Guidebook for Portreath
Food Scene
My favourite hang out in Portreath, good food, relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff and sitting inside or out.
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The Hub Portreath
My favourite hang out in Portreath, good food, relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff and sitting inside or out.
They sell award winning breads, pasties, cakes and various take away lunch items. They have a gluten free range.
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Portreath Bakery Ltd
3 The SquareThey sell award winning breads, pasties, cakes and various take away lunch items. They have a gluten free range.
Good food, cafe or restarant, farm shop with local foods and pick your own strawberries.
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Trevaskis Farm
Gwinear RoadGood food, cafe or restarant, farm shop with local foods and pick your own strawberries.
Arts & Culture
It is fantastic and has just won the prestigious Museum of the Year award. If you want to understand why artists flock to St Ives, this is the place to go. Accessible by Coaster bus from Portreath.
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Tate St. Ives
It is fantastic and has just won the prestigious Museum of the Year award. If you want to understand why artists flock to St Ives, this is the place to go. Accessible by Coaster bus from Portreath.
If you want to understand Cornwall's mining heritage this is the place to go. Working exhibits, down to earth, hands on and surrounded by the fantastic mining landscapes of the Great Flat Lode. The Croust Hut provides excellent luches and snacks.
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King Edward Mine Museum
If you want to understand Cornwall's mining heritage this is the place to go. Working exhibits, down to earth, hands on and surrounded by the fantastic mining landscapes of the Great Flat Lode. The Croust Hut provides excellent luches and snacks.
If you want to know why they say that 'wherever you are in the world if you look down a hole you will find a Cornishman in the bottom', this is the place to go. The diaspora gardens lead you to every continent where Cornish miners have taken their skills and left their mark. The museum and iconic engine house will tell you more. The RedRiver cafe serves excellent snacks.
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Heartlands
Dudnance LaneIf you want to know why they say that 'wherever you are in the world if you look down a hole you will find a Cornishman in the bottom', this is the place to go. The diaspora gardens lead you to every continent where Cornish miners have taken their skills and left their mark. The museum and iconic engine house will tell you more. The RedRiver cafe serves excellent snacks.
Parks & Nature
A tree clad place to stroll when the temperature soars and the sand is too hot to walk on. Snowdrops in late winter, bluebells in early summer, swans on the lake and a cafe in the middle.
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Tehidy Woods
A tree clad place to stroll when the temperature soars and the sand is too hot to walk on. Snowdrops in late winter, bluebells in early summer, swans on the lake and a cafe in the middle.
Stunning views, glorious walks, fabulous swimming, wonderful surfing, a large seal colony, cliffs, beach, sand-dunes, lake, cafes and a restaurant.ack. What more could you want? The A4 coaster bus will take you there from Portreath and you can walk back or vice versa. The adjacent Gwithian beach is a favourite of surfers.
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Godrevy Beach
Stunning views, glorious walks, fabulous swimming, wonderful surfing, a large seal colony, cliffs, beach, sand-dunes, lake, cafes and a restaurant.ack. What more could you want? The A4 coaster bus will take you there from Portreath and you can walk back or vice versa. The adjacent Gwithian beach is a favourite of surfers.
It is a family friendly life-guarded beach with its own little tidal swimming pool in the rocks. Car park and amenities are all nearby, the views are great and the sunsets sublime. Swimming before 9am you will probably have it all to yourself as the life guards do not arrive until 10am.
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Portreath Beach
1 Battery HillIt is a family friendly life-guarded beach with its own little tidal swimming pool in the rocks. Car park and amenities are all nearby, the views are great and the sunsets sublime. Swimming before 9am you will probably have it all to yourself as the life guards do not arrive until 10am.
A great surfing beach, stunning views, the famous Blue cafe and accessible by bus from Portreath, a late lunch at the Blue and walk back.
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Porthtowan Beach
A great surfing beach, stunning views, the famous Blue cafe and accessible by bus from Portreath, a late lunch at the Blue and walk back.
Entertainment & Activities
It's very comfortable, has a good range of films, including digital live feeds, a restaurant and offers meal deals with films.
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Regal Redruth Cinema & Theatre
6 Fore StIt's very comfortable, has a good range of films, including digital live feeds, a restaurant and offers meal deals with films.
Shopping
It's an old granite town, charming, cobbled, packed with little boutiques , cafes and restaurants. It has an excellent museum, the wonderful panier market and a street market on thursdays. there is the Hall for Cornwall for first class performances (theatre, ballet, opera, light entertainment, music) and the cathedral. It is accessible by bus from Portreath if you have all day but better to drive to the Truro 'park and ride' and go in that way as parking is very difficult in the town centre area.
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Truro Station Car Park
Station RoadIt's an old granite town, charming, cobbled, packed with little boutiques , cafes and restaurants. It has an excellent museum, the wonderful panier market and a street market on thursdays. there is the Hall for Cornwall for first class performances (theatre, ballet, opera, light entertainment, music) and the cathedral. It is accessible by bus from Portreath if you have all day but better to drive to the Truro 'park and ride' and go in that way as parking is very difficult in the town centre area.
Sightseeing
It's a lovely old port with cobbled main street, art galleries, cafes, restauarants. There is the National Maritime Museum, Pendennis Castl, Falmouth Art gallery and some lovely beaches and if the tide is right you can park and float into town. You can cross Carrick Roads by boat to explore St Mawes, or take the ferry to Truro or Trellisick Gardens. There are nearly always interesting boats docked or laid up in St Harry reach. A great day out.
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Falmouth
It's a lovely old port with cobbled main street, art galleries, cafes, restauarants. There is the National Maritime Museum, Pendennis Castl, Falmouth Art gallery and some lovely beaches and if the tide is right you can park and float into town. You can cross Carrick Roads by boat to explore St Mawes, or take the ferry to Truro or Trellisick Gardens. There are nearly always interesting boats docked or laid up in St Harry reach. A great day out.