Climbing up behind the beaches are high cliffs with exciting caves, the best is at Porth Island, Newquay's original settlement. Bodmin is situated on the western edge of Bodmin Moor, the county town of Cornwall for a century and a half, and mentioned in the Domesday Book. Bodmin is a busy market town, whose history goes back as far as the sixth century. Tintagel, is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur. An Iron Age castle and settlement preceded the 13th century castle whose ruins can still be seen.
Distances shown are in a direct line.
Distances by road will be longer. Some animals have nowhere left to live in the wild - we provide a sanctuary for them. Our Museum, the nations foremost museum of cycling history is housed in an old Victorian Railway Station - A history of cycling from 1818. The museum has a permanent display of the history of Cornwall from the Stone Age to the present day, as well as the natural history of Cornwall, a world famous collection of minerals, a pre-eminent collection of ceramics. Please contact the curator for details of the current exhibits at Mevagissey Museum.