North Cornwall


North Cornwall offers perhaps the biggest contrasts in the whole county – from the rugged, towering cliffs of the Atlantic coast on the border with Devon to the golden sands of surf mecca Newquay and Rock, holiday hotspot to the stars.


You can walk in the footsteps of the heroes and heroines of Daphne du Maurier’s Jamaica Inn up on Bodmin Moor – or, if you prefer reality to fiction, you can trace the doomed footsteps of poor Charlotte Dymond, whose body at the foot of Roughtor lies at the heart of a famous Victorian mystery.


You can explore some fascinating communities.


Bude, Cornwall’s most northerly town, offers stunning beaches, its historic canal, fantastic walks and every summer, a jazz festival that attracts some of the finest musicians in Britain.


Summerleaze, Crooklets and


Sandymouth Beaches, and Widemouth Bay, offer great sea and surf, and there are great cliff walks too.


Bude Canal used to stretch as far as Launceston and is one of few in the West of England.


The town was home to the Victorian inventor Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, who built its landmark Bude Castle. He was an archetypal Victorian: surgeon, chemist, lecturer, consultant, architect, builder. He created a novel form of illumination, the Bude light, remembered in a famous statue in the town today, And developed a series of early steam-powered road vehicles.


Bude and its neighbour Stratton have the unenviable distinction of being further from a railway station than any other town in England: the nearest stations are 32 miles in either direction.


Launceston, the northern gateway to Cornwall, huddles


round its hilltop castle, one of several in Cornwall built by the Normans after the conquest, and offers artisan shops, bustling cafes and even a miniature steam railway.


It’s a shopping centre for the surrounding countryside and is well known for the independent shops lining its narrow streets and town square. There are award winning local food producers, shops selling unique crafts and gifts plus regular markets to browse.


You’ll find many references to one of Launceston’s most famous sons, the much-loved poet Charles Causley, whose centenary will be marked in 2017. His former home in the town is maintained as a centre


Trains from Lau


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Café, Museum, Gifts and specialist


Café, Museum, Gifts specialist


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July - Suns - Thurs inclusive Daily (except CLOSED Saturdays) 1st - 31st August Sept 2nd - 6th, 9th - 13th, 16th - 20th October 21st - 26th Trains hourly 11.00am - 4.00pm Free Car Park Family Discounts


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Trains hourly 11.00am - 4.00pm October 21st - 26th


Family Discounts Discounts for families


Transport Bookshop Operating dates 2018


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and ra kh Operating dates 2018 Summerleaze Beach, Bude of celebration of his work.


The Church of St Mary Magdalen is famous for its incredibly ornate granite carvings dating to the early 16th century.


Bodmin replaced Launceston as the capital of Cornwall in 1835, and has a historic centre bustling with shops.


In the middle of the town is the old Courthouse, which offers a reconstruction of the 1844 Charlotte Dymond murder trial, enabling you to decide whether her alleged killer, Matthew Weeks, was innocent or guilty. A short distance away is Bodmin Jail, a superbly preserved grim Victorian prison open to the public, where the noose awaited Matthew.


Bodmin Jail


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Sarah & Jeremy warmly welcome you to visit our Restaurant New Menu • Great selection of Beers


Breakfast 10am-12noon • Lunch Menu 12noon-6pm • Evening Menu 6pm-9pm


Steak & Ale Pie • Caesar Salad • Fresh Porthillys Mussels Come and enjoy unrivalled views over the Camel Estuary & Padstow


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Come and enjoy unrivalled views over the Camel Estuary & Padstow and the lights of Padstow by night from our new bigger balcony.


Sarah & Jeremy warmly welcome you to visit our imaginatively refurbished new bar


Open for Food10am til 9pm Breakfast 10-12 • Lunch Menu 12-6 • Evening Menu 6-10 Open10til10


Wide selection of Homemade Daily Specials eg: Homemade Traditional Seafood Pie


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