Padstow
Seven miles from Retallack Resort and Spa is the town of Padstow - a busy, 15th century fishing port crammed with pastel and stone cottages, where narrow, cobbled streets lead down to a beautiful harbour.

A few miles along the coast is the busy village of St Merryn with its seven spectacular bays and surfing beaches.

Inland, and amongst beautiful countryside, are pretty rural villages, which include Little Petherick and St.Issey, both near the Camel Valley.


Watergate Bay
Watergate is a beautiful, west-facing bay with a two mile long stretch of golden sands.

An action packed sandy expanse with excellent facilities and beachside restaurants including Jamie Oliver inspired FIFTEEN Cornwall and The Beach Hut.

The beach not only provides an action packed sandy expanse, but also boasts excellent facilities and beachside restaurants, including Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Cornwall and The Beach Hut.

Lusty Glaze
One of Cornwall’s many hidden gems is this privately owned sandy beach. ‘Lusty Glaze’ is Cornish for ‘A place to view blue boats’. Nestled into high cliffs and lapped by the Atlantic Ocean, this secluded and private haven is perfect for swimmers, surfers and beach lovers. There is a fantastic restaurant on the beach and they also do a b-b-q on the beach each day in the summer.

The Adventure Centre on the beach offers lessons in surfing, coasteering, kite boarding, mountain biking, and much more. Last summer the owners of the beach were offering exhilarating rides on their zap cat!
If you are lucky enough to be at Retallack in June, head to Lusty Glaze for the Fat Face Night Surf competition. The final event of this surfing competition is held at sunset on a floodlit beach with displays from professional surfers, live music, good food and a spectacular firework display lighting up the ocean.

Crantock Beach (west of Newquay)
Crantock is renowned and cherished by locals for its large expanse of soft golden sand and little rockpools, perfect for a family day at the beach. This stunning, mile-long beach is backed by sand dunes which children, and fun-loving adults, often find ideal for rolling down. At low tide you can access this beach by walking down the river Gannel, or by driving through the idyllic village of Crantock. Although an easy walk from Newquay, this beach really seems far from the madding crowds. Crantock does have a tidal estuary so the beginner surfer must be aware of possible strong rips and currents, but when the surf is working this beach is fantastic for longboarders.

Wadebridge and The Camel Trail
The Camel Trail is an 18 mile, traffic free cycleway which passes through some of the most spectacular countryside in the south west. Following a disused railway line, the cycle runs next to the estuary from Padstow to Wadebridge, continuing through the beautifully wooded Camel Valley to the foot of Bodmin Moor where it comes to an end near Blisland, an extraordinarily pretty moorland village.

The landscape and scenery are striking and access to country and seaside towns offers ample opportunity to use local shops, pubs and visit attractions.

Eden Project
A must-see when visiting Cornwall is, of course, The Eden Project. The two gigantic biomes – exhibiting humid tropics and warm temperate horticulture – are the largest conservatories in the world. As well as feeling as if you’ve made a detour to Malaysia for the day, Eden also has a fantastic award-winning restaurant, alongside other convenient food provisions. All eco-friendly, naturally. There are trails for children to keep them engaged whilst visiting the biomes. Eden strives to educate each visitor in the importance of planet conservation and ethical living, but this is always presented in an engaging and exciting way.

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