Local Area Information
Things to do and places of interest, visit www.welcometolooe.com :
- Looe to Polperro Coastal Walk via Talland Bay - www.explorethesouthwestcoastpath.co.uk
- Crabbing on harbourside and Millpool Car Park lake
- Rock Pooling on second beach and Hannafore beach
- Try local seafood
- Sea/Fishing trips, glass bottom boats - plenty of boats in Looe harbour offering trips.
- Sardine Factory climbing wall, heritage centre
- Old Guildhall Museum and Gaol
- Looe Valley Line, scenic rail journey - www.greatscenicrailways.co.uk
- Monkey Sanctuary - www.monkeysanctuary.org
- Porfell Wildlife Park and Sanctuary - www.porfell.co.uk
- Polperro - Attractive harbour with beach. Shops, pubs, restaurants and smuggling history. Regular buses from Looe
- Eden Project - www.edenproject.com
- Mount Edgecumbe - www.mountedgcumbe.gov.uk
- Antony House and Garden, Lanhydrock, Cotehele - www.nationaltrust.org.uk
- Bodmin Moor, Siblyback Lake, Golitha Falls
- Fowey - Charming riverside town
- Charlestown - Small fishing village, star of Poldark, Doctor Who and the Three Musketeers!
Nearby Beaches:
- West Looe - Rocky/Sandy Hannafore beach
- Talland Bay - Child friendly, toilet facilities, car parking and two cafes
- Portnadler - Short walk from West Looe, not easy to access but quiet
- Lantic Bay - Beautiful white sand but steep pathway (part of South West Coastal Path)
- Millendreath - Sandy, child friendly, car parking and cafe
- Whitsand Bay - Four miles long! Sandy, park at top and walk down
Lots more information at www.visitcornwall.com
