Mount Edgcumbe Polperro Torpoint to Looe E
ntering east Cornwall by road first stop is Torpoint a thriving community, with residential areas, shops and facilities for visitors. What it has above all is a
superb location. A few minutes from the bustle of Plymouth you are now at a base from which you can explore some remote and gloriously tranquil places.
The ferry, starting on the 4th July 1791, makes this town the gateway to Cornwall. The town originally grew as a settlement for workers gathered to improve dock facilities around Devonport. This work gathered pace in the 18th century, only a couple of hundred years after Sir Walter Raleigh had first suggested that a dockyard on the lower reaches of the Tamar would be a good idea!
The first chain ferry at Torpoint was used in 1834, and the present chain ferries are the largest in the world, the original version was steam powered. The chain ferry originally came about because of the problems with previous ferries. At first horseboats and footboats had been employed, but the wind and tides gave severe difficulties, just as they did to the next method, a steamboat called Jemima. By 1932 there was so much demand for the ferry that a second one, on a parallel set of chains was opened, and now there are three to make a continuous road bridge.
The Model Village has been entertaining visitors to Polperro for over 60 years. As you pass through the gate, you enter a true village in miniature. Here, you will see many of the features which have made Polperro so famous, which enables you to appreciate this quaint fishing village “in a nutshell”
Land of Legend is a spectacular show of lights, sound and animation taking you into the past of legends and superstitions of Cornwall. Myth or truth - You decide.
There are few who will not come away from this amazing showpiece fascinated by what they have seen.
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Visit one of Cornwall’s original attractions!
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