meal and try their flight (three small glasses) of local beers.
Great place to have a coffee and watch the surfers right on the beach at Trevaunance cove St Agnes.
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Schooners
Quay Road
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Great place to have a coffee and watch the surfers right on the beach at Trevaunance cove St Agnes.

Shopping

Etherington's farm shop has amazing meats, cheeses and wines plus other delicacies.
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Etherington Brian Meat Co Ltd
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Etherington's farm shop has amazing meats, cheeses and wines plus other delicacies.

Essentials

This is your nearest supermarket.
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Tesco Superstore
Wesley Street
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This is your nearest supermarket.
A well stocked local shop for your basic needs including soya milk.
Porthtowan Village Stores
Beach Road
A well stocked local shop for your basic needs including soya milk.
Large Waitrose in Truro.
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Waitrose station
Park
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Large Waitrose in Truro.
Large Sainsbury's in Truro
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Sainsbury's
Eastern Green
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Large Sainsbury's in Truro

Arts & Culture

Small and interesting local museum.
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St Agnes Museum
Penwinnick Road
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Small and interesting local museum.
Gwennap Pit is an open air amphitheatre, near Redruth, made famous by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. Possibly a hollow created by mining activities, it has remarkable acoustic properties.
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Gwennap Pit, TR16 5HH
8-9 Saint Clement Street
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Gwennap Pit is an open air amphitheatre, near Redruth, made famous by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. Possibly a hollow created by mining activities, it has remarkable acoustic properties.
Really good museum with plenty of activities for children.
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Maritime Museum station
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Really good museum with plenty of activities for children.
An amazing open air theatre right on the cliff edge, well worth a visit even if you don't see a show there.
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Het Minack-theater
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An amazing open air theatre right on the cliff edge, well worth a visit even if you don't see a show there.
Barbara Hepworth's home, studio and garden is open to the public and many of her brilliant sculptures are on display there.
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Barbara Hepworth Museum en Sculpture Garden
Barnoon Hill
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Barbara Hepworth's home, studio and garden is open to the public and many of her brilliant sculptures are on display there.
Art lovers will enjoy this seaside art gallery with wonderful indoor/outdoor restaurant.
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Tate St. Ives
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Art lovers will enjoy this seaside art gallery with wonderful indoor/outdoor restaurant.

Getting Around

Trains to London Paddington and Penzance.
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Redruth Station
Station Road
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Trains to London Paddington and Penzance.

Entertainment & Activities

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Plaza cinema
Lemon Street
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Independent cinema in the heart of Falmouth.
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The Poly
24 Church St
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Independent cinema in the heart of Falmouth.
Cheap multiplex cinema.
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Regal Redruth Cinema & Theatre
6 Fore St
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Cheap multiplex cinema.
Friendly surf teachers offering lessons and board and wetsuits for hire and for sale.
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Tris Surf Shop
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Friendly surf teachers offering lessons and board and wetsuits for hire and for sale.
I haven't tried this but I hear its great fun.
Coastal Rush
I haven't tried this but I hear its great fun.
Nearest bike hire shop, run by friendly people.
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Elm Farm Bike Barn
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Nearest bike hire shop, run by friendly people.
Well located bike hire to follow trails off road.
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Bike Chain Bissoe Bike Hire
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Well located bike hire to follow trails off road.
We have had many happy days exploring the Fal estuary in hired kayaks from Loe Beach. They have a cafe too. They provide waterproof bags for your phones and valuables.
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Loe Beach Watersports
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We have had many happy days exploring the Fal estuary in hired kayaks from Loe Beach. They have a cafe too. They provide waterproof bags for your phones and valuables.

Sightseeing

This is one of only three cathedrals in the UK with three spires. Built in the late 19th Century in the Gothic revival style by John Loughborough Pearson.
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Kathedraal van Truro
Saint Mary's Street
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This is one of only three cathedrals in the UK with three spires. Built in the late 19th Century in the Gothic revival style by John Loughborough Pearson.
I have not yet been but would like to go.
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Poldark Mine & The Cornish Heritage Collection
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I have not yet been but would like to go.
I haven't been yet but would like to go.
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Geevor Tin Mine
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I haven't been yet but would like to go.
Explore one of henry Vlll's finest coastal fortresses.
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Kasteel van Pendennis
Castle Drive
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Explore one of henry Vlll's finest coastal fortresses.